#sinkable

[sereniphile-blog]

Titanic was a little bitch movie star who died tragically young in spectacular fashion. We know. Is nobody going to talk about her older sisters who both had incredibly successful careers? They fought in the war!

Britanic deserved a Medal of Honor, acting as a hospital vessel until a mine sank her in Greece. (Side note, sank in a tenth of the time Big T did, and 97% of the victims survived 🙄). She never got into the entertainment biz. She wanted to be a nurse, and she was a damn good one.

Olympic stepped on people and they liked it. She tore a U-boat in half (also a friendly boat but they had it coming), and served as troop transport until the war ended. They called her “Old Reliable”. Here that Unsinkable? They called her reliable. She was in service two years before the Titanic was born, and she was still serving two decades after the Titanic sank. The Olympic retired during the Great Depression, for which the Axis are eternally grateful.

And then the Nasties made The Titanic(1943) as anti-capitalist propaganda, But it ended up banned because of the uncomfortable parallels with a special kind of camping

Anyway, one of the titanic’s fuel depots was on fire for most of the trip, which resulted in the ship leaning slightly. Fortunately, the side with a hole in it was the opposite side, so it balanced back out for a while.

[theblehthatbloos]

"hmmm do I take fall damage?"

I just love it when video games let you do really stupid shit that kills you immediately. I love being like "oh this is a terrible idea" and being able to do it and then die. It's good game design.

[elxgantcaptain]

@grandvizier /which makes him staying in neverland instead of returning to the real world all the more plausible now too if you ask me. he COULD leave neverland with his ship after all. and just try to blend in to modern life. pan seems like an excuse to stay in neverland because he no longer knows any other world but this one.

/ EXACTLY!

Hook is stubborn too, being set in his ways. It makes sense to him to stay behind despite how much it hurts and continue to study and learn about Neverland and attempt to kill Peter Pan in hopes that this may not happen to anyone else.

His crew also went through the same thing as well though, some of them may have had other lives outside of the ship and all of it had just gone. Hook constantly has to deal with whisperings of mutiny because the crew doubt his decisions and want to 'pillage and plunder' but how are they to do that anymore? How can Hook fill the void of all that time lost?

In Neverland he is a Captain of a fear worthy ship. But outside, what is he?

[hvrtbroken]

IT'S BEEN AN AWKWARD FEW WEEKS , to say the least . ever since that night at star's apartment , nico has kept it strictly professional . there'l be a pleasant good morning , and hello , but no more LATE NIGHTS , or sharing meals . nico is equal part relieved and guilt - ridden . every now and then he'd catch himself chancing a glance over to star and want to open his mouth . to make her laugh , or ask what she's up to . BUT SHE'S SHUTTERED OFF TOO , like a house he no longer has keys to . nico is a horrible hypocrite . he knows it .

he's glad for a few days off . in his line of work they're rare and inbetween . he almost doesn't know what to do with himself and has to remind himself how to go back to basics . for once , he doesn't stop by his mums for the night . he goes straight to his and stares at all the house chores he's been putting off for MONTHS . he sighs , cracking open a beer and changing into whatever clothes he can find that are CLEAN ( which isn't much ) . as he starts his second load of washing , having half cleaned up the mess and ordered from the local takeout - he's THREE BEERS in . as someone who doesn't get the chance to drink as often as he does , it's HITTING HIM a bit harder . but , for the first time in as long as he can remember , he feels malleable and relaxed . he moves as if he's sand on a beach , sinkable and warm .

IT'S THEN , of course , that he hears a door knock . not the kind he recognises . if it was one of his sisters , they'd march in , like a hurricane . his mother is more musical in the way she knocks . this sounds more timid . he frowns to himself , standing up and walking straight to the door , yanking it open . " if you're fighting with mum again and need a place to crash , ale - then - " HE PAUSES , his heart immediately thudding in a hurried manner . this is NOT alejandro ( his youngest , and most immature , brother ) . nico can't quite compute the sight before him . his mind is spitting , like rain before the worst storm , yet he finally manages to get out the word he needs . " - - STAR ?"

