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[–] Holos620@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Very wealthy people wasting a huge amount of society's resources to have mild fun doing something very risky then having to get rescued on the back of society at a high cost. I say let's enjoy watching them die.

[–] alyaza@beehaw.org 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

this is a very weird first comment to make and the subsequent comments neither look productive nor particularly on topic. let's save the thirsting for rich people blood for a topic where it's more warranted folks, please and thanks.

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

But rich blood being spilled is the topic. They took a huge risk only to get more resources deployed to find them.

[–] Kitten@beehaw.org 14 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry but saying you'd enjoy watching someone die under any circumstances is disgusting.

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago

Regardless of one's opinion the super rich, the thing also has crew that are just there because they're paid to operate the thing, I doubt they make enough to buy tickets for this kind of thing themselves.

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hey now, that money goes to support the families of the people who make shoddy tourist submarines, who then go on to spend that money on groceries and rent and so on, driving the overall economy. The money isn't really "wasted." If it weren't for these submarine tours the money would just remain sitting in rich peoples' wallets doing nothing.

[–] RedMarsRepublic@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago

Yes but it could have been spent on infinitely better things. Anyone who has over a million dollars is immoral.

[–] CarolinaBlues@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The best new eco funeral option is human composting, let’s hope they had advance directives to support that industry as well!

[–] StringTheory@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“Ask a Mortician” did a video on what happened to the bodies from the Titanic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHwXhUFQPCk

[–] BongRipsMcGee420@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

She also did a video on human composting. https://youtu.be/_LJSEZ_pl3Y

[–] MadCybertist@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

They’re dead.