ovationman t1_iub8be1 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:12 AM

He predicted that ships at the time were unsafe not the sinking of titanic... "wherein a steamer collides with another ship, resulting in a high loss of life due to an insufficient ratio of lifeboats to passengers."

BiggsBounds t1_iubbga1 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:37 AM

And yet he rode on them. Clearly wasn't overly concerned about it.

Gagarin1961 t1_iubzayp wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:05 AM

“Surely this one is so large that nothing could sink her…”

Bearddesirelibrarian t1_iucl8tq wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:45 AM

"And as the ship sunk down he thought, 'Well isn't this nice.'."

mrnipper t1_iucrpqb wrote on October 30, 2022 at 10:18 AM

Isn't it ironic?

Such_Personality3690 t1_iuf42dt wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:11 PM

Don't ya think?

Civil_Speed_8234 t1_iue76jq wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:34 PM

What's ironic is having a girl who doesn't understand irony sing a song about irony

JQHiggin t1_iueu9sa wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:05 PM

Don't you think?

Beyond_Exitium t1_iuela73 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 7:06 PM

Well to be fair if you have stuff to do or somewhere to be and ships are the only way to travel across the ocean then you normally find a way to move past your concerns.