[ellipuukangas]

Sinkable Sam the cat. :') Mrs. Hook's mouser who lives at The Anchor.

[milkywayan]

When I was a kid I used to sometimes go sailing on the danube, and in the sailing club I sailed at they had a small boat called The Titanic and it constantly sank. They told me that they had pulled it out at least 6 times since getting it, which is way more often than any other of theor boats

The circle is complete:

1898: Morgan Robertson's novella "The Wreck of the Titan" is published.

1912: RMS Titanic hits an iceberg and sinks, in an event that almost beat-for-beat follows the plot of Robertson's novella.

2023: Oceangate's experimental submersible The Titan undergoes explosive decompression while retracing the descent of the Titanic.

NOW STOP NAMING THINGS THAT

[schizoetic]

Indisputable

Everything we do now is pivotal. Soon land will be unlivable. Soil producing the minimal, water undrinkable, sunlight unbearable, coastline uninhabitable, air unbreathable. Plastic in food; uningestable and undigestable. Earth will die- inhospitable- reduced to dust- flammable from mistakes unforgiven and unforgettable.

We're close to the unthinkable- the long awaited apocalyptical- caused by that which is "unforsakeable". This world is breakable and every foundation is showing shakeable. All that is dying is irreplaceable.

Catastrophe unparalleled, incomparable, from money lined suits... despicable and desparable... And every post becoming biblical because the ship we occupy is sinkable.

So let's change the projectional, divert the directional, otherwise there's nothing celebrational... no holiday or festival...

[smimon]

Questions about Giant K:

Why he so big? What happened?

Does he want to be tiny again?

Who makes his pants?

If he drives in a car does he have to stick his head out the sunshine roof to fit?

Does he float in water or are his bones too heavy?

Happy Holidays!

Thanks and Happy Holidays to you too!

Anon asking the real questions here 👀

Why he so big? What happened?

Uh can't answer in all detail because spoilers! The last episode will explain what exactly happened and why and who was responsible etc. etc.

But if you asked giant K about it... He genuinely has no idea. 😅 One day he went to a wild party with his best friends, the next morning he wakes up hungover and giant, with absolutely no memory what happened ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ his friends also barely remember lol (Spoiler: he changed when he was already back home so they can't possibly know)

Together they tried to figure out what the heck is going on, but no clear answers were found, so they just shrugged and moved on, accepting the new reality and using it to their advantage ✌️

Does he want to be tiny again?

Don't we all want to revert some change sometimes 🥲 yes, sometimes he will think about it, but he is not the type of guy who will spend his time and energy on wondering what could have been. Instead he embraces who he is right now and enjoys it to the fullest!

I drew once a short story where giant K gets very insecure about his current state, but I don't think I will ever publish it as it feels really out of character. He got some comfort at the end tho 😊

Who makes his pants?

You can't buy his size at stores, and getting them tailor-made costs quite some money, sooo he just keeps wearing the same two pairs he already has :^)

If he drives in a car does he have to stick his head out the sunshine roof to fit?

😂 yes, that would be an option! It's either this or rolling into a pretzel on the backseat.

He would need goggles tho because can you even imagine how many insects are there in the air?!

Does he float in water or are his bones too heavy?

Nah water is no danger to him 😊 just like regular-sized human his body is at the same density as water so nothing really changed in terms of sinkability.

He will have to practice the movements tho because water flows a bit different in his scale.

Thank you for asking!

[sparkylurkdragon]

The only thing I really have to say about the Titan submersible incident now that it's pretty well confirmed the thing imploded is that the parallels between the Titan, with its creator convinced that safety regulations were stifling innovation, and the Titanic, famously very sinkable unsinkable ship with too few lifeboats, would be considered A Little Too On The Nose if this was fiction.

[ainews]

Are you considering installing beams in your home or office? If so, you may be wondering if they are really sinkable. The answer is surprisingly simple: no, beams are unsinkable.

