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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/titanic-submarine-missing-rescue-mission-underway-newfoundland-canada/ I may be an rear end in a top hat but this seems so ironic.
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Bad Purchase posted:RIP to the billionaire, he was one of the good ones After reading his wiki he just seems like a guy that wanted his name on a bunch of unnecessary expeditions. I mean he moved a few cheetahs once but I feel like a billionaire could be doing more for the world.
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Jun 20, 2023 02:05
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I'm all for the kraken theory but do they like cold water? Maybe a giant sea spider...
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Panic! At The Tesco posted:pfft i can move some cheetahs my uncle has a ford focus estate i could borrow, could have them moved in a jiffy I hope it's not leather
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Nowher posted:Even if they are still alive, I think they are pretty much hosed. Prob bought the hatch off Amazon when they got the video game controller.
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Jun 20, 2023 02:25
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BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:Elon should get in another sub to go rescue them Only if he's in it
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Jun 20, 2023 02:27
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Karma Comedian posted:The ocean claiming rich people is not the course I was expecting this season to take. A welcomed plot twist
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Jun 20, 2023 02:32
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They hit L2 when they meant to hit R2
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Jun 20, 2023 03:19
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At least there's a nice futon cushion to sit on
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Jun 20, 2023 03:22
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You Are A Elf posted:Has anyone contacted Billy Zane yet? I feel like he can muster up some sort of survival plan. A real man makes his own luck.
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Jun 20, 2023 03:39
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wilderthanmild posted:
Pfft silly logical person
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Jun 20, 2023 03:43
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LostCosmonaut posted:To be fair on the controller thing the US Navy uses 360 controllers on their subs; https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/navy-xbox-controllers-attack-submarines/ They're using them to control the periscope not drive the entire sub.
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Jun 20, 2023 03:47
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biznatchio posted:No way they drowned. If there was *any* way for water to get into the sub, it'd be coming in with enough pressure to cause a rapid unplanned disassembly of the sub and kill them instantly. Saalkin posted:If they didn't die instantly and are instead slowly running our if air, you think they're sucking and loving the hell out of each other? Let's create some heat baby!
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Jun 20, 2023 03:54
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Commander Jebus posted:Assuming they have lithium hydroxide curtains in their survival gear, they will run out of oxygen long before they freeze (the curtains use a chemical process to effectively convert CO2 to heat, and are standard sub survival stores) That may be a big assumption. So far they have yet to show that they researched or followed any standards for operating a submarine.
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Jun 20, 2023 04:22
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Blow posted:Can a mod change the thread title to Submersible on expedition to Titanic missing please? My bad 🫤
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Jun 20, 2023 13:57
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Let's say they do have some ballast situation going on. I feel like they would have issues from ascending too quickly because I doubt it would have any way to slow it down. So if they don't die from an implosion, lack of oxygen, or freezing to death they would definitely die from the bends.
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Jun 20, 2023 14:04
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ELTON JOHN posted:would like to take a moment to remind everyone that over 300 pakistani migrants died when their boat capsized off the coast of greece last week I have heard of this a few times but I didn't find it nearly as funny or ironic as an idiot billionaire in a poo poo submersible drowning next to the Titanic.
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Jun 20, 2023 14:06
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stealie72 posted:They're in a pressure vessel, they won't get the bends. Ah ok. I wasn't quite sure how that worked
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Blow posted:Most excellent thread title change.
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Jun 20, 2023 14:49
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Cowslips Warren posted:I heard that the sub has no seats and a single toilet. A bidet?? That's way too expensive! We're trying to make money here!
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Jun 20, 2023 14:58
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CuwiKhons posted:I'm also not the kind of person who would put themselves into that sort of idiotic situation so maybe that's preferable to him. Intelligence and logic is not a requirement to be a billionaire. See: Elon Musk
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Jun 20, 2023 15:02
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This is ridiculously hilarious
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Jun 20, 2023 16:16
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ThinkTank posted:May favourite part of all of this has been finding out they crank the tunes to drown out the sound of folks taking a dump on the submarine. For those billionaires with shy bladders
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Jun 20, 2023 16:21
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Oceangate CEO Rush also said during the interview, "You know, at some point, safety just is pure waste. I mean, if you just want to be safe, don’t get out of bed."
