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People Are Cracking Up At These 30 Memes About The Ship Stuck In The Suez Canal
If you have been following the news lately, you’ll know that the Suez Canal has a bit of a traffic jam problem. Turns out, there’s a gigantic cargo ship stuck in the canal, blocking the pathway through it for hundreds of not thousands of ships.
This, of course, has been making headlines around the globe. And not just headlines. Memesters, as well as the rest of the internet, got cracking at commenting on the situation through posts and memes.
Bored Panda scoured the internet to collect its best reactions to the stuck cargo ship and the efforts in freeing the ship from its unfortunate predicament. Be sure to upvote and comment on the submissions you enjoyed the most in the list below!
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Xylle Flora 4 years ago
My name is boat, I am a boat, I crashed myself just to show it, you can crash ships but you can't crash mine, I sail myself and carry my creator, I have smokestacks but I want a little engine, un deux trois CRUISE SHIP'S A JERK
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Ryan Michael 4 years ago
They’re gonna need the amnesia dust cannon from The Tooth Fairy to spray it
Sean Dunne 4 years ago
Chaos is the requirement of the day.If they really wanted to move this it would be gone in an hour.I see photos of one piddling little digger on the key side.Please stop with the bullshit.
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Freya the Wanderer 4 years ago
Can I ever relate! Sometimes you click on that darn "x" but all you do is open the website for the ad.
Jo Johannsen 4 years ago
Seems to me that standing under the anchor of an obviously jinxed ship is not a good idea.
Lynn Morello 4 years ago
Every other add has the name of the ship as EVER GREEN. Just about every News Media coverage, has the name of the ship as EVER GIVEN. WTF??? Why
For those who need more context on the issue, the Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway that serves as a massive shortcut between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. It is one of the main routes of many ships traveling between Europe, parts of Africa and Asia.
How important is the Suez Canal for logistics? Well, in 2020 alone, nearly 19,000 ships chose to travel through there, averaging around 51.5 ships per day. You can imagine just how many Ali Express, Amazon, and various other orders have been transported through this tiny canal alone.
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Mark Howell 4 years ago
The Egyptians couldn't manage a blockade this good last time. Now they bring in mercenaries ;o)
Jaymi Dooley 4 years ago
However he did get to draw a d**k on the shipping tracker... so it's not all bad
Two Silly Pups 4 years ago
... because he attempted to draw a d*ck on google maps, apparently.
Rissie 4 years ago
And damaged the world economy. How else will all the plastic junk, scratch that, "cargo" reach Europe?
Full of Giggles 4 years ago
The global economy was already deteriorating because of COVID. This clusterfuck only exacerbates the issue.
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So, the stuck massive cargo ship is called the MV Ever Given (Evergreen) and is one of the biggest cargo ships in the world, measuring at around 400 meters in length with a gross tonnage of over 220,000.
Reports state that while the ship was crossing the canal, high winds and a dust storm hit it and it was rendered uncontrollable—so much, in fact, that it was pushed sideways and got stuck by hitting the bottom of the canal.
Local operations have been launched to get the ship unstuck, but it has been a full 3 days at the moment of this article that the ship has been stuck and some speculate that it may take days if not weeks to set it free.
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Niffler_13 4 years ago
It fixed my old apple watch into a new apple watch
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CatWoman312 4 years ago
I work in collections. Many customers have made payments only when they get their stimulus. Their unemployment only is enough to pay for rent and food. They’re behind in their utilities and everything else. I’m grateful for the stimulus, but it isn’t enough
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Mohsie Supposie 4 years ago
It's always the small things that win. A certain virus, for example.
Lynn Morello 4 years ago
It is amazing that One Japanese Ship. OVERLOADED, can cause a little disruption in a day. How much damage can he do in a week?
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Peter Spencer 4 years ago
Now we know how to utterly mess up world trade--block th Suez and the Panama Canals in the same week and close everything down..
Because this is such a big deal, of course the internet took the opportunity to have some fun with it by commenting and meming the whole thing.
Many admired the efforts that are being made by equating the tiny excavator doing its darned best to free the massive ship with things like trying to get a thesis done or the progress of one’s to-do list.
Others likened the situation to how Austin Powers was trying to turn around a baggage carrier in a narrow corridor, and yet others poked fun at how there are ideas to take the beached cargo ship and convert it into a camper “and post updates,” ridiculing today’s re-purposing trend.
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Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
Of course it's real, but not in reaction the the Suez issues, e.g. china-brazil trade. It would have taken MANY days to go from near the Suez to somewhere near S-A, and you'd have a line from Egypt to S-A which there isn't. I often look at https://www.marinetraffic.com/ to identify a ship I'm looking at... it's often fun to see "hey they're on a trip from A to B".
