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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Fri Mar 20, 2020, 03:42 PM Mar 2020

I feel like I'm on the SS Poseidon, but I'm in two places on the ship at once.

I'm in the ballroom, trying to maintain sanity by pretending it's just another New Years Eve. I'm also on the bridge, stepping away from the radar and looking out at a wall of water charging at us.

It's an inescapable feeling.

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I feel like I'm on the SS Poseidon, but I'm in two places on the ship at once. (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 OP
The realization that life for all of us will never be the same again is so depressing kimbutgar Mar 2020 #1
it is. hopefully something good will come of this. Demovictory9 Mar 2020 #10
Walking on the ceiling. C_U_L8R Mar 2020 #2
I think the Titanic is a better metaphor for me genxlib Mar 2020 #3
While the captain ignores the warnings until it's too late. nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #6
Don't forget the company man that demanded full speed ahead. genxlib Mar 2020 #7
+1, our captain is saying the iceberg is a hoax !!! uponit7771 Mar 2020 #9
K and R sums up the situation nicely. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #4
Lash yourself to the mizzenmast, Dennis, and hang on tight Leghorn21 Mar 2020 #5
Titaniposeidamic MoonlitKnight Mar 2020 #8
there's got to be a morning after..... msongs Mar 2020 #11
Thank you. Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #12

genxlib

(5,530 posts)
3. I think the Titanic is a better metaphor for me
Fri Mar 20, 2020, 03:46 PM
Mar 2020

The whole thing feels like an iceberg. We are only seeing the bits poking out of the water while crashing into the dangerous parts we can't see.

genxlib

(5,530 posts)
7. Don't forget the company man that demanded full speed ahead.
Fri Mar 20, 2020, 03:58 PM
Mar 2020

Not to mention the designer who seemed to be the only one who understood the degree of the tragedy before everyone else.

We are just the band.

MoonlitKnight

(1,584 posts)
8. Titaniposeidamic
Fri Mar 20, 2020, 04:04 PM
Mar 2020

Rammed the iceberg, after seeing four other ships hit it first, then help up the lifeboats in red tape and inaction. And now looking at the gigantic wave approach as the captain says his performance has been a 10.

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