welshbairn Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Looks like it popped. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, ClydeTon said: I for one haven't. An uneducated guess I would forward is that the ship was filled with lower class folk? Absolutely... Culturally also more 'romance' steaming headlong into an icefield then slowing sinking with associated drama (unsinkable/SOS/lifeboat away/Carpathia/band playing/etc.), than hitting a collier with everybody in bed and rolling over. Reflecting this: don't suppose many millionaires want to visit the wreck of Empress of Ireland... even though - indeed partly because - she's only 130 feet down in the St Lawrence River. Edited June 22, 2023 by HibeeJibee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 24 minutes ago, AuAl said: What a daft thing to do. Find the general response to this to be ridiculous and OTT. Migrant boat sinks in the Med with literally hundreds of lives lost and you're lucky if it stays in the news for 1 day and hardly anyone questions the lack of support or help for the vessel. Some mad billionaire c**t and his mates jump in a submersible operated by a playstation controller, it all goes tits up, and it dominates the news cycle for days, with countless resources out to try and find it. A cross Channel swimmer went missing and the search was called off after a day. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/firefighters-chilling-final-post-before-30298269 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Pilot error IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 1 minute ago, Soapy FFC said: A cross Channel swimmer went missing and the search was called off after a day. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/firefighters-chilling-final-post-before-30298269 ‘Graeme Souness unwittingly shitting on your legacy’ thread for this pish IMO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 1 minute ago, Soapy FFC said: A cross Channel swimmer went missing and the search was called off after a day. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/firefighters-chilling-final-post-before-30298269 Can only guess his support boat had stopped to do a spot of fishing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUcal Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Just now, peasy23 said: Can only guess his support boat had stopped to do a spot of fishing. Support boat was probably redirected to the Titanic site to find these daft b*****ds 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 1 minute ago, TheScarf said: Pilot error IMO. Got fed up IMO 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fratelli Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Can't imagine they'd be tweeting that out if they weren't at least a fair bit sure it was from the #Titan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandmac Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 6 hours ago, Derry Alli said: Is it really? Is it any different than a boy on £30k spending money to go and see the likes of Stonehenge? No,not even remotely,that's not how bragging rights work 99.9% of p&b posters could make a day of it at Stonehenge if they so desired Few,of any,on here could afford to take a wee trip down to the Titanic for 225K,hence the bragging rights(if they're so minded) for those that can 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUcal Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Was hoping to see some other billionaires like Branson and Musk get together to try and find it. Except this time they go down in an even smaller, more shoddy submersible which uses a Nintendo WII remote to navigate. Missed opportunity imo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 (edited) Doesn’t look like a last-gasp dramatic rescue with thirty seconds of oxygen left. That’ll be Spielberg deleting his ‘film rights’ e-mail to OceanGate as we speak then. Edited June 22, 2023 by pozbaird 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Obviously this pretty unique and specialised, and no two rescues are the same but I hope performative grief over these people in the media doesn't prevent a conversation about the response, compared to what you or I might expect if we found ourselves in a tight spot (which would almost certainly NOT be an expensive and showy risk, on a rich boys toy adventure to the most inhospitable place* on the planet), and how the response differs from that towards refugees who are instead having hate poured onto them for political points. It 100% needs to be spoken about. *Not you this time Ibrox 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 2 minutes ago, pozbaird said: Doesn’t look like a last-gasp dramatic rescue with thirty seconds of oxygen left. That’ll be Spielberg deleting his ‘film rights’ e-mail to OceanGate as we speak then. This would be more in James Cameron's ballpark anyways. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUcal Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, pozbaird said: Doesn’t look like a last-gasp dramatic rescue with thirty seconds of oxygen left. That’ll be Spielberg deleteing his ‘film rights’ e-mail to OceanGate as we speak then. "The rescue efforts aren't working, we can't reach you" "You're going to need to re-route power into the remains of the titanic to sail to safety" "We have your mate here who was supposed to join you in the submersible but couldn't at the last minute due to some daft reason, he'll talk you through the process" Edited June 22, 2023 by AuAl 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 8 minutes ago, Aim Here said: This would be more in James Cameron's ballpark anyways. Nah, AuAl just covered the strong Apollo 13 vibes. Tom Hanks was a shoe-in for the Stockton role too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Just now, pozbaird said: Nah, AuAl just covered the strong Apollo 13 vibes. Tom Hanks was a shoe-in for the Stockton role too. That wasn't Spielberg either. Ron Howard. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 On the subject of conversations to be had after this, I wonder if "Attention rich ghouls: leave that mass gravesite that no one else can afford to visit, but yet must foot the bill for your rescue from, the f**k alone" will also figure. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Aim Here said: That wasn't Spielberg either. Ron Howard. Fcuk. I’ve had a ‘mare. Of course it was. As I was typing, in my brain, I thought Apollo 13 was a Spielberg job. Of course it was Ron Howard. Consider my brain well and truly scrambled today. I accept the scorn coming my way with good grace. Edited June 22, 2023 by pozbaird 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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