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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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[โ€“] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I went to school with a kid named Adolph. As an adult and learning more about his family, it was an homage.

[โ€“] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Teacher: Oh wow I'm so impressed society is finally trying to reclaim that name after such a dark past.

Parents: No no, we're actually fans of the dark past.

[โ€“] Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Me want to reclaim the fancy looking cross but people are still pieces of shit so I can't