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Titanic life jacket sells for £670,000 at auction in Wiltshire, U.K.
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Quilotoa lemmy.ca Quilotoa@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-04-01
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Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cde5jxd016zo
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kikutwo lemmy.world kikutwo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-04-04
#2 · Quote Reply

Sunk cost fallacy in action.
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Soulphite reddthat.com Soulphite@reddthat.com
Joined: 2025-12-15
#3 · Quote Reply
kikutwo wrote:
Sunk cost fallacy in action.

Bud dum tst.
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Onno (VK6FLAB) lemmy.radio vk6flab@lemmy.radio
Joined: 2024-03-04
#4 · Quote Reply

Don't life jackets have an expiration date?
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Remember_the_tooth lemmy.world Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-01-23
#5 · Quote Reply
Soulphite wrote:
Bud dum tst.

As soon as I saw this post, I knew the dark jokes were incoming. I just didn't think we'd hit rock bottom so fast. That's just the tip of the problem, in my opinion.
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kikutwo lemmy.world kikutwo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-04-04
#6 · Quote Reply
Remember_the_tooth wrote:
As soon as I saw this post, I knew the dark jokes were incoming. I just didn't think we'd hit rock bottom so fast. That's just the tip of the problem, in my opinion.

Well done
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Imgonnatrythis sh.itjust.works Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-09-23
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Onno (VK6FLAB) wrote:
Don't life jackets have an expiration date?

New ones do. These old ones were built to last. That's why they are so expensive I guess.
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PlasticExistence lemmy.world PlasticExistence@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
#8 · Quote Reply
kikutwo wrote:
Sunk cost fallacy in action.

*in auction
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kikutwo lemmy.world kikutwo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-04-04
#9 · Quote Reply
PlasticExistence wrote:
*in auction

Next level
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antlion lemmy.dbzer0.com antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-08-16
#10 · Quote Reply

Cmon at least tell me what it’s filled with. Balsa wood? Cork?
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ohulancutash feddit.uk ohulancutash@feddit.uk
Joined: 2025-02-16
#11 · Quote Reply
antlion wrote:
Cmon at least tell me what it’s filled with. Balsa wood? Cork?

Cork
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NotSteve_ lemmy.ca NotSteve_@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-07-16
#12 · Quote Reply
Imgonnatrythis wrote:
New ones do. These old ones were built to last. That's why they are so expensive I guess.

They say this lifejacket is unsinkable too
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Vaggumon lemmy.zip Vaggumon@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-04
#13 · Quote Reply

Even 2 miles below the surface of the ocean the Titanic isn't safe from capitalism.
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10thGlyphix lemmy.zip 10thGlyphix@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-04-12
#14 · Quote Reply

At that price, maybe they think it will keep the economy afloat.
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