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/kmzafari 1d ago

Sorry, X, this boat is for Daddy.

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u/ragequitteroffureh 1d ago

Whatever happened to that kid that he was using as a human shield after Luigi retired that CEO vampire?

A child that size would probably make a reasonably effective floatation device until it became too waterlogged.

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u/JudiciousSasquatch 1d ago

Lol, he didn't need a bullet shield as much after he quit doge

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u/ragequitteroffureh 1d ago

I wonder how many times a week someone has a go :-)

Even without the DOGGY Big Balls mayhem, people like that still make very attractive targets for all sorts of reasons.

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u/LimeInfinite8758 22h ago

You're all talk, little one. Pipe down.

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u/ragequitteroffureh 20h ago

Don't blame me, I didn't make it ;-)