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2023-06-20 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Tourist Sub Vanishes At Titanic Wreck Site As Search Mission Underway

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Posted by Besoeker 2023-06-20 03:22|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 When a book or the movie is simply not enough. Gatlinburg and the Smokies are so 1950's. Adventure tourism, some risk is assumed. Prices starting at $250k. Airfare not included.

Is there an OceanGate shoulder tab, blazer patch, or grill badge? Number of qualifying dives? Durations ?

Posted by Besoeker 2023-06-20 03:28|| 2023-06-20 03:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Good anniversary gift for your folks - depending on how the will is written.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-06-20 05:07|| 2023-06-20 05:07|| Front Page Top

#3 One of Pakistan's richest men - a UK-based board member of the Prince's Trust charity - and his son are trapped alongside British billionaire on missing Titanic sub: Desperate search in the Atlantic as air runs out hours after last ping above wreck

Posted by Skidmark 2023-06-20 05:51|| 2023-06-20 05:51|| Front Page Top

#4 ...Sadly, a reality check: that deep, if you sneeze sideways, you're going to become a curious, bitter paste. The one blessing there is that according to the scientists, it happens so fast that the human brain cannot process it.

I've never been a fan of the Titanic tourism industry - the Ballard research was one thing (and was actually for another purpose entirely) and even James Cameron's dives for the movie Titanic were done with the utmost care and skill. But over the last couple decades this sort of thing has become the equivalent of an extremely high-priced Vegas helicopter tour...and the odds finally caught up with them. My genuine and sincere condolences to the families and friends of the lost - and now the companies need to knock it the hell off.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-06-20 06:05|| 2023-06-20 06:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Never interrupt your opponent when they're making a mistake - comes to mind. Now if we can convince members of the WEF to partake in such dives or shooting themselves into space...

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-06-20 07:28|| 2023-06-20 07:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Morbid curiosity got the best of them.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-06-20 08:19|| 2023-06-20 08:19|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm curious about the sub's safety features and whether they were tested or not. Emergency blow or lead ballast to drop. It must have had something.

Posted by Penguin_of_the_Desert 2023-06-20 08:20|| 2023-06-20 08:20|| Front Page Top

#8 ...supersized tourists?

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-06-20 09:01|| 2023-06-20 09:01|| Front Page Top

#9 Lovecraft's 'The Temple'?

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-06-20 10:38|| 2023-06-20 10:38|| Front Page Top

#10 Deep sea maneuvering and space flight share one common theme. If you get yourself in a pickle, it is very hard to unpickle yourself.

Posted by DarthVader 2023-06-20 11:37|| 2023-06-20 11:37|| Front Page Top

#11 One can hope if they are lost it was a catastrophic implosion to end their lives in a millisecond.
Otherwise, 96 hours packed in a tube is a pretty grim fate.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-06-20 11:40|| 2023-06-20 11:40|| Front Page Top

#12 A grim version of "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"...

Posted by HeavyG 2023-06-20 11:48|| 2023-06-20 11:48|| Front Page Top

#13 Don Lemon: "What if it was swallowed by a black hole?"

Posted by Frank G 2023-06-20 12:59|| 2023-06-20 12:59|| Front Page Top

#14 Wonder if this would be news/recovery if there weren't billionaires aboard.

Did somebody say billionaires were smart?

Posted by Skidmark 2023-06-20 19:44|| 2023-06-20 19:44|| Front Page Top

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