1514 people perished when the Titanic sank.

[diva77]

I wonder if rethugs are captivated by the story of the ship hitting an iceberg.

[dchill]

1. Their iceberg is the Constitution.

They should have seen it.

[diva77]

2. Well said!

ETA: I was thinking about COVID denial when I posted, but you brought another perspective.

[malaise]

5. Nicely played

[Celerity]

9. only in this limited case, long term they have gamed the fuck out of the Constitution

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Gerrymandering, voter suppression that has escaped punishment, the utter stacking of the entire federal judiciary (including SCOTUS) with RWNJ's who have LIFETIME appointments, the Senate itself (soon 70% of the seats controlled by just 30% of the populace, and that 30% being whiter, older, more fundie xian, less educated, more reactionary RW than the other 70%), and then the EC as well, all as foundational structures that allow for minority (RW whites) rule, etc etc etc.

[diva77]

28. +1,000,000

long list in the etc. part too!

[OnDoutside]

3. And my granduncle was one of them ! I think they're relatively good showing on Nov 3rd is only

rolling up the impending damage, when the fever breaks.

[PCIntern]

7. Hey! Did you ever read From Time To Time

by Jack Finney. It was a sequel to his fantastic novel Time and Again. Both are brilliant.

[OnDoutside]

8. No, I haven't, I'll check it out. Thanks.

[PCIntern]

10. Read the second one first.

It’s one of the most amazing SF fantasy books ever written. The concept is pure genius

[OnDoutside]

12. Will do.

[MFM008]

4. Imagine

My surprise when i saw a list of survivors
And someone with all 3 parts to my real name was there....

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Would Have Only Been 1,513

If Kate gets on the lifeboat, Lenny gets the door and doesn't die.
Just sayin'!

[OnDoutside]

11. It would have 1,512 if my great grandmother hadn't decided to pack my granduncle off to America to

stop him seeing a girl she disapproved of.

[moonscape]

13. Wow! n/t

[OnDoutside]

14. They had to lock her into a room for days because she was suicidal when the news came through.

[moonscape]

24. Devasting. She thought she was giving him

something nice in exchange for her manipulation. What was he going to do when he got to the US? A short vacation or staying for a while?

[OnDoutside]

25. My guess is that she just wanted to break up the relationship. She

had two sisters and a brother William, already in the US, so he was to go over to his aunts and uncle. They all ended up moving out to Leiter, Wyoming, so he was probably going for good.

[moonscape]

26. How old was he? n/t

[OnDoutside]

27. 22

[ProfessorGAC]

16. Wow!

I don't know anyone personally who had family on the titanic.
I just couldn't resist taking a shot at what my wife & i think is the 2nd most overrated movie ever.
That bit really bugs the folks who love the movie.

[jcgoldie]

17. How long is that damn movie?

I had a bad experience with it and never forgot it. My girlfriend at the time and I spending a romantic weekend at the Lake of the Ozarks (hard to believe thats even a thing I know). Returned to the Lodge of the Four Seasons (not the one Rudy made famous). She wanted to watch a movie it was the 90s early days of hotel PPV movies and we picked that thing. Didnt plan it so well was already like midnight when we started the damn thing. So we watched almost the entire opus and they are floating in icy water when the fucking video cuts out. Call front desk they said “sorry sir we can only start it over from the beginning for you...”

longest night of my damn life.

[ProfessorGAC]

18. Um...Way Too Long?

Besides, i liked it better when it was called Romeo & Juliet.
My wife & i were laughing out loud in the theater. We left before it ended so we'd not make other patrons angry.
We watched the last 30-40 minutes, in a few sittings, when it came on HBO.

[diva77]

20. LOL!!

[OnDoutside]

22. I've seen the 1952 version, and I remember my mother saying how her uncle drowned on it, but

it was never really spoken about (a big regret of mine). I haven't brought myself to watch the 1997 yet, but someone said that there was supposed to have been a ticket number seen at the start, was supposed to have been my granduncle's ticket number.

[diva77]

19. That's quite a story...thanks for sharing!

[OnDoutside]

23. No problem. I've done a lot of research over the last 20 years, and we know his mother bought the

ticket from someone who couldn't go. As it turned out, my own mother said it was bought from "a student chap" and my research leads me to believe it was a cousin of his from up the country, who stayed with them for a few days before the ship was to arrive at Queenstown. I think he got sick, and couldn't go, so my great grandmother spotted the opportunity to pack him off to America and bought the ticket.

[VOX]

15. 242,860 U.S. deaths from COVID-19 to date.

THAT should be the Republicans’ iceberg. Trump steamed right into it with full knowledge of what was going to happen.

[diva77]

21. +1,000,000 THIS!!!!

[Celerity]

29. it will pass 250,000 dead before Friday the 13th ends over there