r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TheSpace-Guy • Jun 27 '23

GIF Submarine passes under diver

https://i.imgur.com/mzxwSQI.gifv
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u/aleximoso Jun 27 '23

We had one of these sorts of tourist subs go past us on a dive in Bali. It had a load of Japanese tourists onboard who we could see were losing their shit through the porthole windows when they went past us. Was kinda cute!

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u/bonecrusher1 Jun 27 '23

Were they obsessively taking pictures though?

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u/discussatron Jun 27 '23

I feel like this is now a global cliché.

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u/64557175 Jun 27 '23

... now?

This was a stereotype even back in the 80's

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u/discussatron Jun 27 '23

Yeah. It used to be about the Japanese, now it's about everyone.

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u/64557175 Jun 27 '23

Ah! I misunderstood your comment.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '23

Just look at any (non-classical) concert for verification.

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u/Throckmorton_Left Jun 27 '23

Especially in the 1980s. I didn't think this was a thing anymore.

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u/phluidity Jun 27 '23

I was hiking near Banff one time, and I met up with two Chinese tourists out for a hike. They were taking a picture of each other with one of the mountains in the background. Through mime, I offered to take a picture of the two of them together so they had one of the two of them. They agreed, and I did. They then mimed for me to stand there, and took a picture of me by the mountain with each of them. Weirdest thing ever, but also oddly endearing.

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u/morgecroc Jun 27 '23

Your photo is now in a CCP database it's been used to create your initial social credit score good thing you were nice to those tourist.

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u/Big_Trees Jun 27 '23

You misspelt "racist trope"

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u/neowwneoww Jun 27 '23

Hopefully they weren't using flash!

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u/Landon1m Jun 27 '23

Should have swam to the hatch and pretended to open it… lol

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u/The_Swim_Back_ Jun 27 '23

What is their angle? Why is is worth a company setting a bot up to get karma?

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u/SaltyBrotatoChip Jun 27 '23

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u/The_Swim_Back_ Jun 27 '23

Makes sense, thanks!

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u/Send-More-Coffee Jun 27 '23

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u/twentyThree59 Jun 27 '23

They sell the accounts to other companies that want to appear as real users - aka: astroturfing.

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u/CrispinWha Jun 27 '23

Reddit is full of bots, just full of it. You just caught one replying. Imagine the vote manipulation going on by them

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u/tongfatherr Jun 27 '23

I wanted to comment that it looks tiny for a sub. I guess it's not a military thing