Abandoned AmericaJun 20, 2023
If I were so obscenely rich I could drop half a million to take a family member on some risky trip to, say, the bottom of the ocean, I'd probably consider dropping a few thousand extra to hire someone to research whether the guy running the trip was a total clown who ignored blatant engineering and safety issues https://newrepublic.com/post/173802/missing-titanic-sub-faced-lawsuit-depths-safely-travel-oceangate
Missing Titanic Sub Once Faced Massive Lawsuit Over Depths It Could Safely Travel To

Court documents reveal a former OceanGate employee had several safety complaints over the tourist submersible—and then he was fired.

The New Republic
Show threadGruntyGinMan
@AbandonedAmerica If I were that rich I could make that consideration, I would probably write the trip money off for community college scholarships.
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Show threadAbandoned AmericaJun 20, 2023
@GruntyGinMan Nobody gets that rich giving a shit about other people, buddy!
Show threadChookMother 🇦🇺🦘Jun 21, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica @GruntyGinMan There are people who do that kind of thing but they're usually folk who got rich "accidentally" like Bill Gates.