How interesting that a controversial company was called "OceanGate." Considering media's tendency to give almost every scandal a nickname ending in -gate, that name was practically foreshadowing.
this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2024
278 points (98.6% liked)
News
22958 readers
3948 users here now
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.
Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
7. No duplicate posts.
If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners.
The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
OceanGategate
The only person I felt for on the sub was the kid forced onto that thing by his father. He was terrified and thinking that his last moments on this earth were full of dread and fear, makes me sad.
His dad was a dickhead for doing that and a told my kids if I ever try to make them do anything like that, punch me in the nads and run.
told my kids if I ever try to make them do anything like that, punch me in the nads and run
You know what? Nard-punches all around! Everyone spread 'em!
He waited so long to kick him... Wolfman could've sliced both of them up within that first second.
Great clip though.
Dumbass.
A bit of career suicide for visibility on government corruption?
Sure he's a tool, but this will likely make a lot of people feel a little uncomfortable.
At least for twenty seconds or so.
Well, it worked out for all of us. Coastguard did not spend any money on him, he did not have to give a corrupt politician any money, and we got some headlines from it. I'm for this storyline. 10/10 more please.
I hate how taxpayer money goes to rescuing rich people getting themselves in stupid situations
Had a friend die at sea after ship sank. Search and rescue lasted for about a night before they gave. The search for these people went for a week for a much more hopeless situation.
So basically he’s Peter Thiel minus the Titanic stuff.
Peter Thiel has a reputation for being evil but smart. This guy didn't seem so smart, just cocky and ambitious.
He built a homebuilt aircraft and that wasn't the thing that killed him, so he wasn't dumb by any stretch, but "smart enough to be dangerous" seems like a phrase coined just for him.