Tourist Trip to Titanic Terribly Turns Tragic

[RollLeft 5039]

3 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

 

"Be quiet Chang and pack the box."

 

[MirrOlure 14607]

This tragedy is custom made for SurlyHorns.

@Parliament called it on Page 1

[FartingMonk 3606]

The James Cameron interview on it actually is pretty good.  

[RPM 26185]

11 hours ago, blacklab said:

Ocean is pretty quiet down deep. 
we picked up a Russian boat off the coast of Africa when we were just off the coast of Virginia. 
 

[ConferenceRoom 6123]

6 hours ago, blacklab said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa-class_submarine

Captain Tupolev’s boat! It’s rumored he has a special place in his heart for you. 

[Trey3216 15325]

[troph 24549]

Has the mythbusters video of a simulated body impacted by 150psi imploding been shown? Pressure at the titanic is 5000-6000 psi if not mistaken. They assembled a body double from pig parts and put it in a suit then depressurized it under water and the flesh and bones just turned to red soup. They had a half second to know they were toast then boom they liquified. 

Edited June 23, 2023 by troph

[Evil Bill Obrien 3164]

38 minutes ago, troph said:

Has the mythbusters video of a simulated body impacted by 150psi imploding been shown? Pressure at the titanic is 5000-6000 psi if not mistaken. They assembled a body double from pig parts and put it in a suit then depressurized it under water and the flesh and bones just turned to red soup. They had a half second to know they were toast then boom they liquified. 

This has gotta be one of the most horrific things they ever did on Mythbusters. 135 psi was enough to squeeze a body into the brass diving helmet and cave said helmet in around it.

[gofuckyourself 8115]

9 hours ago, Sam Lin said:

Plus this is/was a great training opp for a lot of the search team.

Pretty great training op for surly too.

We excelled under extreme pressure and a hellacious deadline. I'm proud of all of you.

[South Austin 52037]

11 minutes ago, gofuckyourself said:

Pretty great training op for surly too.

We excelled under extreme pressure and a hellacious deadline. I'm proud of all of you.

[956 Worldwide 34314]

I did like the broader Cameron take, and he explains that deep sea exploration is a mature technology and we know how to do it. There’s been an incredible safety record since the 1960s. And you can expand that even into Western militaries. In the 2000s, there hasn’t been a single USN fatality due to a technical failure of hulls or critical systems underwater. The submarines work. Collisions are another matter. 
 

So we know how to do this and certify this and build this. But it’s expensive and costly and hard. It turns out that moving fast and breaking things 2.5 miles underwater means that you…..break things fast. The mentality of this organization from the outset created this problem. 

[Fudge Nuggets 19118]

7 hours ago, RollLeft said:

Very underrated movie. 

[Nicole44 22023]

8 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

I did like the broader Cameron take, and he explains that deep sea exploration is a mature technology and we know how to do it. There’s been an incredible safety record since the 1960s. And you can expand that even into Western militaries. In the 2000s, there hasn’t been a single USN fatality due to a technical failure of hulls or critical systems underwater. The submarines work. Collisions are another matter. 
 

So we know how to do this and certify this and build this. But it’s expensive and costly and hard. It turns out that moving fast and breaking things 2.5 miles underwater means that you…..break things fast. The mentality of this organization from the outset created this problem. 

100% this! It was the mentality of the organization and in particular Mr Rush. I loathe the Daily Fail but this article…OMG! I was having a hard time figuring out how to post the published texts between Rush and a Las Vegas “tycoon” (his son was also slated to go on the doomed voyage but raised concerns about the safety.) wealthy dude and son back out and his tickets go to the other doomed travelers. Rush even offered them a discount. Holy fuck that’s an awful read…

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12225963/Tycoon-gave-seats-doomed-Titanic-sub-Pakistani-businessman-teenage-son.html

Stockton’s text to Bloom the Tycoon…I tried and kinda failed at getting the whole conversation but Rush’s texts are in white.

Edited June 23, 2023 by Nicole44

[South Austin 52037]

1 minute ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Very underrated movie. 

Really?  Underrated?  Most people I know -- who are the best people -- love that movie.

[Fudge Nuggets 19118]

7 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

In the 2000s, there hasn’t been a single USN fatality due to a technical failure of hulls or critical systems underwater.