Beams are made up of two main parts: the Web and the Flange. The web is the main interior section of the beam that supports the flange. The flange is the part of the beam that does the 'surging' - the up and down movement that gives beams their dimension and strength.

The reason beams are unsinkable is because of the way the web and flange work together. The way the web is connected to the flange prevents the flange from being displaced in any direction. This means that no matter how much pressure you apply, the flange will not move and the beam will remain in place.

In theory, beam sinking could occur if the beam were not properly fastened to the floor or ceiling, but this is unlikely. The flange needs to be reinforced to the web using special fasteners, and beams are designed to be secure when properly installed.

Beams are also designed to have a certain amount of 'surge', which is a built-in tolerance that allows them to move up and down without fail. This built-in tolerance allows for the movement of the flange to be handled successfully without the beam sinking.

Beams are unsinkable because they are designed to remain in their place, no matter what pressure is applied. So, no matter the environment, you can trust beams to always remain in place.

[sereniphile-blog]

Titanic was a little bitch movie star who died tragically young in spectacular fashion. We know. Is nobody going to talk about her older sisters who both had incredibly successful careers? They fought in the war!

Britanic deserved a Medal of Honor, acting as a hospital vessel until a mine sank her in Greece. (Side note, sank in a tenth of the time Big T did, and 97% of the victims survived 🙄). She never got into the entertainment biz. She wanted to be a nurse, and she was a damn good one.

Olympic stepped on people and they liked it. She tore a U-boat in half (also a friendly boat but they had it coming), and served as troop transport until the war ended. They called her “Old Reliable”. Here that Unsinkable? They called her reliable. She was in service two years before the Titanic was born, and she was still serving two decades after the Titanic sank. The Olympic retired during the Great Depression, for which the Axis are eternally grateful.

And then the Nasties made The Titanic(1943) as anti-capitalist propaganda, But it ended up banned because of the uncomfortable parallels with a special kind of camping

Anyway, one of the titanic’s fuel depots was on fire for most of the trip, which resulted in the ship leaning slightly. Fortunately, the side with a hole in it was the opposite side, so it balanced back out for a while.

[newskinfortheoldceremony1974]

2024

simone weil's list of temptations

keep the faith. do the work.

go ahead be gouged open by love gulp that saltwater sink beneath the waves youre not a boat you can go under and come up again with those big old lungs of yours those hard kicking legs and your heart she said that gargantuan ark that floating hotel call it unsinkable though it is sinkable embark embark

[sinkableruby]

ruby "sinkable" ruby vs kotomine kirei

strong - kirei

speed - kirei

durability - kirei

iq - kirei

big - kirei

hax - kirei

abilities - kirei

winner - ruby

[mollykatebritton]

The Titanic wreck and female hysteria

So, let's talk Titanic. We all know the story of the unsinkable ship that turned out to be pretty sinkable (and the extremely sinkable sub that went after it). However, if we hadn't found the wreck, the story would be very different.

The evacuation process on The Titanic when it sank was pretty straightforward; women and children first.

[birchbritches]

Just More Stuff

What ought to be made flotsam or lesser flotation we arrange by use, and value, and density, and pray like one offering or another could take on our weight and we only don't know which, so we send each to the sea,

ought not have spent time organizing, ought not have held any hope for flotation, ought have hissed and popped with the hubris of being land creatures trying to float away from the hisses and pops of our firepits,

of being only more matter combustible and sinkable and recognized all the physics that apply to us, just more stuff to sink, or incinerate, or erode. 

[rockislandadultreads]

Book Recommendations: National Titanic Remembrance Day

Sinkable by Daniel Stone

On a frigid April night in 1912, the world’s largest—and soon most famous—ocean liner struck an iceberg and slipped beneath the waves. She had scarcely disappeared before her new journey began, a seemingly limitless odyssey through the world’s fixation with her every tragic detail. Plans to find and raise the Titanic began almost immediately. Yet seven decades passed before it was found. Why? And of some three million shipwrecks that litter the ocean floor, why is the world still so fascinated with this one?

