To not be able to stop thinking about the Titan tragedy?

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I cannot get those poor men out of my mind. It seems to have quietened down in the news now, but every so often I catch myself thinking of them and their poor families who are now having to adjust to life without them.

It is so, so sad.

Do you feel the same when people on migrant boats drown?

@EmeraldFox of course the migrant disasters are also incredibly sad.

Can you pin point what exactly it is that makes you focus on it?

Facebook is full of memes making fun of them I’ve had to leave a group because of it

But not those who perish at sea on small boat crossings? Trapped like sardines without food or fluids escaping war and persecution in hope of a better life?
All lives lost before their time is sad, but educated men who choose to travel in a vessel with safety concerns for a jolly is vastly different.

How predictable

YANBU to think about what you want, but of all the news stories about people dying it's one of the least sad.

A bunch of extremely privileged people, knowingly taking a risk, dying instantly with no suffering. There's far worse things.

Really? No, really?

It’s very sad but I have to say if it was my family members (and I have family members involved in dangerous, crazy exploration), I’d have found some comfort in the fact that they died doing what they loved , or felt was their destiny to do regardless of the potentially catastrophic consequences.

This. The phrase ‘more money than sense’ springs to mind.

Yet give not posted about how you can't stop thinking about those 500 nameless desperate people and their families. Only about the billionaires and the guy who piloted it and refused to have the craft certified (because he knew it wouldn't pass)

Shit happens.

They went under water in a suspiciously dodgy vessel, they took a risk and paid the price.

Not the same as the migrants tbh, they're desperate, trafficked and swindled. I feel worse for them than some rich privileged got in a submersible.

I agree with thjs
i wonder what it is about it that’s touched you so deeply? (Genuine question)
I think for me the fact that it turned out to be an implosion is surely of comfort and a better way to go than slowly running out of oxygen or drowning 😞

It was heavily in the news so if you are this way inclined I can see it’s hard to get it out of your mind. Apart from the teen, they all understood the risks and we’re doing what they wanted to. They might have known briefly the hull was under pressure but it would have exploded and killed them instantly - they did not suffer.

I think there are worse ways to go than having the adventure of a lifetime (not to say the safety wasn’t awful) so I would look at it the way you do the deaths of mountaineers - they died doing what they loved.

Don’t consume any more content and do actively distract yourself.

And as a PP says, real pity is better directed at migrant boats.

What exactly is saddening you, in particular, about it? It is sad, but no more sad than many other deaths, and a lot less sad than plenty. It was a bunch of very privileged men, knowingly taking a huge risk, and from what we know, they wouldn't have suffered.

This.

They knew the risks of travelling that deep and went anyway 🤷‍♀️

That’s nice. Do you include the teenage boy in that?

It is sad but I can't manage to get upset by it as they knew the risks were high and chose to go. I hope the end was quick. There are more tragic events in the world to be concerned about in my opinion.

What is there to be sad about?

They knew the risks, I have no sympathy.

You’re more of an empath than I am, OP.

Bar a brief “oh, that’s tragic”, I just don’t have it in me to spend days getting upset about four men I didn’t know who died doing something stupid.

I do feel for the 19 year old, though.

The press gave it a lot of attention. And there was awful scenarios being played out on MN and social media as to their fait. It was an incredibly intense story that was building for days. I think it’s natural to have compassion for them. Due to the nature of the incident, we had a blow by blow account of what happened.

It’s very different to other tragedies that happened at a similar time. Which is no less tragic.

And about 100 children on board, that's three classes at school

This is a good way to process it OP.

I felt it was an irresponsible trip.
But it is very sad.
It would have been an instant death,and they would have seen some amazing, wonderous things in all the moments before.

This.