Strait's Closed (again)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-20/iran-says-strait-of-hormuz-has-been-closed-tasnim-reports

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14 Comments

Eldritch@piefed.world · 22 pts · 95d (4 replies)

Schrödinger's straight. Simultaneously open and closed, while never being straight.

inari@piefed.zip · 13 pts · 95d (3 replies)

green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 16 pts · 95d (2 replies)

hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 95d (1 reply)

Gay of Hormuz

It's the fingering that keeps it blocked, but gotta gape for the camera every now and then

nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 94d

stretched af hormuz

AspieEgg@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 95d (1 reply)

Of course. It’s pride month. It’s illegal to be strait.

wheezy@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 94d

I really wish Hezbollah would close the Bab al-Mandeb Strait so when people on TV keep saying "straits" it can at least make sense to keep making it plural. It frustrates me more than it should. It's ONE strait that is being closed! The Strait of Hormuz. It's not the Straits of Hormuz!

Edit: Strait's closed is correct because it's a contraction of Straight is". I'm referring to when people say "the straits are closed again" like multiple straits are being closed.

nocturne@slrpnk.net · 10 pts · 95d (1 reply)

green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 5 pts · 94d

WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 94d (3 replies)

My, what a Dire situation.

nkat2112@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 94d (2 replies)

I see what you did there.

"Get your money for nothing..."

WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 94d (1 reply)

Thank gawd - I know I'm getting old, but the lack of reaction was really worrying...

green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 2 pts · 94d

I thoroughly enjoyed the reference.

Prove_your_argument@piefed.social · 6 pts · 94d

Daddy Netanyahu says no, you can’t have that agreement.

So here’s the tantrum.