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   Irene Zhang (irene@discuss.systems)'s status on Thursday, 14-May-2026 01:49:00 JST Irene Zhang

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   @JessTheUnstill someone once told me that cruise ships are just Americans wanting a walkable urban experience without being in an actual city that might make them uncomfortable. So makes sense in an authoritarian way, they don’t mind being locked up as long as it’s with the “right” people.

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     Jess👾 (jesstheunstill@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 14-May-2026 01:49:01 JST Jess👾

     I feel like my fear of cruise ships is justified in that it's an enclosed space, diseases can run rampant, and you can be effectively imprisoned there when something goes wrong.

     The ship loses power. A disease outbreak. Fog closes the port. A bad storm. Whatever. At least (if)/when I go to a resort, I'm on land. I can go to a hospital. If there's some disease outbreak, I'm not stuck in my little tiny cabin for days on end. I can catch the next flight home if I have to.

     Rich Felker repeated this.