karobeccaryThis Meme was made on a Wireless Logitech Controller
JusticeForPorygonMaybe it was intentional and Bezos is next
CMGX78We can only hope.
Your assuming Bezos isn't behind it in the first place. Trying to kill of the competition.
The best part is that it's a coffin. Even if they get to the surface, they are still bolted in from the outside. Also it has no flares, no redundancies, no balloon that floats up, absolutely no backups in case anything goes wrong. No reasonable person would look at this and think: "Yep! Perfect excursion for my vacation!"
ScrofJesus... Not exactly seaworthy is it?
And they don’t even see the titanic with their eyes ! Its through a screen
It's literally the iron lung
what, for real? I thought it had a porthole or something
No, the craziest part is how staunchly anti safety regulation the company’s founder was. Per NPR:
The Titan, the small submersible operated by a Washington state-based company called OceanGate, gives tours primarily in international waters, which means the experimental vessel avoided most U.S. safety rules.
In a 2019 interview with Smithsonian magazine, OceanGate founder and CEO Stockton Rush — currently missing aboard the Titan — complained about government rules.
"There hasn't been an injury in the commercial sub industry in over 35 years. It's obscenely safe, because they have all these regulations," Rush told the magazine. "But it also hasn't innovated or grown — because they have all these regulations."
Their customers had infinite money to spend and they still didn't build a top of the line submarine. Absolutely deserving of a Darwin Award.
DyggviWhile I'm against capitalists as much as the next person here, wishing death on them is a bit harsh.
I think it's OK to appreciate when the world gets a little better.
You people can be so callous sometimes, they're still actual people.
I know you people hate rich snobs not spending their money on things that actually matter, (cough cough not going to the fucking titanic for fun) but just because they're some rich assholes you think they deserve to die.
With the stroke of a pen any of these people could prevent tens of thousands of deaths from malaria or tuberculosis with zero change to their quality of life. That's why their wealth is disgusting.
This week a ship with immigrants sank by the greek coast. Hundreds of people are missing and likely dead, no one send help. There are children starving in poverty around the clock while we technically do produce enough food in the world to end world hunger (most ends in the trash) the logistics are deemed too expensive. Of course we should recognize that the submarine passengers are people and the loss of life is always tragic but the millions of spend capital, resources and media attention saving specifically those 5 is a bitter reminder of the cruelty of our world. This is the internet, we are allowed a laugh, even if its dark sometimes.
Moreover, nobody gets that rich without screwing us, the workers. Why shouldn’t we rejoice when people who actively make our lives worse get their due?
as much as the next person
Clearly you are not.
Don't worry they will be back. their brain was downloaded before they lef, they are still working out the kinks of training an instantance of chatGPT on the brain data and getting it to run in a Boston dynamics atalis body.
If anyone is interested in the specifics of why the titan expedition was a terrible idea, here is a video of a submarine pilot/expert explaining it in detail based off the information that is public.
TLDW: a lot
The Titan Tragedy
PercyI know tldr but what's tldw
Immediately shared this, great job OP
Should have gone for the 8bitDo
kunaWhat do you call 5 billionaires at the bottom of the ocean?
!a start!<
Am I a bad person for laughing at this?
I have to admit that I'm more than a little tired of the entitlement of billionaires.
No, it is pretty funny
jballsI'm out of the loop on this. Was the sub actually controlled by a Logitech game controller?
kopper [they/them]Yes, and apparently things like that are standard.
IIRC the US military buys geniune Xbox controllers, but the only source I have for that is another Lemmy comment so take it with more salt than however much manages to seep into the submarine from the ocean water.
Yes, but it did also have hardwired emergency controls that they could use if the controller failed.
Compare that to Crew Dragon, which flies Astronauts to the ISS with a touchscreen (also with a backup)
Real life iron lung
OverzeetopWhat do you call three billionaires trapped at the bottom of the ocean?
A good start.
(with apologies to lawyers, who were the OG subject of this joke)
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circuitfarmerThe 90s kid in me was like "Logitech, OK, solid choice"