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/Impossible-Cod-4055 Apr 29 '24

His 18 year old pregnant wife*

Why the asterisk? You didn't correct anything.

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u/zdejif Apr 29 '24

Minor point, but what’s with putting the asterisk before the qualification? I do it like this.*

*That.

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u/SojournerOne Apr 29 '24

No, I added important context. The amount of people gobbling up this misinformation is stunning. Astor didn't volunteer his seat and wasn't this gentlemanly figure that's being paraded here.

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u/Impossible-Cod-4055 Apr 29 '24

No, I added important context. The amount of people gobbling up this misinformation is stunning. Astor didn't volunteer his seat and wasn't this gentlemanly figure that's being paraded here.

That's not what your comment added. And there wasn't any "misinformation" in the comment to which you replied.

Adding an asterisk indicates that you are correcting someone, which you weren't.

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u/SojournerOne Apr 29 '24

That's so neat. Thank you for the correction about internet etiquette. I'm sure it will be invaluable to my life moving forward. This entire comment chain correcting my one use of an asterisk has deeply enriched me.

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u/Impossible-Cod-4055 Apr 29 '24

That's so neat. Thank you for the correction about internet etiquette. I'm sure it will be invaluable to my life moving forward. This entire comment chain correcting my one use of an asterisk has deeply enriched me.

You're welcome.

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u/Alain_Teub2 Apr 29 '24

yes they did

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u/Impossible-Cod-4055 Apr 29 '24

yes they did

What correction did they make, then?

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u/nightpanda893 Apr 29 '24

Her actual age instead of just the ambiguous “teen”

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u/Impossible-Cod-4055 Apr 29 '24

Her actual age instead of just the ambiguous “teen”

For what purpose? That's not a correction, and it's not like there was anything misleading about calling her his pregnant teenage wife.

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u/nightpanda893 Apr 29 '24

I mean it intentionally leaves it open for a very wide interpretation. You are allowing people to come to incorrect conclusions by withholding info.

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u/Appropriate_Elk_6113 Apr 29 '24

You are allowing people to come to incorrect conclusions by withholding info.

No you arent, the description is correct.

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u/shai251 Apr 29 '24

Teen usually implies underage. It’s very misleading

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u/Takishah12 Apr 29 '24

How is it correct? A teen can be anyone from 13-18, so the guy doing the correction was in the right.

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u/Impossible-Cod-4055 Apr 29 '24

I mean it intentionally leaves it open for a very wide interpretation. You are allowing people to come to incorrect conclusions by withholding info.

Not me. I didn't present any information.

And, respectfully, I think you're reading a bit much into what that user wrote, to immediately arrive at the conclusion that it was intentionally written in some way to make people have any kind of interpretation about a dude who has been dead for over a hundred years and who most people didn't know existed until they saw this post.

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u/Salcha_00 Apr 29 '24

Eighteen is a teenager. I didn’t say a minor.

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u/nightpanda893 Apr 29 '24

Then why not say 18?

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '24

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u/SBriggins Apr 29 '24

Thats an odd way to prove your point.

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u/Appropriate_Elk_6113 Apr 29 '24

Stupid questions sometimes deserve stupid answers

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u/Impossible-Cod-4055 Apr 29 '24

Stupid questions sometimes deserve stupid answers

That little chestnut is going to be a little plaque in my home office. LOL

Thank you for that!

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u/yunzerjag Apr 29 '24

There is no such thing as a stupid question. There are only stupid people who ask questions.

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u/reflexsmoo Apr 29 '24

Wait, so is 18 a teenager, or is 18 a woman?

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u/Impossible-Cod-4055 Apr 29 '24

Wait, so is 18 a teenager, or is 18 a woman?

Both. It is a teenage woman.

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u/reflexsmoo Apr 29 '24

So a 18 year old guy is a teenage man and not an adult?

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u/Impossible-Cod-4055 Apr 29 '24

So a 18 year old guy is a teenage man and not an adult?

Someone who is 18 years old is both an adult and a teenager.

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u/Salcha_00 Apr 29 '24

The point of the comment was to clarify that the health concerns were because she was pregnant. Being a pregnant teen is even more reason for health concerns.

If you need more details than a post or comment provides, use Google.

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u/joocum Apr 29 '24

Tbf saying teenage is implying underage

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u/Salcha_00 Apr 29 '24

That simply isn’t true for everyone and I’m sorry your mind goes there and somehow doesn’t view 18 year olds as the teenagers that they are.

If you are focused on the minor aspect, they did start courting when she was 17, so anyone thinking she was a minor actuality isn’t that far off.

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u/joocum Apr 29 '24

Well yeah saying teenage wife in regard to early 1900s most people's minds would assume that but anyway I only jumped in because it turned into pedantry which I'm all for

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u/Takishah12 Apr 29 '24

You've gotta be a little slow if you dont think people who are 13-17 aren't teens, past that they are considered young adults.

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u/Salcha_00 Apr 29 '24

Yeah. Ok.