• adultswim_antifa [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    People don't think, "oh fuck them, they're billionaires that died doing something inherently dangerous." They think, "what a horrifying way to spend the final hours or days of your life." Yeah I think it probably imploded and they died days ago, but I think the 24 hour news channels are treating this as content. So people are just being told that the search continues for the missing sub. Normal people have been imagining normal people in a pitch black tube without food or water, waiting for days to suffocate.

        • Trustmeitsnotabailou [none/use name]
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          1 year ago

          https://www.reddit.com/r/submarines/comments/14f9lgi/this_makes_me_sick_news_outlets_have_a_countdown/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

    • mkultrawide [any]
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      1 year ago

      You can also think both things, there is no need to reconcile the thoughts. I think that's a horrible way to die and also I only really feel bad for the 19 year old kid. The same way I don't want to see people get shot, but I'm also not crying for the Tsar.

      • ProfessorAdonisCnut [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        The kid is more an Anastasia, not entirely un-tragic, but there's something disgusting about focusing massive sympathy on one rich kid while ignoring untold suffering of others.

        • mkultrawide [any]
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          1 year ago

          I've never actually seen that movie, but the kid originally wasn't even supposed to be on it. I do wonder if his dad made him/bullied him into it. I don't really hold children in the same regards as their parents. I think everyone is just fascinated because it's so rare and stupid. Balloon boy wasn't rich and that was all over the news.