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Anachr0nist t1_j5jy5mg wrote

Reply to comment by Fake_William_Shatner in TIL that Titanic crewman Herbert Pitman made an attempt to row his lifeboat over to rescue people in the water, but was overruled by the other occupants of the boat, who were worried about people swarming them and duly complied. Pitman said that this haunted him throughout his life. by ChadExtra

This is very easy to theorize about when you're not freezing and disoriented, sitting in a boat at night and in terror for your life.

Maybe they could move, maybe they couldn't - they wouldn't know that on the boat. If people were able to move and a boat came by, every person that could reach out, would try to - it's that or die. And there was a good chance the boat could capsize in the chaos.

Ignoring all of that in favor of creating a narrative that fits your worldview is neither fair nor reasonable.

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Fake_William_Shatner t1_j5k7w9u wrote

It's just what I might think to do in that situation. I will leave panic to other people who might be experts in that.

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Anachr0nist t1_j5kai6y wrote

If only you could have been there, rather than this jagoff Pitman, a mere officer on the ship who joined the Navy at 18, or the crew members on the boat. A pity!

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Fake_William_Shatner t1_j5kgj79 wrote

Lighten up a little. And don't hate me just because I might be the solution to most problems.

None of them involving paperwork or using a map of course.

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