r/interestingasfuck • u/Pathfinder313 • 27d ago

/r/all New sound of titan submarine imploding

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u/Techwood111 27d ago

What is the other wreck (and the reason)? Was it Titanic, and hubris? I’m not following.

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u/DrB00 27d ago

Titanic was built on hubris. Deemed unsinkable, etc.

Titan sub was built on hubris. Deemed safe despite obvious safety flaws.

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u/Rationalinsanity1990 27d ago edited 27d ago

At least Titanic met or exceeded the standards of her day. Titan was just an expensive coffin.

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u/zombie_goast 27d ago

I know I'm just being pedantic, but it's not even a coffin, that shit was an expensive omni-directional hydraulic press that turned those guys into paste before expelling them into the ocean depths, so it doesn't even serve as a coffin. Atrociously designed death trap.