so, the cruise was pretty cool, we saw lots of whales and a school of dall's porpoise who swam so close to the boat you could almost reach out and touch them

it u

the farallons are very interesting and there were tons of seals and sea lions

and also open ocean sea travel should be banned by the geneva convention

"2-3 foot swells" doesn't sound so bad does it? not sO BAD?? 2-3 FEET NOPE NOT BAD

hhhhHHHHHH

like

thanks to the pharmaceutical miracle of Bonine, the makers of which will be receiving all of my assets in my will when I die, I wasn't actuall seasick

but, fun fact, antiemetics mean you don't get sick but they don't do anything to alter the feeling of bobbing up and down on the water like an 8hr long rollercoaster ride

which is still. as it turns out. immensely unpleasant

and while it was really nice that I didn't puke and I wouldn't trade that for the world, the side-effect of being on an 8-hr hurl-a-whirl and not being nauseous was that I felt like I was disassociating from reality the whole time instead

it got better once the second dose of bonine kicked in and I kind of got used to it (because for some physiological reason that I haven't figured out yet being tense makes the feeling about 3x worse) but hoooooo boy

the ride out to the islands

I'm going to have nightmares for the rest of my life

Oh no

Look. I am with you on the antiemitics.

Because, I hate that feeling of nausea when you can't vomit to make it GO AWAY

I wasn't even nauseous it was just the swoopy feeling

I hate the swoopy feeling

Oh god. yes.

I hate that too

people like this feeling?? they seek it out??? voluntarily??? this is the whole reason rollercoasters exist??????? mankind spits in the face of god

so yeah I'm very glad that I work with things that live in the mud close to shore

Yes. Good.

oh man

also I'm a dummy and forgot sunscreen, so I got sunburned, and also saltburn, and also I went home and slept for 12 hours and my eyes are super puffy

and I have to go out in public today and talk to people

I'm sorry

I will send my love.

I want to wear a sticker that says "I'm sorry I'm fine I haven't been crying, I just went on a cruise yesterday"

Pfft

I need to buy aloe

Yes

WHY ARE MY EYES SO PUFFY

Windburn maybe

... why don't boats install stabilizers I never know

Hard to stabilize the ocean

But man that sounds awful

Yes but there are systems that actually make it so you don't... feel the movement as much

Small boat maybe?

That or cheap owners SORRY I STUDIED THIS IN SCHOOL....

But seriously that sounds awful.

because stabilizing systems are insanely expensive and completely impractical for most applications

ouch

When I did just sailing on the Potomac which is comparably calm as a millpond I felt waves when I closed my eyes to sleep at night

So I can't even imagine

I dislike boats

Good luck getting me on anything smaller than a ferry

That's probably a wise idea yeah. Small boats suck...

ahahahahahaha am I the only person in this plurk who enjoys... all of that

like I sympathise if you don't, it's basically bouncing really hard for several hours straight

but as long as I've taken anti-seasick stuff I love that kind of thing I love boats I love the ocean

Amaraq confirmed for pod person

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