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To think it’s ironic all the stops are being pulled to rescue 5 people from a submarine

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MrsMillhouse · 20/06/2023 22:52

Yet…. The world allows a boat with hundreds including children to sink

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ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 22/06/2023 20:58

Endlesssummer2022 · 22/06/2023 20:40

RIP to all of them, however, they did have more money than sense. To be honest, the one I really feel sorry for is the 19 year old. The others should have known better.

Why couldn’t Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump have been Titanic enthusiasts?

What exactly do you mean by that?

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 22/06/2023 20:59

The second part of your post?

missmollygreen · 22/06/2023 21:05

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 22/06/2023 20:58

What exactly do you mean by that?

They are listing other people they would like to see crushed to death/ suffocate to death.

Artycrafts · 22/06/2023 21:10

missmollygreen · 22/06/2023 21:05

They are listing other people they would like to see crushed to death/ suffocate to death.

Glad you put it the way you did, because it just shows how low in the gutter @Endlesssummer2022 is.

Florenz · 22/06/2023 21:23

I don't see what's wrong with wishing that evil people were suffering instead of innocent people.

Tomorrowillbeachicken · 22/06/2023 21:26

At least it was a quick death and they didn’t spend 96 hours knowing they’d die

Boomboom22 · 22/06/2023 21:26

Hilarious, there is no such thing as evil people any more than saints. Elon def isn't evil. Zuckberg is v and weird and maybe by accident evil, he does try to be good and help the world. Donald isn't evil but he us greedy and stupid. Surely you can think of more evil examples? Putin? Although I'd say delusional evil acts but he thinks he's saving Russia. Noone tries to be a villain, everyone thinks their side is right.

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 22/06/2023 21:27

missmollygreen · 22/06/2023 21:05

They are listing other people they would like to see crushed to death/ suffocate to death.

That's what I thought, but I suppose I was willing to give them the benefit of a doubt.

3BSHKATS · 22/06/2023 21:29

Boomboom22 · 22/06/2023 21:26

Hilarious, there is no such thing as evil people any more than saints. Elon def isn't evil. Zuckberg is v and weird and maybe by accident evil, he does try to be good and help the world. Donald isn't evil but he us greedy and stupid. Surely you can think of more evil examples? Putin? Although I'd say delusional evil acts but he thinks he's saving Russia. Noone tries to be a villain, everyone thinks their side is right.

I think they certainly all got their faults. Maybe the people that were crushed to death also did.

Nobody should die like that.

KiwiMum2023 · 22/06/2023 21:29

Lefteyetwitch · 20/06/2023 23:01

I've put them in the same category of those who die on Everest.

Completely pointless deaths for zero reason.

What a strange perspective. The world is surely there to be explored. What would society be like without risk takers, explorers, adventurers?

missmollygreen · 22/06/2023 21:33

Florenz · 22/06/2023 21:23

I don't see what's wrong with wishing that evil people were suffering instead of innocent people.

Trump is a hateful man, but i'm not sure how MZ and EM are evil?

One could also argue that wishing people dead is also an evil thing to think, so maybe you should be in the submarine too? Where does it end?

BCCGoAway · 22/06/2023 21:34

KiwiMum2023 · 22/06/2023 21:29

What a strange perspective. The world is surely there to be explored. What would society be like without risk takers, explorers, adventurers?

I agree, it’s not for zero reason. The current crew on the Titan were doing historic research. There was also an article about a man who went down the in the Titan 3yrs ago to visit his grandfathers grave as his grandfather died in the Titantic.

missmollygreen · 22/06/2023 21:35

KiwiMum2023 · 22/06/2023 21:29

What a strange perspective. The world is surely there to be explored. What would society be like without risk takers, explorers, adventurers?

It is indeed strange!
What about people who die in car accidents? driving is dangerous. Being killed on a journey to pick up and kebab would be pretty pointless too

LadyWithLapdog · 22/06/2023 21:36

@KiwiMum2023 I agree, however much I think this was ill-judged (based on my reading the news vs some of them pretty experienced in their field). Horrific for all.

Endlesssummer2022 · 22/06/2023 22:15

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 22/06/2023 21:27

That's what I thought, but I suppose I was willing to give them the benefit of a doubt.

You didn’t need to give me the benefit of the doubt. People die everyday and I don’t pretend to be heartbroken over all of them and scream ‘it’s a tragedy!’. Musk, Zuckerberg and Trump have made the world worse and I wouldn’t shed a tear if they decided to explore the Titanic on a submersible.

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 22/06/2023 22:17

Just when you think this thread cannot go any lower, it seems it can.

SoccerStars · 22/06/2023 22:30

Florenz · 22/06/2023 20:57

RIP.

Hopefully this dissuades any more crazy submarine descents.

exactly. Very sad. A needlessly risky mission and large amounts Has ended in 5 deaths. I

Florenz · 22/06/2023 22:40

Man was not meant to dive 2 1/2 miles beneath the sea.

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 22/06/2023 22:52

Florenz · 22/06/2023 22:40

Man was not meant to dive 2 1/2 miles beneath the sea.

Man wasn’t meant to fly either, yet Easy Jet begs to differ.

ohsuzannah · 22/06/2023 23:05

In view of the fact that all these people are now dead, I think this disgusting thread should be deleted.

RufustheSpecuIatingreindeer · 22/06/2023 23:06

Florenz · 22/06/2023 21:23

I don't see what's wrong with wishing that evil people were suffering instead of innocent people.

How are they evil?

can stand trump but I don’t think he deserves to be crushed to death

BCCGoAway · 22/06/2023 23:10

ohsuzannah · 22/06/2023 23:05

In view of the fact that all these people are now dead, I think this disgusting thread should be deleted.

I agree completely. I’d asked for it to be deleted days ago. It’s a horrible thread.

Chickenkeev · 22/06/2023 23:19

RiP. It sounds like a horrible death. We can all worry about anything else some other time.

Florenz · 23/06/2023 00:03

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 22/06/2023 22:52

Man wasn’t meant to fly either, yet Easy Jet begs to differ.

The sky goes on forever. You fly in the sky, you fly into space, you fly to the moon, you fly to mars, you fly out of the solar system into other galaxies. You get to the bottom of the sea and then what? Look at an old sunken ship?

BlinkeredBay · 23/06/2023 00:06

Florenz · 23/06/2023 00:03

The sky goes on forever. You fly in the sky, you fly into space, you fly to the moon, you fly to mars, you fly out of the solar system into other galaxies. You get to the bottom of the sea and then what? Look at an old sunken ship?

I don’t understand your analogy ? What can you see in space?

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