Miscellaneous Stuff From the Weird, Wild, and Wacky and Sometimes Disturbing

[In2ition]

Oh boy, haha.

[Superbone]

That's hilarious. Wait for the end.

[In2ition]

The self-awareness doesn't compute until it's too late.

[Superbone]

The silence was deafening.

[In2ition]

Hilarious play by play.

[In2ition]

This is crazy to me

[In2ition]

Did the Simpsons strike again?

[AmareIsGod]

The Titan Submersible Disaster Shocked the World. The Exclusive Inside Story Is More Disturbing Than Anyone Imagined

https://www.wired.com/story/titan-subme ... ate-files/

- OceanGate's own scale model of the Titan imploded violently during a high-pressure test in 2016, failing to reach the safety margin the company had designed for. Rather than redesign, they began building the full-scale Titan within months based on this flawed model.
- OceanGate fired submarine operations director David Lochridge in 2018 after he raised serious safety concerns about the Titan's "experimental and untested design", particularly the ability of its carbon fiber and titanium hull to withstand the immense pressures. Lochridge warned the design "posed a potential catastrophic risk to passengers."
- CEO Stockton Rush dismissed employee warnings that the Titan needed more incremental depth testing, saying he wanted "to make money" and further testing would take too long. Emails show Rush repeatedly complained about the "obscenely high" costs of safety measures, which he said were "gobbling up money" that could be used for paid Titanic trips.
- Rush pushed his engineers to work faster and keep costs down, even if it meant cutting corners on safety protocols, in order to start Titanic tourism trips as soon as possible in 2018. He ignored dire warnings from the outside scientific community as well, including a letter from submersible experts saying the Titan "could result in potential injury or fatality."
- The Titan used many unconventional and seemingly improvised components, like a modified Logitech game controller to pilot the vessel. While arguably simple, experts say these off-the-shelf electronics are less robust than the mechanical controls and analog backups used in most submersibles for safety.

[TOO]

The Titan Submersible Disaster Shocked the World. The Exclusive Inside Story Is More Disturbing Than Anyone Imagined

https://www.wired.com/story/titan-subme ... ate-files/

- OceanGate's own scale model of the Titan imploded violently during a high-pressure test in 2016, failing to reach the safety margin the company had designed for. Rather than redesign, they began building the full-scale Titan within months based on this flawed model.
- OceanGate fired submarine operations director David Lochridge in 2018 after he raised serious safety concerns about the Titan's "experimental and untested design", particularly the ability of its carbon fiber and titanium hull to withstand the immense pressures. Lochridge warned the design "posed a potential catastrophic risk to passengers."
- CEO Stockton Rush dismissed employee warnings that the Titan needed more incremental depth testing, saying he wanted "to make money" and further testing would take too long. Emails show Rush repeatedly complained about the "obscenely high" costs of safety measures, which he said were "gobbling up money" that could be used for paid Titanic trips.
- Rush pushed his engineers to work faster and keep costs down, even if it meant cutting corners on safety protocols, in order to start Titanic tourism trips as soon as possible in 2018. He ignored dire warnings from the outside scientific community as well, including a letter from submersible experts saying the Titan "could result in potential injury or fatality."
- The Titan used many unconventional and seemingly improvised components, like a modified Logitech game controller to pilot the vessel. While arguably simple, experts say these off-the-shelf electronics are less robust than the mechanical controls and analog backups used in most submersibles for safety.

For everyone involved, just because you're rich doesn't mean you're smart. The amount of stupidity that came out after this is insane.

[Superbone]

The Titan Submersible Disaster Shocked the World. The Exclusive Inside Story Is More Disturbing Than Anyone Imagined

https://www.wired.com/story/titan-subme ... ate-files/

- OceanGate's own scale model of the Titan imploded violently during a high-pressure test in 2016, failing to reach the safety margin the company had designed for. Rather than redesign, they began building the full-scale Titan within months based on this flawed model.
- OceanGate fired submarine operations director David Lochridge in 2018 after he raised serious safety concerns about the Titan's "experimental and untested design", particularly the ability of its carbon fiber and titanium hull to withstand the immense pressures. Lochridge warned the design "posed a potential catastrophic risk to passengers."
- CEO Stockton Rush dismissed employee warnings that the Titan needed more incremental depth testing, saying he wanted "to make money" and further testing would take too long. Emails show Rush repeatedly complained about the "obscenely high" costs of safety measures, which he said were "gobbling up money" that could be used for paid Titanic trips.
- Rush pushed his engineers to work faster and keep costs down, even if it meant cutting corners on safety protocols, in order to start Titanic tourism trips as soon as possible in 2018. He ignored dire warnings from the outside scientific community as well, including a letter from submersible experts saying the Titan "could result in potential injury or fatality."
- The Titan used many unconventional and seemingly improvised components, like a modified Logitech game controller to pilot the vessel. While arguably simple, experts say these off-the-shelf electronics are less robust than the mechanical controls and analog backups used in most submersibles for safety.

For everyone involved, just because you're rich doesn't mean you're smart. The amount of stupidity that came out after this is insane.

Yep. money doesn't buy you smartness or happiness or love for that matter.

[Nodack]

It buys you things.

[TOO]

It buys you things.

And stuff.

[Superbone]

It buys you things.

And stuff.

And experiences and services.

[In2ition]

This is wild that it's on video, from two angles. Outside the bus and inside the bus.

[In2ition]

As someone with acrophobia, I'm always looking all around me for possible ways that I could fall. This would have given me high anxiety just being near it. Horrible. I get anxiety from just seeing this.

[Superbone]

Sheesh!

[Nodack]

'World's most dangerous rollercoaster' reaches 300mph before killing all riders
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-new ... s-33477451

[Kryptonic]

'World's most dangerous rollercoaster' reaches 300mph before killing all riders
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-new ... s-33477451

will it have a fast pass?

[Nodack]

I would imagine there wouldn’t be much of a line.

[Superbone]

I would imagine there wouldn’t be much of a line.

At least there wouldn't be many repeat riders.