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Epstein had a personal sub that doesn't kill its occupants? That's a much bigger flex than any yacht.
I think lots of people have lots of personal submarines but the one that did the really cool thing that we all wish would happen again was supposed to go super deep
edit: which I guess it ended up doing technically!
When you challenge the ocean itself and cheap out, you're gonna fuckin die. We've known this since prehistory but somehow billionaires are dumb enough they gotta learn the hard way.
The Odyssey proves the Ocean shows mercy to liars if theyre good at it.
You also have to be funny and to get protection from gods.
The main Issue with OceanGate sub was its experimental carbon fibre hull, that is thought to have developed microfractures on previous trips before the final
Not the depth alone, but it was going deeper than these traditional metal-hulled private/recreational subs do
More importantly the CEO was doing all this in an attempt to PROFIT from his lower-cost design
He bought an xbox series one controller instead of
saving countless lives.
arguably buying the real xbox controller ruined many lives instead
It was an OG Xbox controller, and they had to build the entire steering console around it
The jury is still out on whether the submarine had Uno or not