r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/ChargeEducational700 • 5h ago

WCGW speeding through the water while both captains are busy scrolling?

This is why captains exist, boys.

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u/MySisterPegsMe 4h ago

The barriers attached to the buoy you silly goose

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u/MancDude1979 4h ago

? There aren't any, just the buoy... a barrier is something that prevents you from entering / hitting somewhere, everything you see here is just the buoy... concrete core with floatation aids...

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u/MySisterPegsMe 3h ago

Ok nerd. The big yellow floatation devices can act as floats and a barrier. This is a dumb argument lmao

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u/GottaUseEmAll 3h ago

It's not a particularly important argument, in the grand scheme of things, but the word "barrier" has a meaning. That meaning is "something which bars passage", i.e. something that prevents someone getting through and continuing onwards.

The floats that surround the anchorage are there to protect the side of boats that are attached from bumping against the concrete. They are not barriers in the real sense of the definition, although I guess one could argue that they are barring passage to the concrete.

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u/RecklessOtter 2h ago

Actually, sharks are smooth in all directions.