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author: Homer J Simpson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 27, 2016, 06:25:46 pm
content: Poor guy. But its still pretty funny.

author: Falcon69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 27, 2016, 09:59:54 pm
content: I was waiting for the bus sometime back on my way to a job interview. someone did that to me purposely, as there was plenty of room for them to avoid the puddle. they could have drove around it. I was so upset and needed the job. couldn't be late for interview.i showed up to the interview with my shoes sloppy wet and making noise while walking in and dripping from head to toe. The boss laughed so hard....ended up giving me the job anyway. I guess the fact I showed up after that and wasn't late....showed dedication.Still, i just hate how inconsiderate some people are.

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 28, 2016, 01:58:35 am
content: That's mean. Also potentially staged for youtube views.Which makes this thread ripe for deliberate derail. Viola:As usual 'tube makes up for the dumb, with something interesting:Forging The AnchorSomeone (probably gov funded) recreated the entire process of forging the Titanic's anchor. It's awesome.But wait, there's more. Here's the *actual* derail. I noticed in that video there was a White Star Line poster, mentioning the Titanic and the Olympic. Olympic was built some years before the Titanic, and nearly identical. Now it's almost completely forgotten, because it didn't sink. Or did it? There's a fascinating story there.Titanic: the first staged 9/11 ~ Full Length (51:54)When I first saw this years ago, I was astonished. Yet another case of 'well known history' turning out to be far from the truth. The ship that sank was in fact Titanic's sister ship Olympic, disguised as Titanic, as an insurance scam. The Olympic had been seriously damaged, not economically repairable to seaworthy. Insurers refused to pay up. The company was going to go broke if they didn't find a solution. That solution was...Also 'tube search Conspiracies- Titanic:The Ship That Never SankThere are many other takes on this story.There, now wasn't that a lot more interesting than seeing someone get soaked? And now you see the connection.

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 28, 2016, 05:41:00 am
content: That Titanic conspiracy, while I do believe and agree with it, hasn't been accepted by the majority, but what what reason I cannot figure out.

author: MK14
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 28, 2016, 06:08:44 am
content: Quote from: TwoOfFive on December 28, 2016, 05:41:00 amIt was definitely[**] theTitanic, not the Olympic. (From the evidence, which I will now detail, some of it).This is known because they were eventually able to bring up to the surface, various items from the "Titanic".They had special serial numbers and markings on the parts, identifying them. So they were able to confirm that it was indeed, the Titanic which sank. There is other evidence, which also confirms it was indeed the Titanic which sank.Eventually all the "Titanic" series ships were to sink and be lost at sea. If I understand things correctly. Including one (modified to be unsinkable, after the Titanic was lost). Which was sank by torpedo.So an interesting conspiracy theory. But wrong, apparently.There was a documentary which explains all about it, which is probably on youtube somewhere.EDIT:[**]I can't necessarily 100% rule out, a particular conspiracy theory being valid. But from what I saw in the documentary. They seemed to have very good arguments/evidence. Which seemed to show, that in this case, the conspiracy theory was very likely to be wrong.

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 28, 2016, 06:26:19 am
content: Quote from: MK14 on December 28, 2016, 06:08:44 amThe conspiracy states that the Olympic was fitted with all of the Titanic's fitting and items. And the Olympic (What in this scenario would be the original Titanic) never sank. It was dismantled after years of service.Only two of the three Titan steamliners were lost at sea.

author: MK14
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 28, 2016, 06:30:35 am
content: Quote from: TwoOfFive on December 28, 2016, 06:26:19 amThat is an interesting counter argument!Good points!But I think the documentary (I watched it a very long time ago. So can't remember it that accurately) indicates (or if not my own common sense). That changing all the fittings like that, would be such a big job. That it would be very difficult to keep something like that quiet.But you have certainly damaged (counter argued) my original argument, and probably some or all of the documentary.

