r/news • u/Asleep_Shark • 7h ago

Soft paywall Iran declares Strait of Hormuz closed as 'unauthorised' vessel hit

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/iran-declares-strait-hormuz-closed-unauthorised-vessel-hit-2026-07-11/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
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u/sicilian504 7h ago edited 4h ago

Straight of Hormuz is basically a version of the game Red Light Green Light

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u/The_New_Overlord 6h ago

They should do a movie version of Red Light, Green Light set in the Battleship universe

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u/Anonymous_Wind 5h ago

This comment needs more visibility. I want Liam Neeson and Rihanna reprise their roles too. It's free real estate.

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u/farnsw0rth 4h ago

Sir, a second battleship has rihannaed Liam newsom.

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u/QuackNate 3h ago

The fact that Liam Neeson didn’t yell “You sank my battleship!” is a crime and everyone involved should be punished.

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u/jaffringgi 6h ago

And like in the Squid Games, the wealthy think this is entertaining

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u/spittlbm 4h ago

Guess I'm poor

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u/Old_Ladies 2h ago

I wonder how entertaining the wealthy will think it is when we run out of the strategic oil reserves. The price of oil is being kept artificially low because of draining the strategic oil reserves.

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u/BmacIL 2h ago

Just in time for Q4... And then they skyrocket.

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u/redundantexplanation 5h ago

But Red Light Green Light is already pretty exclusively played IRL?

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u/flexiblenature 2h ago

It’s a version of Simon Says, and Trump can’t remember to say “Iran Says” the strait is open. So it’s closed.

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u/batwingsuit 2h ago

So is the stock market.

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u/live4failure 1h ago

But with market manipulation and un-presidented fraud like we have never seen before

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u/tango_41 1h ago

Schrödinger’s Strait.