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Right, this is an incredible clever headline. I visualized a ship, screaming at the top of their lungs, but sinking just before getting within earshot

• incompatible 4y ago
  "tried to warn" seems a bit misleading to me. It seems that it successfully warned the Titanic, as did several other ships, but the Titanic didn't do anything with the warnings. It maintained full speed per standard practice, believing that ice formed little danger to large vessels (per Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic).
  • Retric 4y ago
    The phrase is often used when something bad happens after someone urged caution and was ignored. Recipient “didn’t want to hear it”: https://news.yahoo.com/us-intelligence-tried-warn-ukraine-105100302.html https://news.yahoo.com/us-intelligence-tried-warn-ukraine-10... Unfortunately, it’s also used when the message never makes it to the recipient: https://www.nj.com/union/2022/05/nj-cop-tried-to-warn-gang-member-about-raid-arrest-authorities-say.html https://www.nj.com/union/2022/05/nj-cop-tried-to-warn-gang-m...
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