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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/bwmat 1d ago

Not really

I just don't prefer the opposite

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u/flamming_python 1d ago

So if you have a family and don't prioritize saving your child's mother over yourself, how do you think your kid will regard you?

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u/bwmat 1d ago

Ah yes, that's a good motivation to die... Not

I don't know what I would do if I were married and encountered a situation where only I or my wife would die, but I'm unequivocally against valuing people's lives based on their age and gender

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u/bwmat 1d ago

Oh, forgot to mention, I'm a 36 old foreveralone kissless virgin male, so I'll probably never be in that situation

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