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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by fu@libranet.de to c/memes@lemmy.ml
 

But F the poor I guess

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[–] jarvis@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's because those billionaires are down there boosting the economy and creating jobs... for search and rescue teams.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm honestly thankful for the educational content that has come out of this. I'd always known that I didn't want to cram myself into a tiny, pressurized soup can, but now I can point to the exact reasons why.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Especially one built by a guy who scoffs at safety protocols

[–] bergerz@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

tHeY jUsT sLoW uS dOwN

[–] Limeey@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Don’t you see? Rich people create jobs! Migrants just sit around and collect money from the hard work of everyone around them!

Oh wait, it’s the opposite isn’t it…

[–] Screak42@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Best I can do is spent some of the claps I have left from the generous clapping during covid.

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[–] snipe_at@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (14 children)

while i understand the sentiment, it is quite novel when a submarine is lost vs when a surface ship is lost

[–] pressanykeynow@iusearchlinux.fyi 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When surface ship is declared lost that's usually because it's already became submarine.

[–] szczur@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

I laughed at this and I don't like it.

[–] voxov7@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

you've got to get yourself killed in a hot way to get my attention sweetie, okay? Non of that self preservation shit the poors are into

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[–] VubDapple@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Overheard:

"They paid for the full Titanic experience and that's what they got. What's the problem?"

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[–] Ronno@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's easy to polarize with such a headline/picture. Reality is way more nuanced than this:

Migrants are in fact being saved from shipwrecks, it is (sadly) in the news every week or so. The main problem is that these migrants don't have communication devices with them to signal emergencies, unlike the submarine. The boat on the surface alarmed emergency services when they lost connection with the sub, starting the rescue operation. It is difficult to rescue a boat of migrants, when you don't even know that they are in danger in the first place.

Secondly, the harsh reality is that most migrants try to enter a country illegally. Which by definition, is a huge risk on their part. The rich people on the sub were not doing anything illegal. However, in both cases, the people in or on the boat accepted the risks involved in their endeavor.

[–] fu@libranet.de 7 points 1 year ago (13 children)

@Ronno the problem is making the natural human right of migration illegal in the first place.

[–] Banana@feddit.it 4 points 1 year ago (9 children)

The reality is much more complex than that.

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[–] StankFlipper@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

If these dumbasses have enough money to drop on a ticket aboard this sub to look at something you can see on a documentary, they should also have to foot the bill for the rescue mission. I'm sure all these rescue programs are tax funded that they dodge themselves. So, not only are they squirreling and eating up money we could all be using, but now we're picking up the check.

[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (9 children)

That's not really comparable. When any citizen of a country gets lost either at sea or on land, large probably also multi million dollar searches are performed.

The difference is more to do with whether they're immigrants or natives.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Small correction, it has to do with whether they're citizens or not.

But being a billionaire also helps.

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[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

But it is also absurd that we, on one hand, agree that all human lives have equal worth.. and on the other straight up consider a citicizen to be worth more than 1000 non-citizens.

I don't know how one can possibly argue that it is humane and in line with what we say our values are.

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[–] HelloImFrank@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Nobody cares that they are millionaires!
You think the coastguard is only helping them because they are millionaires? No they are trying to help because it's their job!

I guess all those miners getting stuck in mines during collapses and millions of equipment was shipped over to try and save them over weeks of time was because the miners were all millionaires.

You have a fucked up view of the world if you think only millionaires get helped in emergency situations.

[–] revelrous@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

If you go up a mountain to poke tigers, and a tiger shockingly eats you, should society drop everything and race up the mountain to find your pieces? It's disingenuous to equate this to the miners.

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[–] WheeGeetheCat@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

But silver lining, we now know we can get the rich to take care of themselves if we offer them sketchy exploration opportunities too exclusive for the poors

[–] downdaemon@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

i kinda wish the rich people had to deal with the pooping situation

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