this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2026
68 points (100.0% liked)

Chapotraphouse

14365 readers
687 users here now

Banned? DM Wmill to appeal.

No anti-nautilism posts. See: Eco-fascism Primer

Slop posts go in c/slop. Don't post low-hanging fruit here.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 57 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

All I can think about is the resources and time wasted recovering the puddles of these rich bozos from a submersible they signed a waiver to board, a waiver which noted it was an untested, experimental vehicle

A vehicle which was piloted with a fucking logitech controller of a model I owned that was absolute dogshit, but I bought because I was cheap and poor

[–] RoabeArt@hexbear.net 30 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The Logitech control pad, cheap and shitty as it was compared to something better or even purpose-built, was probably the least problematic issue with that sub.

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 34 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It was more what it represented

If they couldn't even spring for a decent usb controller you could get in a Best Buy in 2015, what else were they not spending on

[–] RoabeArt@hexbear.net 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yeah, that's a very good point.

[–] moss_icon@hexbear.net 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The son was basically still a kid, he’s the only one I really feel bad for.

The old man apparently knew that the submersible was made of crap and extremely dangerous. The fact he didn’t think to maybe warn the others makes it hard to feel any kind of sympathy for him.

[–] RoabeArt@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I may be going off an op-ed piece, but I heard that the kid didn't want to be on that sub and his dad pretty much pushed him into going.

[–] moss_icon@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago

This ended up being debunked iirc