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'Oh no, the box is drifting out into the harbor!' 'Yeah, I wouldn't worry about losing it.'
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3169/
this post was submitted on 17 Nov 2025
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When I worked for a scrap metal recycler someone dumped a load of electronics and didn't tell us there were EPIRBs in the mix. We found out when the cost guard, police, fire and ambulance turned up.
Wait wtf were they doing dumping them in the ocean
Nautical crackheads will strip beacons right off the waves. In broad daylight.
Dumped at the scrapyard... In a three-sided, concrete-walled bay in the yard, 30km from the nearest large body of water. I didn't say anything about the ocean.
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