Good job, you just jinxed everything. You never talk about a no-hitter until the last out is recorded. 

[Fudge Nuggets 19118]

2 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Really?  Underrated?  Most people I know -- who are the best people -- love that movie.

It’s not considered a top 10 of all time by most people so yes, underrated. It deserves to be up there with Casablanca and Gone with the Wind. 

[South Austin 52037]

4 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

It’s not considered a top 10 of all time by most people so yes, underrated. It deserves to be up there with Casablanca and Gone with the Wind. 

Both those movies suck, so I don't see a film critic career in your future.  You should just go to law school.

Edited June 23, 2023 by South Austin

[Deej 76511]

23 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

100% this! It was the mentality of the organization and in particular Mr Rush. I loathe the Daily Fail but this article…OMG! I was having a hard time figuring out how to post the published texts between Rush and a Las Vegas “tycoon” (his son was also slated to go on the doomed voyage but raised concerns about the safety.) wealthy dude and son back out and his tickets go to the other doomed travelers. Rush even offered them a discount. Holy fuck that’s an awful read…

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12225963/Tycoon-gave-seats-doomed-Titanic-sub-Pakistani-businessman-teenage-son.html

Stockton’s text to Bloom the Tycoon…I tried and kinda failed at getting the whole conversation but Rush’s texts are in white.

He was concerned about stupid stuff, and not the biggest danger, but it did save his life. 

[NorthLoop 14071]

5 minutes ago, Deej said:

He was concerned about stupid stuff, and not the biggest danger, but it did save his life. 

did it? 

[miguelito 11204]

45 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Around here it's more like

 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8799]

I saw this one but the guys were underwater.

[South Austin 52037]

I don't recall us Surlyans (Surlyites?) piling on the deaths of others quite like this.  But when it comes to rich fucks playing stupid games, it just doesn't feel inappropriate.

9 minutes ago, miguelito said:

Around here it's more like

That came up in my gif search.  But some of us around here have class.

[dcbc 14388]

1 minute ago, South Austin said:

But some of us around here have class.

So you haven't read the entire thread?

[HouTex 1847]

2 minutes ago, South Austin said:

I don't recall us Surlyans (Surlyites?) piling on the deaths of others quite like this.  But when it comes to rich fucks playing stupid games, it just doesn't feel inappropriate.

That came up in my gif search.  But some of us around here have class.

Because these were rich dumbasses.  If they had been poor dumbasses that found the Willy Wonka golden tickets they would be brave explorers and their relatives would be rich with Gofundme money.   

[miguelito 11204]

Submarines have class, too.

[gofuckyourself 8115]

3 minutes ago, HouTex said:

Because these were rich dumbasses.  If they had been poor dumbasses that found the Willy Wonka golden tickets they would be brave explorers and their relatives would be rich with Gofundme money.   

Correct. It's quite literally the most fuck around and find out moment of recent history.

Or at least the past four days.

Involving the insanely wealthy full of extraordinary hubris.

This thread kinda let them off easy, really.

[G650 13991]

11 minutes ago, dcbc said:

So you haven't read the entire thread?

 

Or any other thread

[Basil 742]

12 minutes ago, miguelito said:

Submarines have class, too.

Not this one.  It was unclassed, or a new class.  A modern marvel.

[Celery Man 20874]

1 hour ago, 956 Worldwide said:

But it’s expensive and costly and hard. It turns out that moving fast and breaking things 2.5 miles underwater means that you…..break things fast. The mentality of this organization from the outset created this problem. 

not the way I would choose to see a CEO implode upon applying "agile" tech thinking to different industries but hey

[BamaATL 16592]

I don't have the lyrical chops some of you, but I've been walking around with Spoonman stuck in my head for a few days just substituting Subman for it.  

 

Edited June 23, 2023 by BamaATL

[52-80 19066]

35 minutes ago, South Austin said:

I don't recall us Surlyans (Surlyites?) piling on the deaths of others quite like this.  But when it comes to rich fucks playing stupid games, it just doesn't feel inappropriate.

Most of this thread is morbid fascination or comic relief.  That's not quite the same tone as elsewhere in the web (and some here as well) with people actively cheering on their deaths.  Wishing for a torturous death, even. 

