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With the exception of RMS Queen Mary 2 (Cunard Line: 2004-present), the ocean liner is nearly extinct. https://oppositelock.kinja.com/the-last-surviving-transa

• lmm 6y ago
  You don't seem to have engaged with the discussion. This was claimed two or three posts back, but what does it actually mean? Plenty of passenger ships - to give a concrete example, the Spirit class - routinely make transoceanic crossings at a reasonable speed following schedules published years in advance. Perhaps a little slower than the QM2. Perhaps with slightly more onboard amenities. But I can see no clear distinction that justifies this talk of the QM2 being somehow "the last" and qualitatively different from these other ships that do very much the same thing in practice.
  • richthegeek 6y ago
    It was explained wasn't it? The design parameters are different, as the purpose is different (transportation rather than leisure). "Bob is the last sheep" "But I see all these four-legged ruminants wandering around eating grass, what about them?" "Those are goats" "You don't seem to have engaged with the discussion..."
    • lmm 6y ago
      I responded to that, and then grandparent just reverted to a blank assertion. It's more like: "Bob is the last sheep" "But I see all these four-legged ruminants wandering around eating grass, what about them?" "Those are goats" "We're shearing them and gathering wool from them; doesn't that make them sheep?" "Bob is the last sheep" "You don't seem to have engaged with the discussion..."