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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's like when someone tells me something is unbreakable. It becomes my mission to come up with a way of breaking it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's like the Titanic, it was doomed the moment someone called it unsinkable. No self-respecting universe would let that slide.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Fun fact: The "unsinkable" actually came from its sister Olympic, after it came out relatively unscathed from a collision with the Hawke (Wikipedia link)

damage to Olympic and Hawke - Olympic has a hole in the side of its hull, Hawke's bow has been completely mangled and now looks pug-nosed

Fun fact: Between the 3 ships of the class, Olympic was the only that survived to retirement. Britannic was sunk by a mine in WWI after less than a year in service.