My dad was in the merchant navy 60 years ago and I think boredom was an issue then. I know they had some movies to watch, but they would get through those on a long voyage. I think there was a fair bit of drinking going on. The olden pirates might have had some guys who could play music for a song and a dance, but who can stand weeks of sea shanties? I expect few of them could read and voyages could last years. Again, drinking was probably popular.
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Reminds me of a story from a coworker who had been in the US Merchant Marine. He said one day they were walking into one of the common areas, and saw there was a naughty video playing in the VCR showing a woman slowly going topless. But eventually the camera panned down and... turned out it was definitely NOT a woman. From the way he told it, it sounded like someone set that up to play a prank on the other guys coming into the break room.
You gotta make your own fun I guess. 😉
Some people would prefer that sort of video and when a load of guys are cooped up together for long periods things may happen. Nothing wrong with that of course. I expect crews are more mixed these days.
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