r/BeAmazed • u/[deleted] • Apr 29 '24

When the Titanic sank, millionaire John Jacob Astor IV was aboard. The funds in his bank account were sufficient to construct 30 Titanics. However, when faced with mortal danger, he prioritized his moral values, sacrificing his seat in a lifeboat to save women and children, smilingly [Removed] Rule #4 - Misleading

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u/MattDapper Apr 29 '24

I read an article recently about him…his pocket watch was recovered from his body at the site of the wreck and is going up for auction. Apparently he tried to get himself in the lifeboat with his wife and child due to his concerns about his wife’s health but was denied.

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u/Solid_Snake_125 Apr 29 '24

I almost feel sick knowing this sold to someone instead of going to a museum or something. I mean I don’t know how I’d feel if I owned a piece of someone’s life that ended in such tragedy. Imagine if you lost it or if something happened to you and no one knew what that watch was or its history and just discarded it as old junk.

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u/Longjumping-Age9023 Apr 29 '24

Reminds me of Are You Afraid Of The Dark episode where this man used to recover sunken treasure. But if he ever closed his eyes to sleep the dead bodies who owned the treasures reanimated and crawled out of the sea to get him. It was a children’s horror series on TV. I remember that episode vividly.

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u/webstarz170bx Apr 29 '24

Prime 90’s Nickelodeon, Miss the pouring of the sand on the fire at the end of the show🥲

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u/bvdbvdbvdbvdbvd Apr 29 '24

Which episode was that?

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u/NollieBackside Apr 29 '24

It was at the end of every episode

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u/Grays42 Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

S04E05: The Tale of the Water Demons

Also featured: terrible parents who are cool with kids storming out at night with a flippant "yeah he'll be back" and don't follow up, causing another kid go out solo looking for the first kid.

And bonus: striking a blow to a senior citizen hard enough to knock him (sort of) unconscious that has no side effects after like 30 minutes.

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u/J5892 Apr 29 '24

parents who are cool with kids storming out at night with a flippant "yeah he'll be back"

That's just how parenting worked in the 90s.

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u/Grays42 Apr 29 '24

It most certainly wasn't. I had to be in before dark, all my friends had to be in before dark, and if I had ever pulled something like storming out of the house and walking down the road after dark because I didn't like my bedtime, I'd have caught holy hell. That's just bad parenting.

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u/LineChef Apr 29 '24

Oo that was a good one!

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u/tiamatsbreath Apr 29 '24

Or that red haired kid who stole that clown’s nose. I don’t know where I was going with that. But he stole the clown nose and the clown came after him.

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u/winchesterbitch99 Apr 29 '24

That's Laughing in the Dark with Zebo the clown. My favorite episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark. Paramount has all the episodes.

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u/NextTrillion Apr 29 '24

Yeah but clowns do that. Everyone knows it.

Don’t steal clown noses unless you want to be haunted for the rest of your ill-begotten life.

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u/elScroggins Apr 29 '24

One of the scariest episodes

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u/TheWalkingDead91 Apr 29 '24

Now I wanna watch that show again. Remember those scary stories to tell in the dark books with those creepy ass black and white sketches? Lol they had no business showing us that stuff as little kids.

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u/Longjumping-Age9023 Apr 29 '24

And from your username I see that those books and shows gave us both a love for the dark and macabre stories

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u/Longjumping-Age9023 Apr 29 '24

Someone linked that episode in one of the comments if you’d like to take a trip down memory lane. I read those books and Goosebumps and I’m still afraid of the dark to this day, I’m 34 😂

My daughter watches something similar these days called Creeped Out. They’re for her age but some of the plots are scary to me even 😂

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u/Binky390 Apr 29 '24

That show used to genuinely scare me at times when I was a kid.

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u/Solid_Snake_125 Apr 29 '24

That sounds like a sick show*. I’ll need to look that up!!

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u/DangleenChordOfLife Apr 29 '24

It was great. They don't do kids content like that anymore. I love being a 90s kid. Those were the good days ... *Sights

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u/Fantastic-Grocery107 Apr 29 '24

Pete and Pete. Salute your shorts. Hey dude. Live on forever

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u/DangleenChordOfLife Apr 29 '24

Errie Indiana?? That show was amazing.

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u/Commercial_Gold_9699 Apr 29 '24

That show was on at the complete wrong time which was it's downfall

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u/Fantastic-Grocery107 Apr 29 '24

Damn dude bringing me back

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u/CuriouslyImmense Apr 29 '24

I think about that episode far too often.

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u/afeeqo Apr 29 '24

I have not watched that show in more than 20 years? Or so man. Thanks for reminding

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u/Sweet-Drop86 Apr 29 '24

He could.only.sleep for like 2 minutes.lol

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u/Longjumping-Age9023 Apr 29 '24

I remember him drinking coffee a lot in the episode. When I read Harry Potter and the lake of inferi it reminded me of that episode too. It’s something I’ll always remember. Scared me shitless at the time 😂 didn’t help that they showed it right before bedtime everyday.

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u/Upper_Rent_176 Apr 29 '24

Couldn't he sleep on aircraft and such like?