Clive Thompson@clive@saturation.social
you know, if I were gonna mount a super difficult trip to the arctic in 1845 ...
... courting a frozen death at every turn ...
... I think I'd pick ships with cheerier names
"So what have we got"
"this one's called the 'Terror'"
"wtf. What's that one called?"
"the ... Erebus"
"ffs ... the ancient greek personification of darkness"
"yeah"
"jesus"
"yeah, that's all we got"
"okay, I'll take them"