Nah, don't feel sorry for the Frenchman, and this isn't snark by any stretch of the imagination. Dude wasn't just some ordinary wealthy Frenchie who went on vacation. He was an ex-submariner who obsessively went on repeated trips to the deep. He had decades worth of experience diving and in subs. He knew the risks, died what he loved doing, and the end all happened so fast that he probably still hasn't figured out that he's dead. All of us should be so lucky. And somehow, we all seemed to have missed this little gem of a story that was published during the search.
Except the uncanny part of the novel is that the Titan grazed the iceberg instead of hitting it head-on. Very similar to what happened to the Titanic. Here's the passage: "Had the impact been received by a perpendicular wall, the elastic resistance of bending plates and frames would have overcome the momentum with no more damage to the passengers than a severe shaking up, and to the ship than the crushing in of her bows and the killing, to a man, of the watch below. She would have backed off, and, slightly down by the head, finished the voyage at reduced speed, to rebuild on insurance money, and benefit, largely, in the end, by the consequent advertising of her indestructibility. But a low beach, possibly formed by the recent overturning of the berg, received the Titan, and with her keel cutting the ice like the steel runner of an ice-boat, and her great weight resting on the starboard bilge, she rose out of the sea, higher and higher—until the propellers in the stern were half exposed—then, meeting an easy, spiral rise in the ice under her port bow, she heeled, overbalanced, and crashed down on her side, to starboard."
He can show me every one of them, and I'll just laugh again. He's not going to make me feel guilty about it. If anything, I'll have stories to go along with the memes. I mean, if I'm hell bound, might as well buy the whole house next to the river Styx rather than just end up one of the toilers in the lava fields.
Poor baby, it seems he can’t get laid. https://nypost.com/2023/07/12/steps...t-being-able-to-get-laid-despite-inheritance/
In his position, seems like getting laid would be as simple as flying to a country with legalized sex work and hiring an escort.
James Cameron denies rumors he is working on film about Titan sub Cameron's an ass but I think that he's right about this. There's a story to be had here, but it really isn't one for a movie, in the traditional sense. At least not right now. Because the tale of the trip would be a bunch of guys get into a tube, they go into the water, a little while later, the window pops and they're all dead. The story comes from the fact that Captain Crunch was an arrogant prick who did stupid shit that got people killed. That gives your story its drama, the things that make it interesting. Now, imagine trying to put a movie like that out in this political climate. Doesn't matter how closely you hew to the idea that Captain Crunch was an insane idiot who doomed them all, and put in nothing that should, rightfully, be considered a criticism of the wealthy or whatever, people will still accuse you of doing a hit piece on an entire class of society, regardless of where they fall on the political spectrum.
Comic strips are usually drawn a couple of weeks in advance, at least when it comes to the dailies. Sunday strips are often drawn months in advance, because of things like holidays, etc. often falling on that day, so the comic sections and a few others, are printed early so the folks stuffing papers, etc. have more time to prepare for the high demand. Why do I bring this up? Because any comic you're seeing in a daily from this point on, was drawn after these folks went down on their ill-fated mission. Like this one.
I heard about this... they were gonna essentially use zeppelins, which is probably even dumber than it sounds.
So, it turns out that they used Second Life to train people on how to pilot the sub. https://fandomwire.com/horrendous-tragedy-involving-the-titan-oceangate/
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/08/titan-submersible-implosion-warnings Article from someone who had talked to people in the deep sea diving world while writing a book and heard Bad Things about Oceangate from all the professionals. It's a good read.
Now imagine Elon Musk on the next Starship flight insisting he can fly the ship better than the actual pilots...
If that happens, they should design the starship to be operated by an NES controller. Musk could throw one of those around all day and they'd be fine.* *Source: playing Battletoads as a child
Those things took a fucking beating. As opposed to the genesis which only took one shot and crapped the fuck out.
