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Explanation: https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2950:_Situation

tl;dr references

These are all infamous disasters now used as case studies for how NOT to do things

  • Ocean liner: Titanic
  • Airship: Hindenburg
  • Reactor: Chernobyl
  • Bridge: Tacoma Narrows
  • Rocket (alt text): Challenger

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D'oh! I always get those two mixed up... Too many "Space Shuttle C_____ Disaster"s...

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And for the alt text:

WeirdAlex03 ,
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Yeah my first thought on that was I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles), but I decided to look up “1000 Miles” just to be safe and said “oh yeah”

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That’s been well-documented already

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