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> "The ship was an unsinkable ship. I say it, I repeat it." Saying that when the boat is nearly 200 feet under the surface of the sea seems insane.
by irrational 2y ago
> "The ship was an unsinkable ship. I say it, I repeat it."
Saying that when the boat is nearly 200 feet under the surface of the sea seems insane.
- noncoml 2y agoThe set of boats characterized unsinkable and are now laying at the bottom of the sea: {Titanic, Bayesian}
- alvah 2y agoAre you sure that's the complete set?
- rbanffy 2y agoVery few ship designers say that.
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- rsynnott 2y agoThe Titanic, at least, _was_ largely operator error (they shouldn't have tried to avoid the iceberg unless they were certain that they could do so; it was designed for a head-on collision and _that_ would not have sunk it).
- tanelpoder 2y agoUnsinkable ship, with design flaws…
- aidenn0 2y agoIn context he was trying to place blame on the crew, so he clearly meant "unsinkable when crewed correctly." He goes on to claim that they must not have properly closed hatches &c. for the storm.
- chgs 2y agoWhen someone says unsinkable most people think titanic
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- null0pointer 2y agoSounds like they didn’t update their prior.