Coffee Talk VI: The Undiscovered Country

[scoutyjones2]

What Really Happens When A Sub Implodes

 

[mattola]

read a couple articles that claim the Aunt of the son was told by the son that he didnt want to go and was scared but since it fell on fathers day weekend he felt pressure (um.....) to go to please his dad.

 

[thedddd]

If there ever was a fight where both could just spontaneously combust, this is it.

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg agree to cage match, and we’ve reached peak absurdity

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg appear to have agreed to physically fight each other.

finance.yahoo.com

 

[dash]

If there ever was a fight where both could just spontaneously combust, this is it.

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg agree to cage match, and we’ve reached peak absurdity

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg appear to have agreed to physically fight each other.

finance.yahoo.com

@sbb122 will bring the shovels.

 

[mattola]

Fucking hell

 

[thedddd]

Yeah not good.

Missing Titanic Sub Once Faced Massive Lawsuit Over Depths It Could Safely Travel To

Court documents reveal a former OceanGate employee had several safety complaints over the tourist submersible—and then he was fired.

newrepublic.com

 

[mattola]

 

[dash]

Fucking hell

 

[mattola]

Stockton Rush was not an innovator or a trail blazer. He was an arrogant, reckless and ignorant person whose own hubris over took the safety of others, and they followed blindly and the only one I feel terrible for is the 19 year old kid

 

[thedddd]

Stockton Rush was not an innovator or a trail blazer. He was an arrogant, reckless and ignorant person whose own hubris over took the safety of others, and they followed blindly and the only one I feel terrible for is the 19 year old kid

Nah… it was Biden’s fault.

Yep this didn’t take long.

 

[mooger_35]

Seems legit

 

[dash]

Mail carrier?

 

[sbb122]

Mail carrier?

George Costanza:
Why are you home? You're supposed to be out on your route, and getting my calzones for Steinbrenner.

Newman:
Well, I saw that it's raining outside, so I called in sick. I don't work in the rain.

George Costanza:
But... you're a mailman! 'Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow... ' It's the first one!

Newman:
I've never been much for credos.

 

[dash]

You know, you could replace Newman with Santos above and it doesn't miss a beat.

 

[dare2be]

Stockton Rush was not an innovator or a trail blazer. He was an arrogant, reckless and ignorant person whose own hubris over took the safety of others, and they followed blindly and the only one I feel terrible for is the 19 year old kid

I'm of the mindset of "fuck around and find out", though this time those who fucked around had no time to find out.

Also, good riddance to a reckless, dangerous man putting others' lives needlessly at risk. One less regulation denier in the world.

 

[thedddd]

 

[thedddd]

 

[thedddd]

Once again the Onion gets real.

Critics Say Submersible Should’ve Been Tested With Poorer Passengers First

WASHINGTON—Analyzing the mistakes OceanGate made that led to the vessel’s disappearance, critics told reporters Thursday that the submersible should have been tested with poorer passengers first. “The company skipped the very crucial step of sending five lower-class people to the bottom of the...

www.theonion.com

 

[mattola]

Once again the Onion gets real.

Critics Say Submersible Should’ve Been Tested With Poorer Passengers First

WASHINGTON—Analyzing the mistakes OceanGate made that led to the vessel’s disappearance, critics told reporters Thursday that the submersible should have been tested with poorer passengers first. “The company skipped the very crucial step of sending five lower-class people to the bottom of the...

www.theonion.com

holy shit wow

the last paragraph OMG

 

[puckhead]

so much for outlining the extreme risk of a home-made submarine to every passenger

MSN

Las Vegas Financier Gave Up 'Titan' Sub Seats That Went to Billionaire and His 19-Year-Old Son​

In another post shared by Bloom on Thursday evening, along with screenshots of text messages between himself and Rush, the OceanGate co-founder assured him that the voyage was "safer than flying in a helicopter or even scuba diving."
When Bloom expressed safety concerns, he says Rush replied, "There hasn't been even an injury in 35 years in a non-military subs."