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Everything named Concord crashed and burned as a result of overconfidence.

And then the Titanic and OceanGate Titan sank despite being "unsinkable".

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[-] [email protected] 36 points 7 months ago

In SciFi, EVERY ship called The Icarus disappears/ gets destroyed.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I know exactly what to name my futurism inspired submersible to view the Titanic!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I mean I know about Icarus, and I've seen this in a scifi show, but didn't realize it was a trope.

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