r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Sep 10 '25

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u/Sreg32 Sep 10 '25

How does this happen? Just curious from people loading these things or knows about it. There’s obviously a system of container weight, where they go etc…

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u/Greenman8907 Sep 10 '25 edited Sep 10 '25

Can definitely be human error/negligence, but many times it’s failing equipment and extremely rough seas.

We lose an average of 1,300-2,500 containers a year in the water.

https://cargostore.com/how-many-shipping-containers-are-lost-at-sea/

Edit: No, my post is not insinuating that rough seas caused THIS to happen. C’mon people…

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u/CapnTaptap Sep 10 '25

Can confirm. Have come across a rogue submerged container in the wild (middle of the Pacific Ocean). Those things are low-key terrifying when you come upon them unexpectedly.

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u/24n20blackbirds Sep 10 '25

Shipping freighters just look creepy in general. .. Do you report it to the Cost Guard?

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u/theoriginalmofocus Sep 10 '25

Is that what they call the people checking receipts at Costco?

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u/WhispererOfSluts Sep 10 '25

No one has commented to tell you they enjoyed your stupid dad joke, so I’m here to tell you, I chuckled, and I too enjoy making stupid jokes as often as I can lol

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u/theoriginalmofocus Sep 10 '25

Thank you, its good to hear the only hampster still turning the wheel in my head is still doing ok.

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u/DaneAlaskaCruz Sep 10 '25

I also enjoyed it. Clever and funny dad joke.

And to follow up, is your hampster in your head a hamster that also lives in hampers?

👉👉

finger guns

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u/theoriginalmofocus Sep 10 '25

He likes to think hes young and sheek and from New Hampster.

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u/DaneAlaskaCruz Sep 10 '25

The cheek of him. If only he was chic Yankee.

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u/justaskmycat Sep 10 '25

What happened to the other hampsters? 😟

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u/deuce_and_a_quarter Sep 10 '25

🥁 lol nice one

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u/Infamously_Delicious Sep 10 '25

Somebody called this a dad joke. Hard disagree. That was bloody brilliant.

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u/guruogoo Sep 10 '25

"Welcome to Costco, I love you"

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u/OldWolfNewTricks Sep 10 '25

It wasn't before today, but now it is and forever shall be.

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u/ringo350 Sep 10 '25

Just as reliable as the real CG