"The Titan Submersible Disaster Was Years in the Making, New Details Reveal" - fantastic Vanity Fair article that even features a "Heated Gaming Moment" involving the Mad Catz controller!

[Chris-]

2 hours ago, CayceG said:

 

 

And if they lost power, it's completely dark.

 

 

I would rather the hull implode. 

Instant disintegration at the bottom of the ocean probably isn’t the worst way to go honestly. 

[GeneticBlueprint]

[GeneticBlueprint]

I’ll take “dumb shit I did and nobody would have been the wiser if I hadn’t posted in on social media” for $100, Ken

[Keyser_Soze]

24 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said:

 

If his stepdad doesn't make it back he'll be playing this blink-182 song

 

 

[marioandsonic]

Apparently this ship had no emergency beacon, no GPS, no transponder, no NOTHING.  That's fucking crazy.

[Chris-]

7 minutes ago, marioandsonic said:

Apparently this ship had no emergency beacon, no GPS, no transponder, no NOTHING.  That's fucking crazy.

Not only that, but a CBS reporter who has been on it said that one of the days he was on deck they lost it for five hours. They’re fucked. 

[Firewithin]

we will find out in 25 years they entered a rift portal and now are living in a pre-historic land filled with talking apes

[Nokra]

This is my nightmare scenario: sitting in a locked tube underwater, waiting to die. No. Fucking. Thank you. 

[mclumber1]

27 minutes ago, Nokra said:

This is my nightmare scenario: sitting in a locked tube underwater, waiting to die. No. Fucking. Thank you. 

 

When I was going through my nuclear training in the Navy, we were told of the USS Thresher and Scorpion -the two nuclear subs America has lost at sea.  The subs likely reached crush depth, at which point the hull imploded, which caused a subsequent ignition of the atmosphere aboard the sub due to the diesel effect.  Everyone onboard probably died instantly, so at least they didn't suffer (although they probably knew their fate for a few minutes before the sub eventually imploded). 

[TUFKAK]

2 hours ago, GeneticBlueprint said:

That is exactly what I was expecting that nepotism flag to look like.

[Littleronin]

Man, I could not imagine going down in a sub that looks like that. Let alone controlling it with a Logitech G F710 controller with 3D printed thumbsticks. 

[marioandsonic]

14 minutes ago, Littleronin said:

Man, I could not imagine going down in a sub that looks like that. Let alone controlling it with a Logitech G F710 controller with 3D printed thumbsticks. 

 

This is why you don't buy third-party controllers

[SuperSpreader]

6 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

And shit and piss

 

Yes keep talking to me like that bb

[SuperSpreader]

 

[unogueen]

6 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said:

 

But the ocean is where man has mined its greatest monsters. How many mammal headed monsters do we need?!

[thewhyteboar]

I don’t even want to play Subnautica, let alone pay to lock myself in an unregulated claptrap. 

[Jason]

7 hours ago, marioandsonic said:

Apparently this ship had no emergency beacon, no GPS, no transponder, no NOTHING.  That's fucking crazy.

 

The maker of the lost Titan submersible previously complained about strict passenger-vessel regulations, saying the industry was 'obscenely safe'

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In a 2019 interview about the Titan, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush lamented the effect of safety regulations on the commercial submersible industry.

 

[DarkStar189]

5 hours ago, Littleronin said:

Man, I could not imagine going down in a sub that looks like that. Let alone controlling it with a Logitech G F710 controller with 3D printed thumbsticks. 

That's seriously what that controller is...wtf man.  Going over 2 miles down into the ocean with a $30 wireless controller? What a crazy world we live in.

[Brian]

It’s strange to me that billionaires want to either be strapped to a giant weight and dropped into the ocean or strapped to a giant rocket and shot into space. I would opt for a sitting at a beach resort sipping on some Mai Tais. 

[thewhyteboar]

43 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

The maker of the lost Titan submersible previously complained about strict passenger-vessel regulations, saying the industry was 'obscenely safe'

NEWS.YAHOO.COM

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In a 2019 interview about the Titan, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush lamented the effect of safety regulations on the commercial submersible industry.

 

If we could only add a child bride to the situation, then it would be a libertarian’s wet dream. 

[Captain Pickle]

27 minutes ago, Brian said:

It’s strange to me that billionaires want to either be strapped to a giant weight and dropped into the ocean or strapped to a giant rocket and shot into space. I would opt for a sitting at a beach resort sipping on some Mai Tais. 

But that’s like a Tuesday 

[Keyser_Soze]

They are banging around down there

 

Banging sounds heard during Titan search, according to internal US government memo | CNN

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Sonar picked up banging sounds on Tuesday from underneath the water in the North Atlantic Ocean while searching for a submersible with five people onboard that went missing two days earlier on a dive to the Titanic wreckage, according to an internal US government memo on the search.

 

[Keyser_Soze]

8 hours ago, SuperSpreader said:

 

Yes keep talking to me like that bb

 

Ah sorry to disappoint. Looks like it has a "toilet"

 

 

[Spork3245]

[johnny]

31 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

Ah sorry to disappoint. Looks like it has a "toilet"

 

 

LOL it fails two times before they actually get to see the titanic. 

[finaljedi]

4 hours ago, johnny said:

LOL it fails two times before they actually get to see the titanic. 

 

He also talks about how everything can fail but the pressure vessel and they'll be fine...  Apparently they needed to engineer more than just the tube

[TUFKAK]

12 hours ago, Brian said:

It’s strange to me that billionaires want to either be strapped to a giant weight and dropped into the ocean or strapped to a giant rocket and shot into space. I would opt for a sitting at a beach resort sipping on some Mai Tais. 

Yeah my income can pull that, these guys buy the resorts 

[Keyser_Soze]

‘Titanic Sub: Lost at Sea’ Documentary to Air on Channel 5, Set to Explore Wider Context About Voyage and Extreme Tourism

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U.K. broadcaster Channel 5 has ordered fast-turnaround documentary 'Titanic Sub: Lost at Sea,' which will air on Thursday.

 

[Amazatron]

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

5 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

‘Titanic Sub: Lost at Sea’ Documentary to Air on Channel 5, Set to Explore Wider Context About Voyage and Extreme Tourism

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U.K. broadcaster Channel 5 has ordered fast-turnaround documentary 'Titanic Sub: Lost at Sea,' which will air on Thursday.

 

 

...Already?!?

[Derek]

1 hour ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

...Already?!?

Yeah. That's nuts. Exploring the extreme tourism bit could be interesting, but I can't even say this is 'too soon' because it's still a very active situation.

[unogueen]

Leave the dead be jesus christ.

[Uaarkson]

Yeah, lots of bad taste posting ITT

[Guest]

51 minutes ago, Uaarkson said:

Yeah, lots of bad taste posting ITT

[CastlevaniaNut18]

I mean, I don’t like the idea of billionaires and think they shouldn’t exist, but this is a horror I really wouldn’t wish on any human being. I don’t really feel a need to joke about it. It’s kinda cringe.