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It has already "Gate" in the name, following the current trends regarding scandals.. ahead of the curve I guess. > A clip shows Rush inside Titan elaborating o
by PedroBatista 3y ago
It has already "Gate" in the name, following the current trends regarding scandals.. ahead of the curve I guess.
> A clip shows Rush inside Titan elaborating on the plan saying that eventually the sub will “drift down” and “hit the bottom.”
Dear Lord.. Even running an ice cream shop is subjected to more scrutiny than selling rides in a submarine.
- manuelabeledo 3y ago> It has already "Gate" in the name, following the current trends regarding scandals.. It is more a cultural staple than a trend at this point, since the Watergate scandal happened fifty years ago.
- papandada 3y agoI guess it depends who you ask, paleontologists might say living in cities is a "current trend."
- rationalist 3y agoIt's a far-reaching cultural staple. I know of at least one country today in South America which uses "-gate" the same way the U.S. does.
- thumbuddy 3y agoStarting an ice cream business means you have some money but not a lot. So the people with more money want to profit from you failing. Starting a submarine business means you have a lot of money, and the people with a lot of money see that as too much of a hassle to go after for a quick pay out. Probably could afford lawyers, and for positive press releases, ew.
- pdntspa 3y agoOceanGate, