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[–] Flipper@feddit.org 28 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Or to be more specific. Left and right are ambiguous because of the missing reference frame. It could be my left, your left or the left of the ship.

Port and starboard are always left and right in the reference frame of the ship.

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Shipleft, shipright, fixed

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[–] epicstove@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

But a Shipwright is a job.

You're gonna steer the ship right into some innocent dude!

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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Port is the place where you park the boat. Starboard would be the side where the stars are. None of these words are specific enough.

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[–] epicstove@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

If only one side is made to be connected to the port, then that's pretty specific.

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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 point 1 year ago

fair enough

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[–] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

I guess in emergencies on the water it needs to not look too much alike when you say it.

And also that smug feeling when you know it and someone else is out of the loop.

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[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

Can't 'fix' hundreds of years of tradition

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[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Nah, we can.

Traditions are just peer pressure from dead people.

So fuck em.

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[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago

That's incredibly short-sighted. Traditions are part of what makes up people's culture.
Some should be made away with for sure, but I disagree with the blanket statement.

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