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[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 43 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Cat was a foreign agent. Sinking 3 ships.

[–] StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.world 35 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not a foreign agent. Just an agent of chaos. He sunk 1 German ship and two UK ships.

[–] doctortran@lemm.ee 13 points 3 months ago

The Germans definitely sacrificed the Bismark to implant their saboteur among the enemy.

[–] scholar@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago (3 children)
[–] doctortran@lemm.ee 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In fact, after the third ship sank, Sam would spend time on two other ships before eventually ending up in a sailor's home in the UK. Those two other ships ended up being sunk as well after Sam had left them.

[–] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The home? It sunk too shortly after his death

[–] PrimeMinisterKeyes@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp.

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 4 points 3 months ago

Any sailor that survived 3 sunk shops was considered bad luck and would likely never find work again. No clue how they used to travkthat information, but sailors have always been incredibly superstitious and they take bad luck way more seriously than good luck.

[–] sgibson5150 26 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

There's a quest chain in Divinity Original Sin (2014) that involves a cat named Unsinkable Sam, original name Oscar, that I literally played for the first time over the weekend. I had no idea there was a possible historical basis for the character. Crazy coincidence that this was posted today.

Edit: Damn autocorrect

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I know what you did last night and I'm going post something related later today just to duck with you.

[–] sgibson5150 6 points 3 months ago

I'll try my best to endure said ducking like the idiot man child that I am.

[–] cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 13 points 3 months ago

He looks very healthy and meaty. Must've been an excellent mouser on those ships.

[–] DrabPoultry@midwest.social 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

His face is like, "again with this shit??"

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

"Seriously. Hoomins are stoopid"

[–] CheeryLBottom@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I never knew about Unsinkable Sam until Divinity: Original Sin. Thank you Larian for the trivia :)

[–] HBK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago
[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 3 months ago

LPT: Always save the cat. You will never be disappointed.

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago

Survived... or instigated?!?!