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It's more the shoddy nature of it all and the willingness of idiots to pay large sums of money to endanger their lives. I see it more like the dude who jumped off the eiffel tower with homemade wings if the wings had cost an average entire life's earnings.
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willingness of idiots to pay large sums of money to endanger their lives
And the lives of their 19 year old child who, according to reports of his aunt's testimony, was terrified about the trip.
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It's more the shoddy nature of it all and the willingness of idiots to pay large sums of money to endanger their lives.
When you have that much money, you can forgo experts and your opinion actually have ground just because.
For those who are earning under 30k/years, their opinion are worth fuck all next to a billionaires no matters how many decades they have in experiences and knowledge of said subject.
mashton
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Spending £1,500 on a set of Zipp 404 is no different to burning a £5 note in front of a beggar.
Spending £10,000 on a Rolex is no different to burning a £10 note in front of a beggar.
Etc.
I really don't get this poo-pooing the idea of travelling to the depths of the ocean to see something interesting.
It's like calling everyone who goes to look at the taj mahal or machu picchu basic bitches because they could've just bought a book or Google imaged it.