Tourist submersible missing on visit to Titanic

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Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for the kid. I also think it's a shame to lose Nargeolet, who seems like an incredible person. Though he'd been down there dozens of times before and probably only had to look at that tin can to know he wouldn't be coming back. I imagine that he'd want to die in the Ocean.
The two rich dudes? I'm sad for their families.
The CEO can rot.

Same. I don't want anybody to die but I am also not sad about the billionaires and the CEO.

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I hope these people are found and rescued, and that with their billions they will pay back the costs of being rescued from what I agree was entirely a vanity project at now great financial and emotional cost to the public.

I guess you feel the titanic victims themselves should have been billed for their rescue.

Traveling via a normal mode of transportation is not a vanity project, so no.

I don't care about the cost of this rescue mission. The government wastes so much money on a daily basis, this is a drop in the bucket. It's hard to get excited about this. Our tax dollars are often wasted. So what.

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Anonymous wrote:I disagree that this isn't a traumatizing story. Obviously levels of trauma vary significantly and many many people are able to read (and even laugh ) about it without feeling any personal impact. But this is really tough to know about for "deep feeling" people, and it absolutely has a negative collective impact on mental health.

I hope these people are found and rescued, and that with their billions they will pay back the costs of being rescued from what I agree was entirely a vanity project at now great financial and emotional cost to the public. It's horrifying and I hope they are able to be saved. I can't imagine what their families are going through.

I hope they're found, and I especially hope they're found alive. If not, I also hope that the missing group met as peaceful an end as possible under the circumstances. However, I'm traumatized knowing I have family members that people here love to crap on because they're poor, struggle to provide healthy food to their kids, and no way in heck will they be able to afford college, while these stable geniuses are paying more than the entire 3rd grade staff at my elementary school earned in a year for the privilege of dying in a public, horrific, ironic, and completely preventable way. Then, instead of feeding the masses or educating more young people who need help, we're throwing away how much money to confirm they're dead. That's my level of trauma, and rather than weep, yeah, I might make a snarky comment on an anonymous board. I'll feel the same when space tourists meet a catastrophe, much like I feel when expensive searches happen for boaters and hikers who get lost and have to be rescued at great cost. I feel deeply about a lot of things, but deep sorrow for "victims" like this isn't really something I can muster.

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I hope these people are found and rescued, and that with their billions they will pay back the costs of being rescued from what I agree was entirely a vanity project at now great financial and emotional cost to the public.

I guess you feel the titanic victims themselves should have been billed for their rescue.

Traveling via a normal mode of transportation is not a vanity project, so no.

I don't care about the cost of this rescue mission. The government wastes so much money on a daily basis, this is a drop in the bucket. It's hard to get excited about this. Our tax dollars are often wasted. So what.

You don't have to get excited about this but on balance I think that it would be better the billionaires to pay for their own search and rescue missions instead of the taxpayers.

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On a scale of recklessness, is going to space with bezos significantly less crazy? I’m guessing it is, but curious for opinions.

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I hope these people are found and rescued, and that with their billions they will pay back the costs of being rescued from what I agree was entirely a vanity project at now great financial and emotional cost to the public.

I guess you feel the titanic victims themselves should have been billed for their rescue.

Traveling via a normal mode of transportation is not a vanity project, so no.

I don't care about the cost of this rescue mission. The government wastes so much money on a daily basis, this is a drop in the bucket. It's hard to get excited about this. Our tax dollars are often wasted. So what.

You don't have to get excited about this but on balance I think that it would be better the billionaires to pay for their own search and rescue missions instead of the taxpayers.

I can think of lots of ways to spare taxpayers. This barely registers.

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Anonymous wrote:On a scale of recklessness, is going to space with bezos significantly less crazy? I’m guessing it is, but curious for opinions.

I am assuming that all of this equipment was tested and up to safety standards, and if that is correct, then yes I think it's significantly less crazy. Another bonus point for him is the fact that the space craft actually had windows so he could see what he was exploring instead of watching it on TV.

But I hate that I'm saying anything good about Bezos, yuck.

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I hope these people are found and rescued, and that with their billions they will pay back the costs of being rescued from what I agree was entirely a vanity project at now great financial and emotional cost to the public.

I guess you feel the titanic victims themselves should have been billed for their rescue.

Traveling via a normal mode of transportation is not a vanity project, so no.

I don't care about the cost of this rescue mission. The government wastes so much money on a daily basis, this is a drop in the bucket. It's hard to get excited about this. Our tax dollars are often wasted. So what.

You don't have to get excited about this but on balance I think that it would be better the billionaires to pay for their own search and rescue missions instead of the taxpayers.

I can think of lots of ways to spare taxpayers. This barely registers.

Okay, but I'm not wrong.

