[inoop]

> 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!'

[peteradio]

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.

[mcpackieh]

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.)

[peteradio]

This is good.

[ThatPlayer]

There was that guy who used to demonstrate glass windows as unbreakable by running into it. Until the window popped out of the frame.

[peteradio]

IIIIIiiii wasssss stiillllll riiiiiiiiiighttttt........

[stcredzero]

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.