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Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way
(www.bbc.co.uk)
12,500 ft underwater? Pass.
Yeah this sounds like a bespoke Hell created just for me in case I am very, very evil in this lifetime. Inconceivable that people would pay actual money to experience this. :(
A quarter million dollars to get in an Atlantan fleshlight.
They may as well be on the moon.
Curious if they are connected via a tether of some type.
Either way, that’s not good and really sad.
How does one even plan for contingencies? 96-hour life support, but can specialized rescue subs get there in time?
I feel like a proper contingency in this scenario would be some sort of "instant death" system. Knowing you're going to die, but waiting 96 hours for it to happen sounds terrible.
I get where you're coming from but this sounds like an insanely bad idea. Perhaps I'd agree with you if there was something like cyanide pills people could opt to take, but even then I'm hesitant. There should be no way for one person (or some subset of people) to decide for everyone that now is the time to die; if someone wants to be in their head and push the limit and die at the last minute, that's their call and theirs alone. Also, if there is some miraculous rescue but someone has pulled the "instant death" switch, they've effectively murdered the rest of the people.
True Anon taught me to never, ever get into small passenger aircraft. Guess a new vehicle get added to that li-
Tour firm OceanGate, which runs $250,000-a-seat expeditions to the wreck
Yeah ok, never in my lifetime would I even het a chance lmao
Rescue teams involved in the hunt for a missing submersible that had planned to visit the wrecked Titanic said "noises" had been detected early Wednesday close to where the sub ended contact with its control ship.
U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger said the source of the noise was still unclear.
Would be nice as journalist to be insistent on inquiring the duration of the dive so far.
They write it's missing, but it is obvious where it is.
They write contact was lost, but it is unknown when. This seems to be the whole point of such a news. Was contact lost 4 hours ago or 4 days ago? Contact lost 4h ago would probably be all fine, as they mention the dive tour takes around 8 hours. 4 days ago would mean they are all dead, as oxygen lasts that long according to the article.
Also the link someone else posted says it has life support for 96 hours
And it left on Sunday around 6am to start the 96 hr timer. Best case they lost power, dropped their load, and floated to the surface and are just bobbing around somewhere in the ocean.
Tour firm OceanGate, which runs $250,000-a-seat expeditions to the wreck,
fucking mind-boggling
I could live for years off of that. Holy craps
It seems they couldn't.
Heheheh. Rich ghouls.
The price includes the chance to become part of the attraction for future tourists.
I can think of a lot of things I would rather spend $250,000 on. I guess it's worth it to some!
Who needs a million dollar idea when you can have a $250,000 per person idea and head to the local aquarium.
Maybe they should look under water instead of under way...
There is only one billionaire aboard, seem like a waste of space.
There are ~~2640~~ 2639 billionaires in the world. It may not be much when you think about it, but it's a great start!
this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2023
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