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 28, 2016, 07:05:22 am
content: Quote from: MK14 on December 28, 2016, 06:30:35 amIn what way? You just need to tell the staff to unload all the namesakes off the Olympic for whatever reason, quickly repaint the lettering on the ship, and tell them to throw the Titanic dishware on.I have to admit it's not totally watertight, but the evidence outweighs the counter evidence. There are many ways they could have pulled it offI mean the structural differences are pretty self-explanatory, and the odd coloured blotch on the "Titanic's" hull in pictures is EXACTLY where the Olympic was hit by the Hawke. The window and balcony/walkway differences are proven, it is the Olympic on the bottom.But when it all boils down, it doesn't really matter. It's an interesting caveat, but 1500 people still died.

author: MK14
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 28, 2016, 07:12:58 am
content: Quote from: TwoOfFive on December 28, 2016, 07:05:22 amNo no no. Sorry, I was not clear enough in my explanation.What I meant was that a number of the (potentially huge in size), raw parts that made up the Titanic ship. Were actually well organized (they needed to be, because making such a huge beast, is getting very complicated). So the parts, e.g. a huge cross sectional piece of complicated metal work (if I understand things correctly), had various markings on it. Which identified serial numbers and such stuff. These have been brought to the surface and checked, and they were indeed from the Titanic.I'm not talking about a few "Titanic" labels, here and there. I'm talking about the (massive in some cases) assemblies that make up the ship and/or the things inside the room.I'm NOT 100% sure, about the extent to which these parts, have been checked and/or are part of the ship, rather than part of the cabins furnishing and construction.

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 28, 2016, 07:22:40 am
content: Quote from: MK14 on December 28, 2016, 07:12:58 amThere has only ever been one hull section retrieved from the wreck, and I don't recall it having anything other than a few windows and plates of metal, stuff that wouldn't have been identifiable.I mean you have to understand, this is hundreds of meters deeper than anybody can go in even the most advanced diving suits. Just taking a submarine is risky enough.But on a different note, check out the movie Raising the Titanic. It's ripe with historical inaccuracies and impossibilities, but it's a good watch either way.

author: MK14
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 28, 2016, 11:30:03 am
content: Disclaimer:Opinions about conspiracy theories can differ. Sorry, if my apparently hard line on this one (my current opinion), is contradictory to some other peoples, opinion.Quote from: TwoOfFive on December 28, 2016, 07:22:40 amI've today, just watched the 51 Minute, video, trying to explain the conspiracy theory about it, and ...I think, the video is for suckers, who can easily be led into believing any unsourced and probably untrue fictional stories, claiming to be true.I can't find the documentary, that I watched, a number of years ago. Which had nice section(s), debunking (explaining that the conspiracy theories were most likely FALSE).Anyway, after watching the 51 Minute conspiracy video, I'munconvinced.I traced through one of the important claims (from the video), and found a source that I consider considerably more reliable. Which said that the evidence wasunreliable/untrustworthy.Even if some of the stuff was true with evidence. He/they are horrifically/wildly exaggerating and jumping to crazy ideas, on the flimsiest of evidence (which does not even necessarily even exist and/or be correct).Analogy:This thread is suppose to be about a man getting horribly splashed, by two cars on a very wet day.What actually happened is that, that man's fathers, father designed the Titanic. The brother of the designer actually was the captain of the Titanic. The sister of the brother, was actually standing on the iceburg, and navigating it into theTitanicOlympic.The two men in the cars in the OP's video, had lost almost 100 ancestors in the Titanic disaster. So they were getting their revenge on that man, because of his connections to theTitanicOlympic disaster.The 51 minute video I watched (which actually was 52 minutes or so), is here:

author: MK14
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 28, 2016, 01:11:23 pm
content: Here's an apparently good Titanic Switcheddebunking/disprovingexplanation website:http://www.titanicswitch.com/evidence.htmlSlightly Back on topic: