my dad (Maori) works on a ship with all Maori/Tongan/Samoan fisherman- and one Aussie guy called Jake.
And that wasn’t done on purpose just sort of how it ended up, but Jake recently got an injury so they put him on a Different boat just for a little bit (a sit in the wheelhouse and scout type of boat, instead of the main fishing one) and he only got back to my dad’s ship today and he was apparently like Shaking. He was Traumatised.
Dad said Jake kept pulling him aside and going “They were all yelling on there, but in a MEAN way” “They didn’t clean… Like at ALL”
Jake experienced what a boat full of old school Aussie fisherman is like. That is the norm Jake. You just happened to be on the all Island boy boat on your first go out. “It was time for dinner and they had FROZEN nuggets” Jake that’s what they have on ships that are out at sea for months at a time.
On my dad’s boat they are eating fresh fish and coconut milk Ceviche. They’re grilling steaks on an open bbq on the deck that probably is not regulation. All the guys have their own special knives to prepare sashimi every couple days. Everyone is happily doing their own work so they can clock out early and set up a movie on the deck. Jake did you genuinely believe that’s what every boat was doing.
Local Australian man is fed fresh juices and smoked fish for first time- refuses to go back to beef jerky boat life
jake that first night when they served a freezer tray tv dinner and not an overflowing plate of fish that’s probably going for conservatively like $40-$80 bucks a kilo but the guys decided Eh we’ll catch more let’s just fry it up:
i want to ensure that noone ever calls me a liar on the internet and want to confirm that island boy dinner is very real and it’s waiting for you
Weird vibes police🖐🚨
Hi I’m op and my post blew up in 72 hours (pray it doesn’t happen to you). For the most part people are cool and chill but unfortunately I see some fouls on the field and I’m going to hand out a couple yellow cards.
1. Polynesian Orientalism
I made a silly post about a dream place to be, absolutely my intention is for you to go ah I wanna be there… But how are you saying that.
You can be aspirational about it! You can say what a good opportunity, hope that happens to me, or we should recreate that in our own way.
We should probably NOT say ah I gotta get me some Polynesian guys. I gotta go find a Samoan man to adopt me. We should have them adopt all the white boys one by one so they can teach us their mystical ways.
That’s a little weird isn’t it. We won’t say that.
2. I’m being language police here, I don’t see any bad intentions with this oopsie just realised people don’t know- Maori is a descriptor! So it’s not The Maori, it’s a Maori person (like it’s not The Black it’s a Black person)
3. I am not going to answer if my dad is Hot. I get this enough from my friends. YUCK. I will answer if the other guys on the boat are hot ummm I’m gay but objectively they’re all tall and do physical labour in the sun for at least 6 hours a day and have tattoos so. Sure. I reckon so
Okay take the cards you think apply to you and resume scrolling in a mindful chiller way👍
I only hate certain types of fic the same way I hate mosquitos and ticks. Like get these nasty little buggers away from me but also I respect their place in the ecosystem.
Me, spraying bug spray: blocked.
Listen and sometimes? To enjoy running through a beautiful field of grass and flowers (ao3) you have to tolerate the fact that bugs (fics you don’t like) are there and maybe you will even encounter one, but you can use bugspray (filtered tags) to reduce the likelihood of that. Because the alternative is not getting to experience the beautiful field of grass and flowers.
ALT
