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2023-06-22 -Great Cultural Revolution

Missing sub CEO wouldn't hire the uninspirational "50 yr old white guys" who are out there looking to save him now

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Posted by Besoeker 2023-06-22 08:37|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top

#1 Missing sub CEO wouldn't hire the uninspirational "50 yr old white guys"

Ha, neither will anyone else.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-06-22 08:42|| 2023-06-22 08:42|| Front Page Top

#2 ...Enjoy pre-trial discovery, pal.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-06-22 09:39|| 2023-06-22 09:39|| Front Page Top

#3 He won't be there for any trials.

Posted by Frank G 2023-06-22 09:45|| 2023-06-22 09:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Some problems fix themselves. RIP a**hole.

Posted by Angstrom 2023-06-22 10:03|| 2023-06-22 10:03|| Front Page Top

#5 "Poseidon, they're still running with maintenance down."

"Of course! We are one big, inspirational fleet. Ah, Rush, my old friend, do you know the Homerian proverb that revenge is a dish that is best served cold?

It is very cold in the deep sea."

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-06-22 10:50|| 2023-06-22 10:50|| Front Page Top

#6 The ghosts of the mighty Titanic strikes again.

Posted by Slats Snore5077 2023-06-22 11:39|| 2023-06-22 11:39|| Front Page Top

#7 Time to send a 5000 pound bomb to the site and assist nature in ending the madness.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-06-22 11:57|| 2023-06-22 11:57|| Front Page Top

#8 A sewer pipe with every single safety system dependent on electricity, and pre-launch there is a "battery problem" that requires a 10 hour delay.
How frigging clueless do you need to be to rethink that decision. But the kicker appears to be there is no viewport, you see the Titanic on an on-board monitor, packed in like a sardine, and for that you pay 250k. Wow, I guess my question is answered, RIP.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-06-22 12:55|| 2023-06-22 12:55|| Front Page Top

#9 Having a knack for making money (especially these days) does not make a person across-the-board smart in all matters.

But as with celebrities, a lot of people lap up their every word and action with the help of fawning media.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-06-22 13:04|| 2023-06-22 13:04|| Front Page Top

#10 A strange kaiten mission, but somehow with that doooosh bag CEO on the sub, it kind of gives me a different feeling.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-06-22 13:14|| 2023-06-22 13:14|| Front Page Top

#11 I'm fine with the adventure - though I guess there was a porthole/window to make the trip worth it, like the scene in The Right Stuff.

Its projects like this which will lead to Space Station and Moon Colony being normal, and there will be accidents along the way. That is our human spirit of exploration and adventure. "Because its there".

Skimping on the safety by prioritizing emotion over competency is not the way to do it.

FWIW, Rush did put his own ass on the line in belief that his decisions were gonna be fine.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-06-22 13:33|| 2023-06-22 13:33|| Front Page Top

#12 Are they too wealthy to qualify for a Darwin Award?

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-06-22 14:11|| 2023-06-22 14:11|| Front Page Top

#13 Old white retired Navy Captain Victor Vescovo has done this all over the world. But professionaly.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-06-22 14:33|| 2023-06-22 14:33|| Front Page Top

#14 Window, I'd go in a heartbeat.

Better, the cabin interior is a series of monitors or whatnot hooked up to exterior cameras like what that kid did with the A beam on a car's blind spot, or even better like the shit Rock movie Skyscraper, that dude's penthouse 'turning transparent'. Fkn'ill.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-06-22 14:43|| 2023-06-22 14:43|| Front Page Top

#15 Trump's and / or Desantis's fault, no doubt. Company HQ Everett, Washington.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-06-22 15:25|| 2023-06-22 15:25|| Front Page Top

#16 Design suggestion? Employ Schumer and Schiff as ballast. Their inflated ego could counter the pressures at depth and bring it to the surface

Posted by Frank G 2023-06-22 18:43|| 2023-06-22 18:43|| Front Page Top

#17 Without a viewport they might as well just send a drone.

Posted by ruprecht 2023-06-22 21:35|| 2023-06-22 21:35|| Front Page Top

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