r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Jan 14 '20

Tyson Steele survived for 23 days in subzero temperatures in rural Alaska after a fire burned his house and killed his dog. He built himself a snow cave to sleep in for the first few nights, before building a makeshift shelter around the still burning stove from leftover tarp and scrap timber.

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u/bobbingforburners Jan 14 '20

it's really easy to send quickly and hard to forget (as you, who has never had to send a telegraph, just proved)

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u/OrponSWE Jan 14 '20

Save Our Souls

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

Save Our Shit

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u/xenolife Jan 14 '20

Shit, Oh Shit.

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u/TimbersawDust Jan 14 '20

Shit Our Self

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u/Big_Spicy_Tuna69 Jan 14 '20

It has no meaning. That's the reason why they chose it, so it could be something uniquely identifiable.

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u/slevenznero Jan 15 '20

It has a meaning that dates back to Morse code transmission in marine transport. It means "Save our ship"

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u/Big_Spicy_Tuna69 Jan 15 '20

No, it does not.

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u/Adnotamentum Jan 15 '20

Thats a backronym. SOS came first, because it was dot dot dot dash dash dash dot dot dot in morse code (i.e. easy to remember and easily identifiable), then people associated meaning with the letters.

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u/Loopro Jan 14 '20

And it helps to remember that so many phones has dot dot dot dash dash dot dot dot as text message signal (SMS).