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dataviz1000 on April 10, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hunt for Red October 1990 (2016)

The tour guide in the galley of USS Blueback noted that if the ice cream machine didn't work the submarine was not considered operational and required immediate repair.

regularfry on April 10, 2025 | [–]

If a British tank's tea-making facilities aren't working, it's the same.

devilbunny on April 10, 2025 | [–]

Being on a sub is intensely mentally wearing. Months at sea, no interaction with the world outside.

Feeding the sailors lavishly is one of their few perks.

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