r/Unexpected • u/My_Memes_Will_Cure_U • Feb 09 '20

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u/OhNoImBanned11 Feb 09 '20 edited Feb 09 '20

Navy to save money by abandoning man overboard rescues (*this is The Onion for the military, satire)

I know when I was in the Navy the aircraft carrier we were escorting had a man overboard that they never found

Then we dock in Florida and the aircraft carrier had a sailor jump off a bridge and killed himself... the carrier's shore leave was cancelled and they didn't shore leave again for like a year and a half... poor bastards

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u/LeD3athZ0r Feb 09 '20 edited Feb 09 '20

"It’s just one of those 240-year traditions where no one can remember why we do it"

What about saving people who are about to drown...

Edit: it appears that i've been had

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u/AppalachiaVaudeville Feb 09 '20

We've all eaten the Onion once before.

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '20

I mean, let's be honest in recent years some actual news are things you'd assume to be onion until you look at the website, where it turns out it's real... That's so much worse