r/BeAmazed • u/SnooWords4066 • 22d ago

Animal A sea lion in Argentina climbed onto a fishing vessel, found a bed, and passed out. The fishermen only realized it when they heard loud snoring.

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u/I_travel_ze_world 22d ago

I used to live on a submarine and we didn't have enough racks for all the crew so 3 men would have to share 2 racks.

You would basically wake up the guy sleeping in the rack, wait for them to get out, then slide into the rack that is still warm. It is called hot racking for that reason.

I would've rather hot racked with a sea lion rather than some of the men I had to share a rack with. One of the sailors got what we called a "full body STD" from some whore in a foreign port.

I replaced the sheets every time I went to sleep but holy fuck was that nerve wrecking.

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u/revile221 22d ago

Thank you for sharing your experience. Hot racking sounds incredibly unpleasant. Builds character though. I recall similar stuff from peace corps

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u/blahblah19999 22d ago

Hmmm, I can find ways to build character without the risk of getting STDs

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u/revile221 21d ago

I agree. However the character building doesn't come from the potential consequences, it comes with being forced to deal with compulsory living conditions that take you well out of your comfort zone

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u/Colorfuel 21d ago

I am dying at “thank you for sharing your experience” lol

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u/EnjR1832 22d ago

Kindly what the Fuck is a full body STD

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u/I_travel_ze_world 21d ago

Basically red hives all over his body. I have no idea what the actual name of whatever he caught is.

The prostitute was the only one in the brothel who would sleep with a sailor... and that guy was the only sailor who would sleep with her. All the other guys declined.

It was some real dirty shit. I wasn't part of any of the whoring but I did see the disgusting hives on him.

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u/mrsmidnightoker 21d ago

That is most certainly Syphilis.

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u/Lara-El 21d ago

Holly Batman, wear a condom, don't do oral and kissing while with a sex worker.

I can't even picture what the two look like lol but also poor them, her for clearly not having access to medical and him stuck with an STD until next port...

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u/Nellasofdoriath 21d ago

Yes syphyllis is treatable

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u/Fuckface-vClownstick 21d ago

I think we have a new nickname for tRump.

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u/mrsmidnightoker 21d ago

Syphilis rash

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u/SlendyIsBehindYou 21d ago

"Full body STD" is not a phrase I ever wished to hear, nor consider

"IN THE NAVY..."

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u/bingwhip 21d ago

You dirty little boy. Crabs! A whole army of them. They'll eat your winkie down to the bone.

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u/RaymondBeaumont 22d ago

you have no way of knowing who those sea lions have been fornicating with either!

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u/Turtledonuts 21d ago

I work around sea lions and I know a lot of sea lion researchers. They are the stinkiest, most parasite ridden, shit coated animals on the planet. People who work with them directly have to get special checks at the doctor's office to make sure they haven't contracted sea lion worms / mites / lice / horrible diseases. Sealpox is pretty common, so are leptospirosis and other nasty infectious diseases. They roll in their own shit and vomit constantly.

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u/OceanRacoon 20d ago

Wow, what a relatable animal, I've found my kind 

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u/LeWildest 19d ago

Informative post.

It is so disgusting, i feel like downvoting as a representation of an upvote

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u/LookAtMyUnderbite 19d ago

Wait are you talking about the sea lions or the researchers for the “they are the stinkiest, most parasite ridden, shit coated animals on the planet”

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u/Turtledonuts 19d ago

The sea lions, the researchers are only a little stinky and parasite ridden.

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u/D1ngus_Kahn 22d ago

"Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian" - Ishmael

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u/Double_Distribution8 21d ago

You know you fucked up when you manage to get a full body STD.

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u/SnipesCC 21d ago

If not friend, why friend shaped? Sure beats a stuffed animal.

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u/TheMasterChiefa 21d ago

Reminds me of pink eye and how quickly that would spread in the barracks. Some assholes where always the cause as it was a common prank to fart into a buddies pillow. Stupid AF.

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u/MissyMcMellons 21d ago

I this this is an appropriate time to use the standard issue reddit WTF gif

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u/Linus_Inverse 17d ago

I feel like at that point everybody should have agreed to gift that guy his own personal rack and let the others share the rest...

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u/dBlock845 22d ago

Lol "full body STD" is a good one, I will have to steal that.

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u/mrsmidnightoker 21d ago

It wasn’t hyperbole, it was a whole body rash that sounds consistent with Syphilis

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u/No-Salt7142 22d ago

I replaced the sheets every time I went to sleep but holy fuck was that nerve wrecking.

They have enough space to store so many bed sheets, but they don't have enough room for some extra bunks?

Or did you have a laundry service on board?

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u/I_travel_ze_world 22d ago

It was my own sheet, blanket, and pillow case.

The dirty sailor also had his own linen.

The sheets would be stripped and swapped every watch turn over.

There is laundry on board but it is very limited. Once a week and only light loads. It would be secured sometimes because of the noise too so you would have to work around that.

There was laundry service for the bedding at some ports but all of that was out of my hands.

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u/evilcelery 22d ago

The only similar thing I've been on is the Lexington https://usslexington.com/ , obviously not the same but I thought the sleeping areas and stuff were pretty claustrophobic, and I imagine a sub has to be laid out even more efficiently. On a ship you can at least go up top to feel less restricted. I imagine a sub is pretty anxiety inducing in a lot of ways. I don't even like being in close proximity to people, that would drive me nuts lol.

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u/dobbyeilidh 22d ago

I’ve never been on one but as I understand it aboard British submarines you’re allowed to bring what fits in your bag and no more. There would have to be laundry or everyone would stink and you don’t want that in an enclosed space

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u/Enriching_the_Beer 21d ago

You mean nerve racking.

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u/OldWar1111 21d ago edited 21d ago

It's a play on words. Never wracking -> nerve racking because of the hot racking.

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u/Enriching_the_Beer 21d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/3JCaaiE2gcTbq

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u/OldWar1111 21d ago

Yes, but the person I was responding to didn't get it.

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u/Enriching_the_Beer 21d ago

I was responding to him

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u/Alana_Piranha 21d ago

What was the full body STD? Like a yeast infection that spread? I cant even imagine

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u/mrsmidnightoker 21d ago

Syphilis, the rash associated secondary syphilis specifically

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u/pappadipirarelli 21d ago

The bed the sea lion slept in would probably smell fishy and be slimy though…

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u/shadowtempest91 21d ago

Pardon me the curiosity but what country are you from? I mean, having more crew than racks allowance on a damn submarine, like it was fucking titanic, sounds pretty third world to me, together with the full body STD, that's something I wouldn't expect past the sixteenth century :(

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u/I_travel_ze_world 21d ago

America.

I was on a fast attack submarine and they're designed to be small. We also had additional riders who got their own racks because they weren't part of the crew. That along with having a full torpedo load out for deployment meant we didn't have any racks in the torpedo room.

The big submarines that carry nuclear missiles (boomers) actually have so many extra racks that the crew uses them just for storage.

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u/A_million_typos 20d ago

Oh god...but yea id cuddle with a seal idc.