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Barrie 4 years ago
The alternative route between Asia and Europe instead of the Suez is to go around the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), however this can add one or two weeks to a voyage. Due to the blockage some ships are now taking the longer route. The image is from a marine traffic app or website (there are several available) and purports to show an enormous amount of diverted traffic, however the vast majority of what is seen is usual traffic going from SE Asia and the middle east to the Americas or the west coast of Africa, diverted traffic is still minimal.
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Demi Zwaan 4 years ago
Yup, they expect it will take 2 weeks to get the canal cleared and it takes 1-2 weeks to sail around Africa, so it’s a safer bet to do that than to wait for the ship to be removed.
Raymond Firer 4 years ago
Back in the previous Sews crisis, Cape town in particular, but other South African seaports too, did a roaring trade!
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Scott Henrie 4 years ago
I'm less depressed the **next day** when I do **higher levels** of aerobic exercise. I don't notice any changes until after I've slept. I try to exercise 20 to 30 minutes. on most of the days in a week. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC474733/ “The Benefits of Exercise for the Clinically Depressed” by Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc.
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Susan Widomski 4 years ago
This will be the time people will be asking for a wider canal. More people will get to shovel dirt, have lung issues, and get lousy wages.
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Raven Sheridan 4 years ago
And we thought 2021 would be better. Nope! It's just 2020: The Sequel.
Bender Bending Rodríguez 4 years ago
Don't hold your breath for next year because that's just twenty twenty too.
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Social platforms like Twitter and Facebook as well as Imgur and Reddit have been booming with memes, gaining hundreds of thousands of views, upvotes, and other forms of internet currency.
Many joked that they are pretty sure that some of their orders are on that ship and that they’re gonna have to now wait until it gets unstuck. Others joked how this could be an awesome plot idea for “Fast And Furious: Suez Drift,” except it’s not that fast and not that furious at this point.
Yet others jested that some magical hand should now pop out of the heavens and reposition the ship, hinting at some sim video games. The most evil idea by internauts was if people canceled whatever orders they possibly had on that ship, making the ship travel back full and get stuck again.
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Verena Gitterle 4 years ago
When I remember right, the facility then went on to self destruct.
Meghan Hirt-Gehr 4 years ago
Great connection. Started laughing hard because I was picturing that scene from Austin Powers.
Naomi Cline 4 years ago
This was exactly what I thought of when I saw the picture of the ship Stuck sideways. The captain was pulling an Austin Powers!
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Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago (edited)
Bidet crew carefree AF! Your a**s is dirty.
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Malek Basata 4 years ago
i have the block the suez canal level of good day and hope you have it too ;)
JenMiddleChildSmith 4 years ago
My brother once blocked the "Suez Canal" so completely that we had to call a special disaster cleaning company to pull up the carpet and bathroom flooring
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Mohsie Supposie 4 years ago
... which you will decide tomorrow that it does not make any sense, does not even fit into the thesis and needs to be removed.
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Logic and Reason 4 years ago
It’s become a meme format. Memes with jokes unrelated to the format are made all the time.
Load More Replies... Michael A. Brown 4 years ago
May be intentional but the solution also seems really faint in comparison!
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Heather Mack-Scott 4 years ago
Excel is not a Database, but is often used as such in bad ways. Excel does weird things to numbers that if you're not careful, will break something. And if only Jennifer understands the formula's used, then heave help the person who tries changing them after she leaves. e.g. Recently in Demark, 9000 high risk people didn't get called for vaccinations as their civil registration number began with 0 and Excel miss-formatted it to be invalid CRN. Matt Parker did a couple great videos about some of the messes Excel has causes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb2zkxHDfUE and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUp8pkoeMss
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Joseph OReilly 4 years ago
The entire fabric of society rests on the spreadsheet made in the nineties by Jennifer in accounting
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Camden 4 years ago
no no you gotta say it like this - THIS IS SPARTA!! *kick someone into a pit*
Load More Replies... Kelly Hartle 4 years ago
Don't you feel great when your mind flashes back to your ancient history classes and you actually get it?
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Kelly Hartle 4 years ago
There's an advantage to a small house--they can't fit in to begin with.
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Mr. Derpy Dino 4 years ago
i think i know why, but to make sure i do, why is it cursed?
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Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
This ship has been stuck for a really long time! Try adding a parallel track at Lake Timsah...
Fred Burrows 4 years ago
It seems they would pull front and back sideways in opposite directions,
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Clearly sunny 4 years ago
Love this one. Why does laundry build up sooooo much with children? Arrrrrrr!!
