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<p><strong>Subway</strong> faces backlash after one of its storefronts mocked the <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/us-coast-guard-human-remains-titan-wreck/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Titan submersible disaster</a> on a roadside sign. Critiques of the advertisement describe it as “distasteful,” “sad,” and in “poor taste.”</p>
<p>A photo of a Georgia sandwich chain posted to social media shows the billboard read: <strong><em>“Our subs don’t implode.&#8221;</em></strong></p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Georgia Subway Advertises With Titan Implosion Slogan, Chain Confirms Sign Is Real</h3>
<p>The fast-food giant ultimately admitted that the sign was real and not photoshopped as some users suggested, according to <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/submarine-titanic-joke-implode-sign-georgia-b2369752.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>The Independent</strong></a>.</p>
<p>A rep for the company told the outlet that the sign belongs to a franchisee in Rincon, Georgia. Subway&#8217;s corporate offices have reportedly contacted the operator to have the billboard taken down.</p>
<blockquote><p>“We have been in contact with the franchise about this matter and made it clear that this kind of comment has no place in our business,” the chain said.</p></blockquote>
<h5 style="text-align: center;">RELATED: <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/aunt-19-year-old-titan-passenger-terrified-titanic/?_gl=1*rph01u*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTc1NjQwMzgyNS4xNjg4NTY4NzA5*_ga_V2HX8YP3XL*MTY4ODU4NzExNS40LjAuMTY4ODU4NzExNS4wLjAuMA.." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aunt Of 19-Year-Old Titan Passenger Says He Was ‘Terrified’ Before Trip But Joined To Please Father</a></h5>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Social Media Slams Sandwich Chain For Insensitive Billboard: &#8216;Too Soon&#8217;</h3>
<p>Social media slammed the Subway chain for the insensitive advertisement.</p>
<p>In a thread on <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OceanGateTitan/comments/14puht1/subway_sign_in_ga/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Reddit</strong></a>, most of the users deemed the slogan to be &#8220;too soon&#8221; following last month&#8217;s OceanGate <em>Titan</em> submersible tragedy.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Eh maybe I&#8217;m just overly sensitive but I think this joke is in poor taste,&#8221; one person wrote. &#8220;Seriously.. 5 deaths is no joke&#8221; another noted.</p></blockquote>
<p>A third commented: <em>&#8220;Do the people who put that sign up realize a teenager on the Titan was also killed? Nothing more &#8216;hilarious&#8217; than jokes about teenagers being killed.&#8221;</em></p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I agree (that the sign is too soon). Especially knowing one passenger was a teen that was scared to go on the trip. It&#8217;s really tragic,&#8221; one Redditor posted. &#8221;</p>
<p>Idiots. They should apologize&#8221; another commented.</p></blockquote>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Subway Manager Confirms Sign Removal Following Backlash</h3>
<p>Meanwhile, <a href="https://www.wtoc.com/2023/07/03/inappropriate-rincon-subway-sign-pokes-fun-recent-sub-implosion-near-titanic-wreckage/?fbclid=IwAR164-39oaPOquTijZUi78CXPAQGo-oL4hmyxgzcVwXvzJM7wHP82g-8qkA" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>WTOC</strong></a> contacted the store manager and confirmed the removal of the slogan from the sign. However, the franchise operator would not comment further on the matter.</p>
<p>Five people died&#8211;including a teenager and his father&#8211;after the submersible imploded while headed to see the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.</p>
<p>OceanGate CEO <strong>Stockton Rush</strong>, British billionaire <strong>Hamish Harding</strong>, French Titanic expert <strong>Paul-Henri Nargeolet</strong>, Pakistani British businessman <strong>Shahzadad Dawood</strong> and his 19-year-old son <strong>Sulaiman</strong> were the five victims, <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/missing-submarine-tourists-believed-dead-coast-guard-catastrophic-implosion/?_gl=1*tcc014*_up*MQ..*_ga*OTgyNzkzNDM2LjE2ODg1OTA0ODQ.*_ga_V2HX8YP3XL*MTY4ODU5MDQ4My4xLjEuMTY4ODU5MDQ5My4wLjAuMA.." target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><strong>The Shade Room</strong></em></a> reported last month.</p>
<p>The Titan lost contact with its mothership less than two hours after descending into the North Atlantic waters on June 18.</p>
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