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[–] 86 points 2 years ago (15 children)

unfortunately, it is totally possible to make that trip if you have a submarine that wasn't designed by a startup-brained moron

they'll probably be fine

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  • [–] 46 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Yeah, I'm not sure what point he's trying to prove. Of course the industry is safe, that's what all the safety requirements when building and operating a submarine is all about.

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  • [+] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)
  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

    There are standards, that's why the OceanGate rich fools also had to sign a waiver acknowledging that the craft was not certified at all

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The standards are if James Cameron writes you a letter that says "Damn dude you're gonna fucking die you dumb motherfucker. Eywa is gonna hear you when you're becoming crab food at the bottom of the ocean." You have to up your game.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    James Cameron has the woke mind virus, do not listen to him billionaires like Elon Musk. Build sheet metal tubes and plunge yourselves to the darkest depths of the ocean it's safe.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Like with most thing there's all those requirements are to get government funding. (That red tape you hear people who don't know what delta p means whining about)

    Any numbnuts can put a bucket over their head and jump off a ship in the middle of the ocean.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Triton Submersibles is actually one of those companies that knows what they're doing. Their big project was the DSV Limiting Factor, which is a legitimate deep sea research vessel, so unless they're using another shed build submarine they'll probably survive

    But it might mean that more startup brained billionaires get lulled into a false sense of security and build more OceanGate style tubs

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I've been saying we should all act like this is the coolest thing ever because musk will absolutely try to copy it but lead the design himself leading to an actual ocean gate 2.0.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yea the last one failed because they bought used parts that were literally advertised as being non viable for deep water trips.

    If a billionaire decided to not try to save a couple grand by using second hand parts and a madcatz controller this should be trivial for them. It's why the last one was so funny. He had all the money in the world so he thought that made him smarter than nature.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    At least we can take solace in the fact that they're going to be miserable for several days a cold, cramped submarine instead of relaxing and enjoying themselves in the luxury of their private island or whatever

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  • [–] 45 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The orcas have a chance to do the funniest thing possible.

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Hold on, actually let's hope for this to succeed so they relax and we get a bigger catch next time

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Someone who's good with art, help me pitch rich people on a massive underwater city that's only for rich people and nothing bad will ever happen to rich people there

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I really gotta play that game eventually, tho they say it's not cool enough cuz it's a libertarian critique of libertarianism

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    I will completely unironically become a Poseidon worshiper if he grants us this miracle

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Lol, let's hope its in another ship that has a name that's an affront to comrade Poseidon, or another ocean deity.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    If they were smart, they'd name it The Nobody

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    no more half measures walter

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    This time it's a garbage can with some duct tape and a playstation 1 controller

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I was talking to a coworker about this and had to defend my glee by proving that this billionaire is a demon. Found an old reddit thread where someone in Dayton, OH was being sued by his real estate investment firm, Connor Group, for one million (1,000,000) dollars for publicly complaining about them not sending maintenance crews to fix problems with his apartment.

    Found a few others with people warning others not to move into his apartment complexes for the same reason.

    Sad to hear that Triton is a real submarine company and he won't die due to a Logitech controller shorting out or whatever.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago

    inshallah someone on the crew understands humanity's predicament and will do what needs to be done

    oh and also: Davy Jones' Lockerbie

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    Can't wait for the pilot to forget his wrist straps and accidentally throw his Wiimote steering wheel into the viewport.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    How many billionaires are gonna fit inside this one?

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    Praying that everyone on that sub has an extremely ΔP time in the North Atlantic

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Bring Les with you.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Every year we should let the billionaires compete to see who gets to go die trying to see a boat

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I would love for billionaires to turn this into a dick measuring contest. Just lining up to die one after the other because, "those guys were chumps let me show your how much billionairer I am".

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    That's the terror of knowing

    What this dive is about

    Watching billionaires screaming

    "Let me out!"

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