This lack of empathy is increasingly common – and, I would argue, encouraged – by many segments of our society, particularly those that exist in what you might call the “Cultural Marxist” space. Well, anytime you find yourself in any kind of Cultural Marxist space, you’re probably at least adjacent to psychopathy.
I wouldn’t be rich anymore if my write offs to a multitude of charities in which I’m board members too.
Ah did you benefit from your wealth or did extra taxes make your life more uncomfortable?
I’m smooching your politicians for charity too.
Speaking of empathy…and it must be me as many people don’t quite get it…
Many of these shows on television, if it’s successful, it’s hosts will be financially rewarded.
A contest that has a reward of $100,000 for a multiple shows is cheap to produce.
Contestants put their hearts and soul efforts into creating a fantastic product should be rewarded as well.
The owners of those properties will be booked quite easily from the efforts and quality of craftsmanship.
Oh, since the Contestants did such a fantastic job, the host added a second prize…it gets written off from his resort that now is second prize…whipty do.
Rewarding all 4 Contestants the $100,000 each would have been more appropriate as they were that good!
Good judgement is the result of experience. Experience is the result of bad judgement.
Some of the commentaries on this tragedy are commingling the supposed need for “risk taking” in order for society and technology to advance, and a frivolous approach to safety. That is an absurd juxtaposition, given that sound engineering and task-appropriate design are not the exclusive domain of the timid.
You pay your money and you take your chances. I wouldn’t ride in a USN nuke sub.
Nor would I, but at least in the case of a USN sub, you can be darn certain someone did the math.
Diversity just may change that roaddog.
I suspect there is much more going on with this sub than an unfortunate accident.
”Earlier this year [2020], it was announced that the Titanic will get new protections under an agreement between Britain and the US, which will allow the two governments to be able to grant or veto applications for people to visit.”
https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/travel-old/1735048/titanic-submarine-tours-shipwreck-oceangate/
I realize we really get no say in this matter, and d@mn few of us could afford $250,000 (U.S.) for a day’s entertainment, but Titanic is in international waters – and the country it’s closest to, is Canada.
They might at least have invited us to the conference…
If they invited Trudeau, he’d show up in his iceberg socks.
I’d say there’s definitely more than meets the eye regarding the Titan disaster.
The biggest mystery here is not what decisions were made, but what reasoning by which those choices were made.
A quick search on internet showed an apparent net worth of this fellow to be 12 to 25 million dollars and, given the development and certification costs of a passenger-rated DSV, that amount of money might not have been enough to self-fund the entire project plus start up costs.
Is it possible that financial desperation might have influenced how and why some of his choices were made?
Not that it would excuse the final outcome, but this hypothesis might partially explain some of the reasoning behind the unfortunate decisions leading to the inevitable loss of this vehicle and its passengers…
Five hundred, not so very rich, brown people drowned last week off the coast of Greece.
Nobody gave a shit. NOBODY!
Excuse me if I fart in the general direction of rich graveyard tourists
Nobody gives a shit because they’re invaders coming to swamp Europe and turn it into a 3rd world shyte house. The Euros need to sink the damn boats.
I suspect we all feel this way when we hear about people dying who we consider as threats or enemies. I certainly don’t feel sad when I hear about illegals drowning or dying of thirst in the desert trying to get into the country. It was their choice to take the risks. And I’m glad they didn’t make it, because we don’t need them. Stay home and improve your home country.
“It’s good when a bunch of stupid people die.”
FIFY.
I don’t care that they were rich, but subjecting yourself to 200+ atmospheres of pressure with only that half-baked abortion to protect you, is all kinds of stupid.
“It had made numerous successful dives before.”
12,500 ft. Is approximately 6,000 psi.
Well, best article regarding a history of problems with structural fatigue here.
https://inews.co.uk/news/world/missing-titanic-sub-structural-concerns-2423409
I wouldn’t go for free, I wouldn’t take the stupid “vaccine” either. Others did. Is it sad? Yes. Bear in mind we make safety decisions every day. I wonder sometimes what drives people? Tip of the day: If you get a flat tire, think about folks like me who will destroy a rim (wheel) to roll to a safe location before making the change and those who won’t and risk death for what?.. $500 bucks?
Psychologist Stanley Milgram found that 80% of the population do not have the psychological or moral resources to defy an authority’s order, no matter how illegitimate the order is. So only 20% of the population have critical thinking capacity.
I felt sad for the loss of life, actually hoped that if they weren’t gonna make it back that they’d already be dead, during the early days. Glad I’m not in that lot that has lack of humanity for this scenario. The bone-head obama lamented much like Hagar up thread; ignoring one group was just doing their own thing, while the other group is doing illegal maneuvers – forced invasion of another country. I’m sad for all the deaths – all could have made better decisions. I have a hard time seeing them as refugees when they – mostly adult males, have good clothing and one or two cell phones on them. And too boot – we’re not allowed to have honest conversations about these invaders so the boat deaths get even less attention, that they should get, for the right reasons.
We are not all the same… stupid decisions come with tragic results on every spectrum, and in every arena of human existence.
In aviation, as an example. FDA rules were written in blood , as they say.
Will be the same in this industry. What surprised me was that there are numerous other vehicles out there that CAN do these dives safely… So why did he/they veer so far off the proven path ( structural) given the extraordinary pressures of deep water diving? The CEO had something to prove to himself, but sadly he was very wrong; trying to do cheap deep dives on a dime, so to speak. ( in comparison to the established deep dive submersible/subs that are successful, year after year ). They are responsible for the deaths of their paying passengers and themselves.