Can you imagine what that must’ve felt (smelled) like to work on one of those ships???

@ItsJustJayla

10 ай бұрын

Absolutely wretched 😂

Wonderful.. It reminds of a documentary I saw about "illegal oil refineries" deep in the jungles of Nigeria that make Diesel. These men cut pipes transporting crude oil, extract it in buckets and then boil it in large vats using firewood. Very hard nasty dirty gruelling and potentially very dangerous work.

@westaussie965

Ай бұрын

Wonderful? FFS🤦‍♀️

Like cowboying, this was a hard hard life; it was something you did if you absolutely could find no other way to make a living.

@rjmurphyo0

2 жыл бұрын

no, they made boat loads of money whaling in those days.

@CapCitySmoker-py2ry

7 ай бұрын

Top whalers were celebrities and made a lot of money compared to most in the day

@douglashague2355

3 ай бұрын

Or if you had nothing in particular to interest you on shore and a desire to sail about and see the watery part of the world

We may have to get back to this way of harvesting lamp oil as we are fast becoming not allowed to drill for oil

@cbachinger

2 жыл бұрын

Oil is not our only known source of energy and hunting the sperm whale to extinction also won't help.

@davidtyrrell1343

2 жыл бұрын

@@cbachinger but this way is plastic free and all biodegradable

Short video of a visit to the only whaling history museum in Brazil: Imbituba, January 2024. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqGJm7yNe8m_hdY.html

@westaussie965

Ай бұрын

That’s pretty fcked up! Why would you want to remember this cruelty?

@overlea127

Ай бұрын

@@westaussie965 The point is that: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” (George Santayana).

Why would you want to show this? It belongs in the past, forgotten 😡

@overlea127

Ай бұрын

The point is that: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” (George Santayana)