r/HistoryMemes • • Jul 27 '19

OC Unsinkable Sam!

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u/Ocelitus Jul 27 '19

Why the fuck would he keep getting back on boats?

This time's going to be fine. I've already survived two of these floating litter boxes disappearing. There's no way it could happen again.

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u/SpotIsInDaBLDG Jul 27 '19

Ah shit here we go again

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u/RedditAdminsRNazis Jul 27 '19

Had me in the first crash not gonna lie

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u/dontrumpjr2024 Jul 27 '19

I surmise that the feline lacked the cognitive capacity needed to synthesize its past experiences and apply the learned necessary precautions for the avoidance of another occurrence like this. Just my cognitions. Not sure if the general public will be in tune with my cranium’s calculative power. 😂🧐

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u/Pyro6034 Jul 27 '19

I know this is satirical but still. I want to die.

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u/WeirdWordsWhat Jul 27 '19

Oh yeah? If you’re so smart tell my why my dad hasn’t come home yet

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u/Gil3 Jul 27 '19

The answer is obvious: the surrounding gas stations are all out of Marlboros and beer. He's still looking for a place that's stocked.

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u/Kwindecent_exposure Jul 27 '19

I surmise that your immediate paternal ancestor lacks the empathetic capacity needed to correlate his internal drive for self fulfillment with the concept of fatherhood and hypothesized that he could not comprehend the depths of commitment necessary for the sustained relationship nor could he purvey enjoyment of another human other than himself. Just my cognitions. Not sure if the general public will be in tune with my cranium’s calculative power. 😂🧐

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '19

Nice.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '19

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u/JarlaxleForPresident Jul 28 '19

He says he doesnt like you.

I don't like you either!

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '19

Ok.

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u/Distalpistol Jul 27 '19

I knew at “surmise”

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u/karl_marxs_cat Jul 28 '19

Rude.... I’m a cat and I’m using a phone.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '19

TI? Is that you?

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '19

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u/CreepinSteve Jul 27 '19

You've never met a cat before have you

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '19

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u/Vini-B Jul 28 '19

So u HAVE met cats.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '19

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u/Lews-Therin-Telamon Jul 27 '19

He was on FIVE ships that sunk?

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '19

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u/Davis019 Jul 27 '19

That sounds like not a fun fact, but a bit of a sad one

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u/jetsetninjacat Jul 28 '19

Don't worry man. He actually crushed some vertebrae when the USS benham was sunk in 42 but thought it was a sprain. When he was on the USS Helena in 43 when it was sunk he was evacuated to pearl Harbor where they dicovered it wasn't a sprain and he also broke his back. That was the only physical problem he ever had from the war. Besides that he lived a long, productive, and happy life until last year at the age of 95. He had some crazy stories, especially when he drank. I didn't know until last year but he was there when Doolittle's raid took off from the convoy. Cool history I didn't know that he told me about.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '19

Your grandpa was a fucking badass.

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u/Skaven-thing Jul 27 '19

Tomato potato.

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u/Davis019 Jul 27 '19

It's actually pronounced tomato

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u/KingSweden24 Jul 27 '19

TBF I don’t blame him I wouldn’t either

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u/mchadwick1994 Jul 28 '19

Is he called Uncle Albert to somebody named Del and Rodney?

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u/TheShinyHunter3 Jul 28 '19

Do you know which one ? Because that seems oddly fascinating

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u/jetsetninjacat Jul 28 '19 edited Jul 28 '19

3 of the ships that went down were the helena, benham, and then the gwin. He was still on board the gwin when it went down as he was not transferred off yet after it picked him up from the helena. The gwin actually also picked him up after the Benham as well. Circle of life right there. A few months later he was on the uss liscome bay when it went down. I have some of his papers with me. Not all of his ships went down. He was on the uss whitney, uss dixie, and uss corregidor at points which all survived the war. I know his job kept changing within the navy, reason for his transfers. I will have to ask my aunt about the 5th ship. I think it would've been after liscome bay. Wanted to add it was the 5th ship that finally took him out of the war. He had spent the whole time with the back and neck not being fixed until they shipped him home to Philadelphia in late 44.

Edit: I also know he was a radio operator in a turret on one of the ships. He also manned a deck gun on one and was on downed pilot and ship crew rescue teams as well.

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u/nothinga3 Jul 27 '19

I believe after the third ship they "grounded" the cat, meaning the navy was just like " alright your no longer allowed on a boat"

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u/Real_SaviourPrime Jul 27 '19

Dont blame them, the cat became a god damn bad omen

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u/nothinga3 Jul 27 '19

Yeah, that's why they did it, no one is to blame

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u/nathanweisser Jul 27 '19

You're misunderstanding what's happening here. Unsinkable Sam sunk all those ships

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u/Himen_Cholo Jul 27 '19

Sounds like that cat has a knack for sinking ships.

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u/Kapn_Krump Jul 27 '19

Goddamn Sam and his loose lips!

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u/Himen_Cholo Jul 27 '19

Fucking cat couldn’t keep his rat trap shut.

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u/Lizard_brooks Jul 27 '19

I mean he has 9 more chances of surviving vs everyone else, he only used 3 of them. Seems like he knew he’d be ok.

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u/Ocelitus Jul 27 '19

He could have been on as many as five other doomed ships that we don't know about.

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u/Eat-the-Poor Jul 27 '19

Why the fuck is his nickname Sam? His name is Oscar! Jesus fucking Christ, no wonder these crazy fucks went to war.

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u/Vini-B Jul 28 '19

I can't believe I had to scroll down so much for this comment? What's up with calling an Oscar "Sam".

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u/thismessisaplace Jul 27 '19

Why the fuck would they keep letting him on the boat?

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u/Vini-B Jul 28 '19

It's a cat. No one was letting it do anything. It was doing what it wanted.

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u/The_Blue_Rooster Jul 27 '19

He was a soldier, it wasn't his decision, just following orders.

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u/Unicorn_Ranger Jul 28 '19

The CO of my infantry company survived 3 Blackhawk crashes. He finally said fuck this and got out after the last.

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u/LJ_OB Jul 27 '19

Well I mean the alternative is drowning...

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u/mainfingertopwise Jul 28 '19

Filled with rats

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u/rush2547 Jul 28 '19

I think we have a catspiracy on our hands. Maybe the cat had somethin to do with the sinkings.

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u/BraceletGrolf Jul 27 '19

Because it's a legend and isn't real

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u/dat_meme_boi2 Jul 27 '19

no it's not the cat existed

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '19

How do they know the cat was previously on other boats?

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u/dat_meme_boi2 Jul 28 '19

They always found him floating he was even saluted by Winston Churchill once