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[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 55 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Responsibilities include:

-Raising the periscope

-Polishing the torpedoes

-Deep exploration

-Having sex with other men

[–] TheRealShadeSlimmy@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago
[–] NaibofTabr 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"100 guys go down, 50 couples come back up." - as quoted to me by a career submariner

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dang they all paired up? I'd think there'd be a lot more just sleeping around going on in a scenario like that.

[–] NaibofTabr 1 points 1 month ago

Hey nobody said the couples were exclusive, or that they stay the same for the whole underway.

[–] starik@lemmy.zip 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

$7M is nothing for a sub. Cheap ass sub, can’t even afford shirts for their sub boys. Pass.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's like $140M today. Also, that ad makes it pretty clear that shirtless boys that are subs is the main selling point here.

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Still pretty cheap, good subs go for billions these days.

[–] puppycat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

while i certainly wouldn't turn money down, I'll go for free.

[–] Axiochus@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This was so unbelievably homoerotic that I had to check. It's real. No edits. 1944. 😸

Source: https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/en/objects/20669/learn-to-operate-a-7000000-sub

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Hey, America was made on the backs of young strapping men and women. He just always had a preference for some reason...

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Can't afford bigotry during total war.

[–] dukemirage@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No they did't know, because they didn't ask and they didn't tell.

[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

DADT came from the Clinton era.

[–] certified_expert@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

They totally knew

[–] mech@feddit.org 12 points 1 month ago

Imagine how awkward it would be to be the only straight guy on the sub.

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Would (the guy, not the submarine)

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago

Correct choice is both, but you do you.

[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 8 points 1 month ago

Not an expert, but I believe that's a "Come Hither" look.

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Man, I wish I cost $7000000. We gotta stop setting unreasonable standards

[–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

My dad would always tell me about how many unreasonable people made his life hell in the Navy. Maybe it was because he was too straight and missed all the “team building”.

[–] BigShammy80@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

"Beeing trapped inside of a submarine with a 100s peoples farts"

[–] certified_expert@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

What about serving your nation by being the captain of a (current) $800,000 electric bus?

Less gay (lol) and more useful to the country.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] certified_expert@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I know, right? It is a bummer. It's probably due to the lack of steam and close spaces 🥵