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When you're talking about the design of the boat, you say "it".

When the boat is still being built, your say "it".

When the boat is nearing completion, you can say "it" or "she".

When the boat is floating in the water you probably say "she", unless there is still a lot of work to be done (e.g. no engine yet) then you say "it".

When the boat is officially launched and operating, you say "she". If you continue to say "it" at this point you are not incorrect but suspiciously untraditional. You are not playing the game.

If you are referring to a boat you don't really know anything about you may say "it" ("there's a big boat, it's coming this way"). But if you know its name, it's probably "she" ("there's the Waverley, she's on her way to Greenock").

If you are talking about boats in general, you say "it" ("when a boat is hit by a wave it heels over")

If you speak about a boat in complimentary terms, it's "she" ("she's a grand boat"). If you are being disparaging it may be it, but not necessarily ("it's as ugly as sin", "she's a grotty old tub").

If she has a boy's name, she's still she. "Boy James", "King Edward", "Sir David Attenborough"? The pronoun is she.

If it's a dumb barge (no engine), you say it. But if it's a rowing boat (no engine), you say she.

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HE WAS 21 DURRIMG TORCHWOOD ONE. HE WAS FUCKING 22 WHEN HE MET JACK. OF CORSE HE TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF, HIS ENTIRE LIFE ENDED BEFORE HE HIT TWENTY THREE.

Dude. I'm losing my mind. Everything makes so much more sense now.

He was kind of selfish and short sighted? He was 23. Of course he was.

He changed drastically as the show progressed, maturing a lot? Of course he did, he was in his early twentys.

He was weirdly horny about a lot of stuff? HE'S TWENTY THREE. FUCKING OF CROUSE HE ISS.

This is the worst information i've ever heard. They would've had so much time together. He was so young.

Of course he made rash decisions. Of course he was impulsive. Of course he had a lot to learn. Of course he almost burned down the world because of his first real girlfriend. OF COURS EHE WAS A PA. HE WAS TWENTY.

He was a fucking baby.

Genuinely every rewatch/listen is going to make me even more upset now. I thought he was at least late twentys at the start, into at LEAST his thirtys when he died. I thought he just looked young.

OH MY GOD ALL THE SHIT THAT HAPPENED TO HIM IN "the death of captain jack" HE WAS LIKE 21 FOR.

AUFH

Fucking no wonder he tried to kill himself after getting his shit absolutely rocked by murderers. Of course he was confused about his sexuality. Of course he found solice in his very attractive boss's bed. OF COURSE HE HAD ISSUES WITH HIS BORDERLINE ABUSIVE FATHER. HE WAS LIKE TWENTY TWO.

Of course he didn't have a sense of identity.

every fat person you know for the most part probably has a story like this, of medical neglect. many of the stories i've heard personally are when the complaint or the doctor wasn't related at all, like being told to lose weight at the ear nose and throat doctor or at the dentist. it's straight up just bias. it's such a thing that in the show Shrill it's portrayed, when Aidy Bryant goes to the gynecologist and her doctor suggests she get gastric bypass.

the studies on health and fatness are simply not that black and white and there is basically no research that shows that more than an incredibly tiny minority of people can lose weight and keep it off for more than like 2 years. bodies have set points that they gravitate towards, it's not a personal failure. this also is how the weight loss industry succeeds so well - repeat customers.

some of the harm associated with fatness is also due to weight cycling, which is very hard on your body and is even worse if you get off a GLP1, which according to a recent study causes weight to be regained at a rate that is 4x faster than without taking a GLP1.

you don't have to hate yourself. you don't have to hate other people for their body type either. it makes me so sad to see the thinspo tag going around again in 2026 a lot like it was back in the day.

some resources to learn more here:

https://www.reuters.com/article/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/feeling-fat-may-be-worse-for-you-than-being-fat-idUSTON079061/