Sixty people die when Russia bombs a Ukrainian school and it passes by without much reaction. A sub with 4 people who know the risk of what they’re doing and a billionaire thrill seeker goes missing and it’s news to follow hourly.

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

I get where you are coming from, but there was a lot of coverage of that event back in May.

Also, billionaires should not exist.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

I'm only following to make sure he's really dead. The world could use less billionaires

[–] nivenkos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Because a bombing in a war isn't unexpected no matter how tragic it is.

Whereas it's rare that a group of multi-millionaires tries to visit the Titanic in a MacGyver-esque hobby submarine.

[–] Gatsby@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.

[–] Calcharger@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It's because it's related to the Titanic, and for whatever reason that shipwreck has a grip on western psyches. Dunno why but it just is what it is