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For those who are unaware: A couple billionaires, a pilot, and one of the billionaires' son are currently stuck inside an extremely tiny sub a couple thousand meters under the sea (inside of the sub with the guys above).
They were supposed to dive down to the titanic, but lost connection about halfway down. They've been missing for the past 48 hours, and have 2 days until the oxygen in the sub runs out. Do you think they'll make it?
I would say that all reasonable efforts should be made to rescue or recover anyone and everyone who has gone missing. We can figure out the rest once we exhaust all optons, or have them back on the boat.
I think a better question would be "Should they be rescued?". Billionaires are a stain on humanity. You simply do not need that much wealth for any valid purpose.
I have plenty of criticisms about billionaires, but saying we should just let them die is going too far.
After they've milked the rest of humanity to amass all that wealth, your solution is to spend more money on going to get them? They fucked around and found out.
I don't have to like them, or what they do with thier money, but we should make as much of an effort as we can to save anyone.
They are presented with the same choice every single day to condemn people to die by hoarding their unfathomable wealth. Anyone of them could singlehandedly end all deaths from polio or TB, but instead every single day they decide that the idea of only being worth $2 million dollars is so horrifying that they'd rather allow the deaths to continue unabated.
The only outcome we can be sure of at this point is that the company responsible for this mess is going to have to answer a lot of questions.
They should given cyanide pills to everybody in that metal pipe, like they did for all the missions to the moon.
No, they're already dead. Most likely the sub cracked under the water pressure, instakilling them. Or they froze to death. Or they ran out of air; they have oxygen but no CO2 scrubber.
they lost contact about half way down wich means yeah it could have been a quick squish of a death
There were banging sounds picked up at 30 min intervals in the area, it's since stopped but my understanding is those indicated they were still alive "somewhere" at the time
Sadly no. It probably had a leak and everyone was instantly crashed like a pop can…
People hating coz they billionaire 😖. Pray for them, hope they survive
How so? Seems like a shit way to die to me. It’s not fast. Plus you are crammed in with a bunch of other dudes.
I guess once you pass out from anoxic brain injury, it might peaceful.
I'm gonna go out on limb and say they're no longer with us.
Yeah I don't think you're very far out on that limb. The likelihood of successful rescue is extremely low.
I can't really believe anybody would spend $250K on a submarine expedition with the guy in charge of Ocean Gate, and his incredibly cavalier attitude toward safety.
I mean everyone says "omg they're crazy", but it's so easy to say that, and all of us have at least a few things that we'd be willing to do that an onlooker could point to and say "lol why do that when you might die".
There's nothing wrong with taking an informed risk, and it's really up to you what kind of risk you're comfortable taking. Most of these people seem to have a consistently high risk tolerance, and three of them were very experienced, so I don't think it's fair to call them "stupid" or "idiots" just because your risk/reward assessment doesn't line up with theirs. If that was their idea of living the best life possible, then that's good for them.
I'd also say that the majority of people in life aren't as happy as they could be because they're too scared to let go of convenience and familiarity. People turn down dream opportunities because it means moving to a different country, they stay in jobs they hate because they're scared of what comes next, they don't travel to places because five years ago someone died there, and they stay in unfulfilling relationships because they hate the thought of being alone or having to meet new people. So if you're the kind of person who basically spends their life on the couch with the same old people in the same old place eating the same old food watching the same old shows and you dream about what could've been, I'm not sure you have the right to lob criticisms at people who chose to get up and do stuff.
I get what you're saying about taking a calculated risk - like going for a bungee jump or paragliding or bouldering. However, the more you read about this particular craft the more you realize how much they ignored highly standard safety procedures and design. So I feel like the people criticizing are less saying "why bungee jump when you could die" and more saying "why would you bungee jump without a cord and pay 250,000 dollars for the privilege."
Go ESG? Die at sea.
I guess refusing to hire “experienced 50 year old white men” to build and safety check the sub bit him in the ass, didn’t it?