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Am I missing something?

bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭

What is the big deal about a stupid private sub going splat at 12,000 feet? A billionaire and his son and a couple of other dudes got mushed. Why is there such a wide spread coverage of this?

One would think Ukraine, China/Taiwan, inflation and the Biden Crime Family would be a heck of a lot more important.

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  • FrogdogFrogdog Member Posts: 2,992 ✭✭✭✭

    Because it’s a story chock-full of bad decisions, drama, controversy, and accusations. Media (and their consumers) love that junk.

  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,432 ✭✭✭✭
    edited June 2023

    Plus the chance to craft yet another conspiracy theory - or three.

    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,672 ✭✭✭✭

    You could say the same thing about the Challenger and Columbia, boost. People are interested in the u usual. Titan was a bold attempt to bring the Titanic to a wider range of visitors. Readers put themselves ritually in that situation and some are thinking about things they haven’t considered previously.

    More people will read about it than will read about Ukraine, creating a monetary incentive to report it. You’ll notice the headlines don’t read ‘billionaires go splat’, which, while accurate, will not create as much demand.

    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

    Brad Steele
  • JohnERebJohnEReb Member Posts: 113 ✭✭✭

    I would imagine its connection to the Titanic is the big draw. If they were searching somewhere else around the world for new plant life on the ocean floor, it probably would have got one days coverage and little more.

  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,614 ✭✭✭✭

    It is a fascinating story.

  • bullshotbullshot Member Posts: 14,680 ✭✭✭✭

    Maybe it's because it's NOT about Ukraine, China/Taiwan, inflation and the Biden Crime Family, we just needed some new and different drama.

    "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you"
  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭

    Over 1,500 human beings perished on the Titanic. It, along with sunken war ships should be left undisturbed, leaving the dead lie in peace.

  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭

    I suppose five people, one a billionaire going splat is just the sensational story the MSM needs to keep their talking heads asking stupid questions from a plethora of so-called experts. At 12,000 feet, the compression ignition of the air would happen in milliseconds and the millions of pounds of water pressure would turn a body to jelly so fast the brain would never realize it happened.

    I am saddened by their deaths but life is not infinite.

  • 62vld204262vld2042 Member Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭✭
    edited June 2023

    Reminds me of the credo of ol' Rahm Emanuel, that worked for obummer........"never let a crisis go to waste".

    It seems that misdirection is a politician's go-to tactic........and the media gleefully plays along, in order to rake in advertising $$$$$.

    (edit: BTW......I think there were 2 billionaires on board.)

    My lousy 2 cents. 😬

  • brier-49brier-49 Member Posts: 7,090 ✭✭✭✭

    You are now distracted from Russia, Ukraine gate , China and all the othe Biden failures

  • Kevin_LKevin_L Member Posts: 2,011 ✭✭✭✭

    The easier the topic, the more people will chime in. A sunken sub is easy to talk about. It's easy to understand.

    Talking about Ukraine or China or debt ceilings or the lack of Conservative leadership is complicated by comparison. And while we can all talk about those things too, it's just easier to talk about subs. And chili.

    🇺🇲 "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇲

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  • elubsmeelubsme Member Posts: 2,191 ✭✭✭✭

    I would watch the National Geographic Documentary on T.V. or video and donate my 1/2 million to a good cause. Maybe A WALL ON THE mezkin border.

  • waltermoewaltermoe Member Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭✭

    Debris I believe they found.

  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭

    Looks like carbon fiber is not all its cracked up to be, pun intended.

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