Mr. Derpy Dino 4 years ago
it dosent really, just check you kids rooms before the load, i have a brother, and my mom only makes 2 loads a day in some 90's washer. ;/
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Mr. Derpy Dino 4 years ago
dont procrastonate, it makes everything worse, and trust me*mutters* I still procrastonate...
Load More Replies... Noemie Houtekie-N'Da 4 years ago
My only motivation is that I don't want to fail one of the 2 subjects I was naturally good at. Smh.
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Sista of the moon 4 years ago
OH MY F*****G GOD this is a Wendy’s in my area at the WORST PLACE POSSIBLE it is SO ANNOYING they have to take it down so many people are complaining. I LOVE THIS POST
#35
Fixed the Suez Canal problem
#36
Joseph OReilly 4 years ago
Captain, I'm trying to deliver paccies, but I'm dummy thicc, and the mass of my asscheeks keeps blocking the suez
#38
Mr. Derpy Dino 4 years ago
them: "There's no wax on, wax off in drifting." me: "this ship is going to need some wax after the crash...."
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Found the culprits behind the Suez Canal blockage
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Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago (edited)
"Help me! I'm stuck! -Where are you stuck? -Between Africa and Asia! -Yeah, but, I meant... -I know what you meant! I am literally, concretely, physically stuck between two f*****g continents! I am an isthmus now !"
Dolly_of TheCowboy 4 years ago
"You cannot be serious. Isthmus be a joke"
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Clearly sunny 4 years ago
Okay, maybe a few too many memes! But so how did this accident actually happen?
marianne eliza 4 years ago
The ship lost power so was at the mercy of the winds. With its tall cargo load the ship itself acted as a sail to swing the ship into the bank.
SykesDaMan 4 years ago
Shame on you Eva Green! Your boat is blocking everyone and you're not even there... miss-pereg...67-png.jpg 
Cassie 4 years ago
In the Panama canal, operators have to turn their ship over to a canal operator to guide it through. Do they do that at the Suez, too? I'm curious if this was the ship's operator or a canal operator that managed this unconventional maneuver.
danielw 4 years ago
probably. it's pretty common to have a harbor pilot come on board to get your ship through. Basically, the idea is that harbor pilots know the port (or canal in this case) better than any pilot you could hire would know it. Also, it's somebody else you can blame for a screw up like this.
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danielw 4 years ago
Maybe I'm just an idiot... but, uhm, is there a reason they're not unloading it to reduce the draft while doing other stuffs? Like... is evergreen being that idiot you volunteered to help move, who insists the still-full dresser drawers aren't too heavy?
Demi Zwaan 4 years ago
They are thinking about it, but that costs millions and is very difficult, so it’s a last resort kind of thing. They are first going to pump fuel and water (ballast) from the ship to see if that helps, and dredging to free the hull. Dutchies FTW!
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Danny Hilton 4 years ago
I was going to join procrastinators anonymous but I never got around to it.
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago (edited)
"Help me! I'm stuck! -Where are you stuck? -Between Africa and Asia! -Yeah, but, I meant... -I know what you meant! I am literally, concretely, physically stuck between two f*****g continents! I am an isthmus now !"
Dolly_of TheCowboy 4 years ago
"You cannot be serious. Isthmus be a joke"
Load More Replies... Clearly sunny 4 years ago
Okay, maybe a few too many memes! But so how did this accident actually happen?
marianne eliza 4 years ago
The ship lost power so was at the mercy of the winds. With its tall cargo load the ship itself acted as a sail to swing the ship into the bank.
SykesDaMan 4 years ago
Shame on you Eva Green! Your boat is blocking everyone and you're not even there... miss-pereg...67-png.jpg
Cassie 4 years ago
In the Panama canal, operators have to turn their ship over to a canal operator to guide it through. Do they do that at the Suez, too? I'm curious if this was the ship's operator or a canal operator that managed this unconventional maneuver.
danielw 4 years ago
probably. it's pretty common to have a harbor pilot come on board to get your ship through. Basically, the idea is that harbor pilots know the port (or canal in this case) better than any pilot you could hire would know it. Also, it's somebody else you can blame for a screw up like this.
Load More Replies... danielw 4 years ago
Maybe I'm just an idiot... but, uhm, is there a reason they're not unloading it to reduce the draft while doing other stuffs? Like... is evergreen being that idiot you volunteered to help move, who insists the still-full dresser drawers aren't too heavy?
Demi Zwaan 4 years ago
They are thinking about it, but that costs millions and is very difficult, so it’s a last resort kind of thing. They are first going to pump fuel and water (ballast) from the ship to see if that helps, and dredging to free the hull. Dutchies FTW!
Load More Replies... Danny Hilton 4 years ago
I was going to join procrastinators anonymous but I never got around to it.
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