Spyke
TargaryenTKE
lemmy.world

I'll admit this shower thought I had is way too reductive and borderline-insulting to those who lost this lives to be of any REAL value, but does anyone know of any other examples of us celebrating and glamorizing such a colossal fuck up to the same extent that we do the Titanic? Again, not trying to ruffle too many dead-for-over-a-century-already feathers here, but even if you take the wildly successful movie into account, it feels like every year whenever I see the Titanic mentioned, the focus shifts more and more away from "omg what a tragedy" to "big boat was big"

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UncleArthurreply
lemmy.world

The ship was fantastic: an amazing feat of engineering and style, and she was fine when she left Belfast. Look at the career her sister, RMS Olympic had. I'd like to think we're celebrating the engineering achievement rather than an over-confident Captain sailing her into an ice field at full speed.

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TargaryenTKEreply
lemmy.world

I see your point and I don't disagree with you on principal... but doesn't it kinda prove my point that they didn't make this a celebration of the RMS Olympic for example? I'm fully aware that the Olympic is less famous and would therefore draw less attention from the public, but still, this just reinforces the one (and sometimes only) thing that people know about the Titanic; big boat was big but now is sunk

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TrackinDaKrakenreply
lemmy.world

We're not celebrating the sinking. The ship was more than its end. You'll notice the image the drones make are of the ship intact, and on top of the water.

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TargaryenTKEreply
lemmy.world

I didn't think/claim they were celebrating the sinking, just that as time moves on, and as it gets mentioned/referenced just for the sake of spouting it's infamous name/history, people will forget more and more of the details until eventually the only thought it will evoke is "big boat was big, is now sunk" and possibly "My Heart Will Go On"

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