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by inoop 1080 days ago
> OceanGate had previously taken the Titan to this depth to visit the Titanic. So, it was "proven"

This reminds me of an old joke about an optimist who falls from a 40 story building. As he passes the 30th story he thinks to himself, 'so far so good!'

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The analogy would be an optimist who successfully falls two times due to extreme luck, like falling on a passing pillow truck and then goes for a third try.
A man who jumps onto a pile of bubble wrap, but each time he does this a few more of the bubbles pop.

(The submarine got weaker each time they used it.)

This is good.
There was that guy who used to demonstrate glass windows as unbreakable by running into it. Until the window popped out of the frame.
IIIIIiiii wasssss stiillllll riiiiiiiiiighttttt........
How is your current life different? 1) It's not in freefall. 2) It will last orders of magnitude longer.

Otherwise, we are all in this boat.