TIL that Captain E. Smith on the Titanic was made aware of an ice field through 7 different warnings, but did not listen.
http://www.palomar.edu/users/jtagg/di/Sample%20Papers/titanic.htm#:~:text=%22On%20April%2011%2C%201912%2C,E.J.%20Smith%20
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IvanOverdrive@lemm.ee · 32 pts · 2y
delirious_owl@discuss.online · 6 pts · 2y
Soon all the ice will be melted, so..
And009@lemmynsfw.com · 3 pts · 2y
It definitely wasn't a Olympic class liner with insurance problems that continued to be in service for 20+ years
k_rol@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
Well we could cancel him /s
Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Before going down, legend says that he asked "Where is the horse and the rider?"
CaptFrey@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
"Where is the horn that was blowing? "
delirious_owl@discuss.online · 2 pts · 2y
Wtf does that mean? Or was he just batshit crazy?
ValenThyme@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 2y
Land_Strider@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
It is a reference to the lines of the film actor of the captain of Titanic in the 1997 film being the same actor who played King Theoden of Rohan (a horse-riding people) in the Lord of The Rings trilogy by Peter Jackson.
ValenThyme@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 2y