• LuciferMorningWood@lemm.ee
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    If you want to frighten a millionaire put them in a rusting submarine under the ocean of blood with no view on the outside world but a camera. There is something moving just out of your view.

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    If anyone ever declares that billionaires got so wealthy because they’re so much inherently smarter than everyone else, just remind them of this debacle.

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      It’s also ironic, they are dying at the bottom of the ocean because the owner of the company was cutting cost on safety equipment

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      Why aren’t they using their intelligence, money and connections to get off the ocean floor by themselves? Why do others have to come down for them?

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    Who actually gives a shit about the Titanic in the first place? I wish James Cameron would inspire more rich people to send themselves to crush depth.

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      If you look at images of the submersible, there’s one small porthole to look through and otherwise you’re seeing the wreckage on a TV screen that’s maybe 30" big.

      These dopes paid $250k or whatever to basically feel alive for a few hours by sinking to the bottom of the ocean to crummily observe, in the worst possible conditions, a barely visible 100+ year old oceanic gravesite. If anything the risk of death was the primary incentive for the excursion.

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      From a historical perspective Titanic (and other ship wrecks) are interesting. However, I think we need to just leave it alone. To me this is a grave site that people keep visiting.

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      Nope - watching a group of people fucking-around-and-finding-out who could have helped end world hunger instead funneled resources into their own narcissism brings me a little shred of joy

      Billionaires are evil, and this is hilarious.