In Sinkable, Daniel Stone spins a fascinating tale of history, science, and obsession, uncovering the untold story of the Titanic not as a ship but as a shipwreck. He explores generations of eccentrics, like American Charles Smith, whose 1914 recovery plan using a synchronized armada of ships bearing electromagnets was complex, convincing, and utterly impossible; Jack Grimm, a Texas oil magnate who fruitlessly dropped a fortune to find the wreck after failing to find Noah’s Ark; and the British Doug Woolley, a former pantyhose factory worker who has claimed, since the 1960s, to be the true owner of the Titanic wreckage. Along the way, Sinkable also takes readers through the two miles of ocean water in which the Titanic sank, showing how the ship broke apart and why, and delves into the odd history of our understanding of such depths. 

Shadow of the Titanic by Andrew Wilson

We think we know the story of the Titanic—the once majestic and supposedly unsinkable ship that struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Britain to America—but very little has been written about the vessel’s 705 survivors. How did the events of that horrific night in the icy waters of the North Atlantic affect the lives of those who lived to tell the tale?

Drawing on a wealth of previously unpublished letters, memoirs, diaries, and interviews with their family members, award-winning journalist Andrew Wilson brings to life the survivors’ colorful voices, from the famous, like heiress Madeleine Astor, to the lesser known second-and third-class passengers, such as the Navratil brothers, who were traveling under assumed names because they were being abducted by their father.

Fifty Ships that Changed the Course of History by Ian Graham

This volume is a beautiful guide to fifty water vessels that played a key role in world history and had a great impact on human civilization. The book presents the ships chronologically, beginning with Pharaoh Khufu's Solar Barge from about 2566 BCE, and closing with another sun-seeking ship four thousand years later. Between these landmark vessels is a variety of ships used for all of mankind's needs, from hunters searching for food, traders with goods to barter and warriors bent on conquest, to explorers longing to see what lay beyond the horizon. Over time, the first small primitive watercraft evolved into bigger seagoing vessels, shaping our history, culture, and civilization along the way.

The concise text is highlighted by elegant reproductions, photographs, sidebars, paintings, ship plans, and quotes. This attractive reference provides an innovative perspective on maritime and world history.

Titanic by Life 

Well over 100 years after the sinking of the Titanic, it remains one of the tragedies that loom large in our collective memories and imaginations, not just for the enormous loss of life, but also for the fact that it shouldn’t have happened. From the construction of the ship and its maiden voyage, to its collision with an iceberg in the North Atlantic, the entire, fateful journey is chronicled in LIFE Titanic. This classic Special Edition is filled with stunning photography, authoritative text and archival documents that take you to the time period, and place you below the deck to see the ship’s inner workings, imagine the lavish meals served in the dining room, and meet many of the illustrious guests on the RMS Titanic. Amazing photos of the survivors and the aftermath, plus a look at the Titanic’s place in our shared history, make this a compelling guide to an unforgettable tragedy.

The Ship of Dreams by Gareth Russell 

In April 1912, six notable people were among those privileged to experience the height of luxury—first class passage on “the ship of dreams,” the RMS Titanic: Lucy Leslie, Countess of Rothes; son of the British Empire, Tommy Andrews; American captain of industry John Thayer and his son Jack; Jewish-American immigrant Ida Straus; and American model and movie star Dorothy Gibson. Within a week of setting sail, they were all caught up in the horrifying disaster of the Titanic’s sinking, one of the biggest news stories of the century. Today, we can see their stories and the Titanic’s voyage as the beginning of the end of the established hierarchy of the Edwardian era.

Writing in his elegant signature prose and using previously unpublished sources, deck plans, journal entries, and surviving artifacts, Gareth Russell peers through the portholes of these first-class travelers to immerse us in a time of unprecedented change in British and American history. Through their intertwining lives, he examines social, technological, political, and economic forces such as the nuances of the British class system, the explosion of competition in the shipping trade, the birth of the movie industry, the Irish Home Rule Crisis, and the Jewish-American immigrant experience while also recounting their intimate stories of bravery, tragedy, and selflessness.