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Jace said:
Heard a curious phrase...

We all came over on different ships..

But...now we're all in the same boat.

What do YOU say?
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I like it but think we should not forget those of us who walked across the Bering Land Bridge (or however they got here all those years ago).

I also like to say is that it's wise to remember that all life on this planet probably started from the same single-cell organism.
 
I say we are all here. But there were people brought here not of their free will. Then the natives are thought to have walked to the continent.

My mother literally came over on a boat in the late 50's with my two brothers. I'm the only one born here.

But there is too much divisiveness for sure.
 

Something to think about...and give an opinion...​

Jace said:
Heard a curious phrase...

We all came over on different ships..

But...now we're all in the same boat.

What do YOU say?
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My first thought would be who said this, and in what context. But that’s just the way I think, most of the time, if not all the time.

So with that in mind, after quickly going to Google, it seems to be attributed to Martin Luther King. Which might put a certain perspective on things, depending on who he was directing those towards to. Everyone, or a specific group of people?
 
Our so-called "living quarters" on this ship is a deck down below with less than five feet of headroom — an area with little ventilation and often not even enough space to place buckets for human waste. Some of us have been branded with hot irons and restrained with shackles. The closeness of the place, so crowded that each of scarcely has room to turn ourselves, is suffocating. And the heat! The air is so thick with humidity from sweat that it's unfit for respiration. And don't get me started on the crème brûlée in this place! It's unfit for human consumption!
 
SeniorBen said:
Our so-called "living quarters" on this ship is a deck down below with less than five feet of headroom — an area with little ventilation and often not even enough space to place buckets for human waste. Some of us have been branded with hot irons and restrained with shackles. The closeness of the place, so crowded that each of scarcely has room to turn ourselves, is suffocating. And the heat! The air is so thick with humidity from sweat that it's unfit for respiration. And don't get me started on the crème brûlée in this place! It's unfit for human consumption!
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Well done! Thats similar to what I was thinking about.

Update: Well, apart from the crème brûlée.
 
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SeniorBen said:
Our so-called "living quarters" on this ship is a deck down below with less than five feet of headroom — an area with little ventilation and often not even enough space to place buckets for human waste. Some of us have been branded with hot irons and restrained with shackles. The closeness of the place, so crowded that each of scarcely has room to turn ourselves, is suffocating. And the heat! The air is so thick with humidity from sweat that it's unfit for respiration. And don't get me started on the crème brûlée in this place! It's unfit for human consumption!
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Were you thinking along similar lines as me, from a historical context, relating to the saying itself?
“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.”
 
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I think it’s clearly going to mean different things to different people, depending on who originally said it and who might be repeating the same or similar words, and to whom.

With that in mind, it gives a sense of unity and shared experience. Even giving a sense of emphasising commonality and solidarity among people who may have diverse backgrounds or experiences. But then who find themselves facing similar challenges or situations together.
 
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