As special representative for the easily seasick community, I’d like to add,”Baaaaaarf, barf barf baaaaarf. Thank you.”
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 8:09 PM on May 4 [2 favorites]

Dear metafilter,

Attached is an invoice for $100.00, to cover the cost of purchasing a new keyboard to replace the one I just barfed all over.

Make that $200.

Sincerely,
n_o_d
posted by not_on_display at 8:19 PM on May 4 [2 favorites]

Not to oversell the point, but this needs a “barf“ tag.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 8:40 PM on May 4 [1 favorite]

These are wild, thanks. I can't help thinking of a few shipwreck narratives I've read that involved rough weather: the Catharine in 1795, the Postboy in 1814, and the Rothsay Castle in 1831.
posted by Wobbuffet at 8:59 PM on May 4

These made me homesick for life at sea.
posted by minervous at 9:06 PM on May 4 [5 favorites]

Just for fun

ITYM nightmares.
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:20 PM on May 4

Watching this picturing someone on the deck and hearing the soundtrack...

When it struck, he sat up with a start; I roared to him, “Get down!”
But for all that he could hear, I could as well not made a sound.
So, I clung there to the stanchions, and I felt my face go pale,
As he crawled hand over hand along the rail.

I could feel her heeling over with the fury of the blow.
I watched the rail go under then, so terrible and slow.
Then, like some great dog she shook herself and roared upright again.
Far overside. I heard him call my name.
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 9:55 PM on May 4 [4 favorites]

Yeah. Absolutely not.
posted by grumblemf at 10:28 PM on May 4 [1 favorite]

I'm with Minervous -- this post has me nostalgic. Standing on a ship, watching waves crash over the bow never got old.

And all of the POV ones looking straight over the bow aren't when I'd be barfing. At least for me, the seasickness kicks in when I try to look at a computer / read / etc. Which might be less of a problem if my job at sea wasn't "software engineer".

The real lively discussion is whether you want your bunk oriented bow-stern or port-starboard in order to best sleep through the waves. I personally preferred port-starboard, because then the waves rocked you back and forth, rather than standing you on end. However, I do know one person who was injured after being thrown out of his port-starboard upper bunk during aggressive icebreaking.
posted by Metasyntactic at 2:35 AM on May 5

High seas and rogue wave videos are pretty much the only things that threaten the hard-won trust in engineering that I acquired in overcoming my fear of roller coasters that I had well into my teens. I become simultaneously infatuated and mortified, it's one of the most "Thanks I hate it" I feel of of any of the more banal activities that humans have invented for themselves.
posted by rhizome at 2:54 AM on May 5

These all look like a lot of fun to me, with two caveats: (1) modern, well-designed ship in no danger of actually sinking (2) scopolamine. ALL the scopolamine.
posted by dmd at 5:29 AM on May 5

Why do high seas and rogue waves make you embarrassed, rhizome?
posted by congen at 5:55 AM on May 5

If this is your thing, Reddit has /r/thalassophobia for more nightmare fuel.

If you need something more low key, stop by Wavy Boats to see amateurs stuffing powerboat bows over at Haulover Inlet in Miami.
posted by JoeZydeco at 5:57 AM on May 5 [1 favorite]

Why the hell isn't someone out there on the deck mopping that shit up? Come on, sailors! A little pride in your ship!
posted by Naberius at 8:00 AM on May 5

These made me homesick for life at sea.

Oddly, they made me remember getting home sick.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 8:05 AM on May 5

As the surfers say, that's some serious Victory at Sea conditions.
posted by credulous at 9:05 AM on May 5

that Maybe Avoid the North Sea link is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

I am happily not prone to sea sickness so I can watch and enjoy these videos. like, I wish I were on that ship (although I would probably be terrified) but the guy on the video is like "weeee oohhh that is awesome" about getting hit with a 100 ft wave. crazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzy!!!
posted by supermedusa at 10:07 AM on May 5

> Which might be less of a problem if my job at sea wasn't "software engineer".
Whaaat? Intrigued! Please explain!
posted by technodelic at 4:41 PM on May 5

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