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B3eenthehedges t1_j5ipgv8 wrote

Reply to comment by Careful_Yannu in TIL that Titanic crewman Herbert Pitman made an attempt to row his lifeboat over to rescue people in the water, but was overruled by the other occupants of the boat, who were worried about people swarming them and duly complied. Pitman said that this haunted him throughout his life. by ChadExtra

I suppose you can understand skepticism after sinking on the unsinkable ship.

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Careful_Yannu t1_j5iyb0f wrote

Fun fact, while popularly called "unsinkable", the closest any official publication got was an engineering magazine calling it "Practically unsinkable" referring to the bulkheads built into the structure. Neither the company nor Andrews, the designer, claimed it.

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tinaoe t1_j5lg5k1 wrote

And tbf, it did sink remarkably slowly compared to others of its time.

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