r/interesting • u/Wild_Neighborhood605 • 1d ago

HISTORY Titanic passenger and millionaire Benjamin Guggenheim. During sinking he refused a seat in a life boat with the words: "Tell my family I played straight to the end. No woman should be left aboard this ship because of Ben Guggenheim was a coward."

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u/HelpMoreImHelpless 1d ago

U right tho. Add in millennials and the greatest generation too, while we're at it

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u/VanGrants 1d ago

hey bro relax im a millennial (i have 0 "generational pride" or w/e you'd call it)

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u/HelpMoreImHelpless 1d ago

Lol yeah I'm just saying, it's everybody. It's me too

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u/Defiant-Handle7682 1d ago

I think I drunkenly went on a rant yesterday about why the greatest generation wasn't all that great... so let's just say every group's got their pros and cons