That's some sociopath depth that surly has not quite reached.

[Trey3216 15325]

4 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

not the way I would choose to see a CEO implode upon applying "agile" tech thinking to different industries but hey

That's because he, and you, forgot to add the first 2 letters...  F-R

[Trey3216 15325]

1 minute ago, BamaATL said:

I don't have the lyrical chops some of you, but I've been walking around with Spoonman stuck in my head for a few days just substituting Subman for it.  

I don't have the lyrical chops some of you, but I've been walking around with Spoonman stuck in my head for a few days just substituting Subman for it.  

Feel the pressure in your head.  

Titanic pressure now you're dead

Subman 

[Treefidy 1463]

10 hours ago, Rimbo said:

 

I cannot disagree with this more strongly.

I absolutely want to make light of this tragedy.

 

 

As I said yesterday... this was always a recovery operation, not rescue.

Actually it was neither, it was always a confirmation operation.   Unless of course they decide to recover the 17 bolts

[Wally Fairway 5517]

So this occupied a weeks worth of dumbfuckery on surly, what do we do next?

[Deej 76511]

2 minutes ago, Wally Fairway said:

So this occupied a weeks worth of dumbfuckery on surly, what do we do next?

We'll have the aggy game in 2024, when Kroger Field collapses. 

[EuroHorn 3204]

1 hour ago, Deej said:

He was concerned about stupid stuff, and not the biggest danger, but it did save his life. 

Yea, I would have been more concerned with running into a sharknado. 
 

his safety concerns were definitely stupid stuff. 

[South Austin 52037]

7 minutes ago, Deej said:

We'll have the aggy game in 2024, when Kroger Field collapses. 

The catastrophic implosion of aggy's 2024 season will happen before that.

[gofuckyourself 8115]

22 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

Most of this thread is morbid fascination or comic relief.  That's not quite the same tone as elsewhere in the web (and some here as well) with people actively cheering on their deaths.  Wishing for a torturous death, even. 

That's some sociopath depth that surly has not quite reached.

The day is young.

[Jkwellborn 6649]

Not this one.  It was unclassed, or a new class.  A modern marvel.

Should have named it the Deadpool. Or Weapon XI.

[TexPx 2309]

If we had taken the advice given by David Byrne way back in 1980 this would not have happened.

[Guest]

Was doing internetin' last night and learned that Alvin has been around since the 1960s and is still in operation today. It's done thousands of dives (although it has be refurbed). It was also made my General Mills (that doesn't seem right).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSV_Alvin

 

[crash_davis 23078]

 

[MatchFive 1]

1 hour ago, miguelito said:

Around here it's more like

 

 

He looks rather.. Busy

[gofuckyourself 8115]

5 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

Was doing internetin' last night and learned that Alvin has been around since the 1960s and is still in operation today. It's done thousands of dives (although it has be refurbed). It was also made my General Mills (that doesn't seem right).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSV_Alvin

 

It's not right.

It was made by Quaker Oats.

[Evil Bill Obrien 3164]

6 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

Was doing internetin' last night and learned that Alvin has been around since the 1960s and is still in operation today. It's done thousands of dives (although it has be refurbed). It was also made my General Mills (that doesn't seem right).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSV_Alvin

 

Wow it even survived being accidentally sunk in 5000 ft of water (thankfully they all got out) and was recovered by a sub built by Reynolds (yeah the aluminum foil people) company. Pretty neat stuff.

[Grade of D as in David 13253]

Was the Oceansgate sub a cereal giveaway? 

I assume due to size it was a box top redemption 

[South Austin 52037]

1 minute ago, Grade of D as in David said:

Was the Oceansgate sub a cereal giveaway? 

I assume due to size it was a box top redemption 

No purchase necessary, enter as often as you want.

[Deej 76511]

19 minutes ago, Grade of D as in David said:

Was the Oceansgate sub a cereal giveaway? 

I assume due to size it was a box top redemption 

"Hey, man, I know you got this thing out of a comic book. I saw the ad 2.95. It was right next to the sea monkeys."

 

 

[RPM 26185]

Thank God Ginger and Mary Ann decided not to go.