In the news

Found this gem on reddit:

"My favourite part of the 2019 article is when they imply that proper certification is worthless because the majority of accidents occur due to operator error - my brother in christ, that just proves that the certification is great if it basically eliminates mechanical fault."

Except for the 19 year old kids tho.

Why don't they just pull themselves up by their bootstraps?

https://twitter.com/dumbmailguy/status/1671407202375204865?s=12

That's an awful news story, they predict second biggest migrant shipping tragedy :(

Got to stay on brand.

Titanic drowns rich people

Always has, always will.

Amazing!

The level of morbid interest this has sparked around the world is nearly as interesting as the technical rescue challenge. According to Reuters, they launched at 1200gmt, so they have hours, if not minutes, of air left.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/chilling-tales-of-past-dives-to-titanic-wreckage-keep-piling-up

I meant to send him a pair of those Uggs and I never got around to it and I’m torturing myself every day,” Hagen said. “He could have suffered less and died maybe with his feet warm.

People process things in very odd ways at times.

“Anyone who is not actively involved with the current situation is not in a position to offer responsible comment or speculation,” said Chelsea Kellogg, who was on a 2022 Titan expedition.

Thing is Chelsea, it's not your call.

“Anyone who is not actively involved with the current situation is not in a position to offer responsible comment or speculation,” said

...someone not actively involved with the current situation.

Who will play him in the movie?

Dunno, but we can have fun speculating on what the title will be.

The Hunt for Dead Stockbroker?
Honey, I Sunk the Rich?

The Pseudo Adventure

It’s interesting that a billionaire goes missing there is an outcry from around the world.

Millions of people around the world can’t feed themselves, no biggy.

"Dietanic"

Grief is weird and you do beat yourself up over the oddest things, it's just how people deal with it.

The read between the lines from all the experts I've heard talking about the sub is that it's most likely something catastrophic happened at the start of the mission when they lost comms.

Unlike military/government/non-experimental subs, which are scanned/tested for micro-cracks, stress fractures and so on, the Titan wasn't, and had done a relatively large number of dives for an experimental sub. So on the balance of probabilities, the most likely scenario is that it imploded early on in the mission.

Cheery huh.

https://www.theonion.com/emergency-crews-dispatched-to-help-boat-full-of-refugee-1850560809

Not sure outcry is the right word.

There's plenty of precedent for poor people in peril getting the world's attention. Thai cave kids and Chilean miners for example.

Isn't the noise of such an event likely to have been caught on various military hydrophones?

Responsible journalism to the fore:

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How to lose friends and asphyxiate people.

"¯_(ツ)_/¯ "

If the pressure is so incredibly high (equivalent to an entire Empire State building made of lead, apparently) and it imploded, would sound waves be able to get out?

I have no idea.