lemmyshitpost·Lemmy Shitpostbyickplant This will never stop being funny to meView original on lemmy.world642Comments19Reply
iits_kim_love replylemmy.blahaj.zone9Hide 9 repliesThe first spike is the Titanic sinking, and the second little blip is ocean gate.33Reply
llugal replysopuli.xyz8Hide 8 repliesOcean gate? Never heard it referred like that. Funny how gate is just a word for scandal by now. It all started with the Watergate gate.-23Reply
iits_kim_love replylemmy.blahaj.zone1Hide 1 replyIronically the company is just called ocean gate. It's purely a coincidence.58Reply
Old Sage Rick replylemmy.zip2Hide 2 repliesThe company was literally called that XD OceanGate Imc.21Reply
Old Sage Rick replylemmy.zipNo thats me misspelling Inc. But now I will lie and say it is your option8Reply
mmic_check_one_two replylemmy.dbzer0.comThe company was literally named OceanGate Inc. So yeah, it very neatly fell into the “call every scandal [thing]-gate” media habit. The actual sub was named Titan.15Reply
wwjrii lemmy.world3Hide 3 repliesTheorizing about and then venting about Ocean Gate is one of my formative Fediverse memories. God what an ass Stockton Rush was.13Reply
ddeadbeef79000 replylemmy.nz2Hide 2 repliesTypical rich CEO cuntery. Rush: Imma build this submarine Literally every submarine engineer in the world: no don't it will fail catastrophically4Reply
aauzy1 replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyIn his defense, at least he was the one piloting it. Even if he was an arrogant dumbass6Reply
Captain Aggravated sh.itjust.worksWeird fact: Unknown Worlds Entertainment licensed the Cyclops name for the submarine in Subnautica from OceanGate.12Reply
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This is a very graphic meme!
And this is a very literal reply!
Explanation?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_submersible_implosion
The first spike is the Titanic sinking, and the second little blip is ocean gate.
Ocean gate? Never heard it referred like that. Funny how gate is just a word for scandal by now. It all started with the Watergate gate.
Ironically the company is just called ocean gate. It's purely a coincidence.
OceanGategate
The company was literally called that XD
OceanGate Imc.
Imc? Imploding Maritime Cruises?
No thats me misspelling Inc.
But now I will lie and say it is your option
The company was literally named OceanGate Inc. So yeah, it very neatly fell into the “call every scandal [thing]-gate” media habit. The actual sub was named Titan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OceanGate
The craft was called Titan.
Theorizing about and then venting about Ocean Gate is one of my formative Fediverse memories. God what an ass Stockton Rush was.
Typical rich CEO cuntery.
Rush: Imma build this submarine
Literally every submarine engineer in the world: no don't it will fail catastrophically
In his defense, at least he was the one piloting it.
Even if he was an arrogant dumbass
He bought his own bullshit.
Weird fact: Unknown Worlds Entertainment licensed the Cyclops name for the submarine in Subnautica from OceanGate.