In naval architecture, a poop deck is a deck that forms the roof of a cabin built in the rear, or “aft”, part of the superstructure of a ship

  • .Donuts
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    91 day ago

    Wait, there’s no poop involved on the poop deck? TIL

      • @[email protected]
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        61 day ago

        Yup. The term ‘head’ as naval lingo for a bathroom derives from this as on old sailing ships the head of the ship above the bow is where the toilets are, so they could overhang the water.

      • @[email protected]
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        41 day ago

        Physicists shaking their heads…

        If you poop at the rear, the third law of motion indicates that you will help push the boat forward. If you poop at the front it is counterproductive.

        • @[email protected]
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          424 hours ago

          Well yes, but only insomuch as it’s more efficient to push vs pull, but if they orient their asses towards the rear they’ve effectively created front poop drive

    • @Beardsley
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      124 hours ago

      Not with that attitude, no.