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I hope these people are found and rescued, and that with their billions they will pay back the costs of being rescued from what I agree was entirely a vanity project at now great financial and emotional cost to the public.

I guess you feel the titanic victims themselves should have been billed for their rescue.

Traveling via a normal mode of transportation is not a vanity project, so no.

I don't care about the cost of this rescue mission. The government wastes so much money on a daily basis, this is a drop in the bucket. It's hard to get excited about this. Our tax dollars are often wasted. So what.

You don't have to get excited about this but on balance I think that it would be better the billionaires to pay for their own search and rescue missions instead of the taxpayers.

I can think of lots of ways to spare taxpayers. This barely registers.

Okay, but I'm not wrong.

Well you are, because they won't be billed.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m angry that hundreds of millions of people are being potentially traumatized by this awful incident as the world watches them die via 24/7 media coverage.

I’m angry about the massive waste of resources from the common wealth that is being expended on this pointless effort to rescue incredibly foolhardy billionaires and con artists. It’s way beyond the value of 5 individual lives and the fact that it is being done is just another manifestation of human frailty and more hubris.

I’ll be glad when this story is gone from the front pages of everything. Hopefully by the weekend. May the adventurers RIP.

Wow, whoever wrote all of this sounds like a very, miserable human being.
To have such a blatant disregard for human life is disgusting.

You are so judgmental > it sounds like you think these five people all deserve to die somehow just because they made the decision to explore the Titanic.

And the fact that these people have large bank accounts does not mean they deserve to die a brutal death.

Have some empathy. 🖤

Not the PP but they don’t deserve to die but they don’t deserve all these resources being spent to save them. People who have all the intelligence, money and power and foolishly and willingly put themselves and now others in great peril for an unnecessary vanity experience while there are literal children who don’t have a roof over their head tonight or food in their belly or medicine. They aren’t victims, this isn’t an accident. They chose this, unlike the kid dying from malaria right now, unlike the American who can’t afford their insulin, unlike the kids stuck with violent, crappy schools. This is not a good use of public resources and money (if we are indeed paying for it). No sympathy, no empathy. You get in the tiger cage, sometimes she’s gonna eat you.

No different that dumdums that don’t evacuate in a hurricane and need rescuing. We still help them.

No different except for the billions of dollars and intelligence. Otherwise exactly the same and frankly if you are told and given means to evacuate and I don’t, I don’t think other ppl should risk their lives for you.

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Anonymous wrote:

I hope these people are found and rescued, and that with their billions they will pay back the costs of being rescued from what I agree was entirely a vanity project at now great financial and emotional cost to the public.

I guess you feel the titanic victims themselves should have been billed for their rescue.

Traveling via a normal mode of transportation is not a vanity project, so no.

I don't care about the cost of this rescue mission. The government wastes so much money on a daily basis, this is a drop in the bucket. It's hard to get excited about this. Our tax dollars are often wasted. So what.

You don't have to get excited about this but on balance I think that it would be better the billionaires to pay for their own search and rescue missions instead of the taxpayers.

I can think of lots of ways to spare taxpayers. This barely registers.

Okay, but I'm not wrong.

Well you are, because they won't be billed.

LOL I am not saying they will be billed.

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Stop FTLOG referring to the window as a portal.

It is spelled porthole!

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Does anyone think the vessel will actually ever be found? It's a literal needle in a huge haystack.

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I hope these people are found and rescued, and that with their billions they will pay back the costs of being rescued from what I agree was entirely a vanity project at now great financial and emotional cost to the public.

I guess you feel the titanic victims themselves should have been billed for their rescue.

Traveling via a normal mode of transportation is not a vanity project, so no.

I don't care about the cost of this rescue mission. The government wastes so much money on a daily basis, this is a drop in the bucket. It's hard to get excited about this. Our tax dollars are often wasted. So what.

You don't have to get excited about this but on balance I think that it would be better the billionaires to pay for their own search and rescue missions instead of the taxpayers.

I can think of lots of ways to spare taxpayers. This barely registers.

Okay, but I'm not wrong.

Well you are, because they won't be billed.

LOL I am not saying they will be billed.

You've decided that you're right about who should pay and who shouldn't. Who agrees with you? Not the Coast Guard and US Government. So, what exactly are you right about? The government wastes a shit ton of money every day. And you think stopping these rare rescues would make even the slightest difference?

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Anonymous wrote:On a scale of recklessness, is going to space with bezos significantly less crazy? I’m guessing it is, but curious for opinions.

I am assuming that all of this equipment was tested and up to safety standards, and if that is correct, then yes I think it's significantly less crazy. Another bonus point for him is the fact that the space craft actually had windows so he could see what he was exploring instead of watching it on TV.

But I hate that I'm saying anything good about Bezos, yuck.

Wait they only had video links to the sea?