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Jun 20, 2023 16:43
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DONKEY SALAMI posted:Billionaire thought he was buying a VIP pass for the fanciest ride in the amusement park. Turns out it was a VIP pass for the county fair. Hey don't insult the county fair! Pretty sure carny rides are safer than this carbon fiber coffin.
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Jun 20, 2023 17:46
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Fansy posted:The cost of the search has undoubtedly eclipsed whatever was spent on groversub I'm pretty sure you get a bill for $10k+ for one helicopter to rescue you in the US. They better take it out of his estate.
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Jun 20, 2023 20:54
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super sweet best pal posted:What I don't get is why someone would go down to a sunk boat in the middle of nowhere when there's a ton of perfectly good WW2 warships off the coasts of islands in the Pacific to check out instead. Go down, look around, spend the rest of your time at the local resort. Even Hawaii has the Arizona memorial for maximum patriotism. Well they're British and even though we were Allies during WW2 the Pacific was a little outside their wheelhouse. Plus IIRC they asked us to help multiple times before Hawaii got bombed. I feel like they would be like "This is the memorial of when these fuckers FINALLY decided to help us not get obliterated by Nazis."
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Jun 21, 2023 03:59
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SlurredSpeech609 posted:From the cold war thread. That article makes it sound like the US doesn't really give a poo poo. And that kinda makes me happy.
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Jun 21, 2023 04:08
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William Bear posted:I think some goon made this yesterday. Nice
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Groversub posted: The vast majority of marine (and aviation) accidents are a result of operator error, not mechanical failure. As a result, simply focusing on classing the vessel does not address the operational risks. Maintaining high-level operational safety requires constant, committed effort and a focused corporate culture – two things that OceanGate takes very seriously and that are not assessed during classification. Apparently they could only maintain a constant, committed effort for 1 hr and 45 mins.
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Jun 21, 2023 14:29
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ALFbrot posted:
There are no good billionaires. It's not possible to hoard that amount of wealth by being good.
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Nenonen posted:You could be just an incredibly lucky idiot though. Assuming we're talking about the spawn of billionaires, they still just continue the legacy of atrocities that got them that amount of money in the first place.
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skooma512 posted:But I thought you were obligated to rescue people in distress at sea? Yes. https://onboard.sosmediterranee.org/knowledge-base/regulation-33/ "The master of a ship at sea which is in a position to be able to provide assistance on receiving information from any source that persons are in distress at sea, is bound to proceed with all speed to their assistance, if possible informing them or the search and rescue service that the ship is doing so. This obligation to provide assistance applies regardless of the nationality or status of such persons or the circumstances in which they are found."
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Jun 21, 2023 18:01
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ALFbrot posted:I should clarify my post. All available info says he's very LIKELY already a good billionaire. It might be another 20 hours or so until we can for certain know he's the only good billionaire. Ah understood! Apologies. Reading can be hard sometimes. 
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Jun 21, 2023 18:49
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Gullous posted:Carbon fiber's failure modes depend on the layup method. If the carbon was laid up in a criss-cross-apple-sauce pattern it can be quite strong. 
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I just want to thank everyone for making this thread a Titan! This is the first time I've posted a thread and I never expected a gold mine. Gonna ride this poo poo tube all the way to the bottom!  Also, they're goo.
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Jun 22, 2023 01:47
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I'm not an experienced gambler but does this say $111k has been bet on them being found or not? https://polymarket.com/event/will-the-missing-submarine-be-found-by-june-23
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Ulio posted:There is still hope godammit, I want to believe something like the plot of Lost happened. So they're all dead?
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freelop posted:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Messenia_migrant_boat_disaster you mean like this one from a few days ago? Oh c'mon! Wiki says they initiated a MASSIVE search and rescue operation.
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