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I think it’s cute that thing humans do when they see a boat pass and the people on the boat wave at them and they wave back. For absolutely no reason. They don’t know each other they’re not trying to communicate anything other than “LOOK! I am on a boat!!! Hello!!!” “I see you!!! On the boat!!! Hello!!!” in a genuine moment of wholesome human connection and excitement.

  • _number8_@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    a lot of old maritime tradition / custom seems very quaint and very fascinating, there’s sort of an uncanny valley of weirdness, almost. i guess because if you’re out at sea that long, your mind knows it shouldn’t quite be possible, seeing another person feels like a relief

    similarly i was reading this old book called Sailing Alone Around the World and the dude waves and says good evening to the moon at night

    The fog lifting before night, I was afforded a look at the sun just as it was touching the sea. I watched it go down and out of sight. Then I turned my face eastward, and there, apparently at the very end of the bowsprit, was the smiling full moon rising out of the sea. Neptune himself coming over the bows could not have startled me more. “Good evening, sir,” I cried; “I’m glad to see you.” Many a long talk since then I have had with the man in the moon; he had my confidence on the voyage.

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      1 year ago

      Hey moon, if I was to fall

      I won’t fall so deep

      Though I doubt I’m gonna

      You can wake me up if you wanna

      I would hate for you to hang there all alone

      The whole night through