Twitter Backlash for People Who Did Not Know ‘Titanic’ Was Real

news.yahoo.com ^ | April 13, 2012 | Melissa Knowles

[grundle]

The social news-sharing site Reddit has a knack for exposing people and situations. The latest topic of discussion to generate controversy is a series of tweets from people who did not know that the sinking of the Titanic was a real historical event.

Apparently, an entire generation of people associate "Titanic" with the Hollywood blockbuster starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Here is the disambiguation for you. The RMS Titanic sank April 15, 1912, after hitting an iceberg. The tragedy is considered one of the deadliest of peacetime maritime disasters. More than 1,500 people died.

"Titanic" the film was released December 19, 1997, and was an instant success. It became the highest-grossing film of all time for 12 years, until "Avatar" debuted in 2009.

For all the history buffs reading this, the next couple of sentences may be too painful to contemplate. A couple of the tweets from the uninformed read, "Nobody told me titanic was real? How am I just finding this out?" Another tweet read, "Guys, the Titanic was real! #mindblown."

Most people aware of the existence of the RMS Titanic are in disbelief. One such person tweeted, "The ignorance is astounding." Another person said he was "weeping for the future" at finding out that so many young people are unfamiliar with such a well-known fact.

[rdb3]

Now for my point. In 1983 the educational system was teaching once 3rd grade material to 11th graders.

Indeed. Even The Federalist Papers, which were given away as pamplets to anyone when they were written, is now graduate level material!

BTW, I graduated high school in 1990. And though I'm not Catholic, I graduated from a Catholic school.

25 years ago, we had Ronald Reagan, Johnny Cash, and Bob Hope.
Today we have Obama, no cash, and no hope!

If you can't appreciate the pure beauty of the violin after hearing this, something's wrong with your ears.

Or you can get raw with these strings.

How about this gamechanger from America's Got Talent (which they SHOULD have won).

And finally, this, dedicated to the one and only rdb2, whose eyes are growing dim.

Either way, the violin is sweet yet LETHAL.

Do it!

[SevenofNine]

I not suprise

I have friend who daughter didn’t know that Ronald Reagan was actor LOL!

[SevenofNine]

Yeah tell me about it somebody said it was George W Bush I hear that one comment
Also I hear comment that Peter O’Toole was real Henry 2 in Lion in Winter

[SevenofNine]

Yeah tell me about it somebody said it was George W Bush I hear that one comment
Also I hear comment that Peter O’Toole was real Henry 2 in Lion in Winter

[Larry Lucido]

He liked Omar’s yacht so much he bought the company!

[GeronL]

Your kids like wine? :p

[GeronL]

Having been told that Apollo 13 was real, she is going to be very worried after seeing Apoll 18.

:p

[GeronL]

Oh my God! This means Leonardo DiCaprio is dead!

I can totally hear a teenager or twenty-something saying that

[GeronL]

Do you suppose this means that World War II really happened, too?

Nope, totally implausible. Who would believe something like that can really happen? :p

[the OlLine Rebel]

LOL!

Ironically, I hear 1 of those, decked out very fancy, was on the Titanic.

[the OlLine Rebel]

That is a great book.

My uncle highly recommended it. He’s very learned.

Of course, he continues to vote Democrat even after all the scathing frothing diatribes against Moslems. He’s in the “so smart there’s no common sense” category.

[TXnMA]

And for accidental school disasters, the New London School Explosion.

It happened shortly before I was born -- and it is the reason that natural gas -- supplied commercially -- "stinks" today -- by law...

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[trooprally]

It is exactly the cosine of 45 degrees.

From a surveyor.

[Mr] T

[TXnMA]

Yep. And if more folks read Ceorge Gamow's little "One Two Three...Infinity", we wouldn't have this pervasive nonsense about a few ppm change in CO₂ dominating the entire atmosphere's behavior...

[Hulka]

HAH!!

You made me spew coffee all over my keyboard.

Good one.

[GeronL]

heehee

[Biggirl]

Saw “Titanic” movie when it first came out. James Cammeron did a great job going into detail.

One CT can boast is that the guy who discovered the sunken Titanic, Robert Ballard.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Not in inflation-adjusted gross, or in other words tickets sold. Gone With the Wind will not be beat.

Adjusted for inflation, Star Wars comes closest --$1.39 billion to GWTW's $1.58 billion

[sand88]

Yep. And if more folks read Ceorge Gamow's little "One Two Three...Infinity"

I still have that book from my childhood.