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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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[-] aarRJaay@lemm.ee 20 points 4 days ago

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

[-] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Also the icarus project from sgu, accursed of a show as it was.

[-] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

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

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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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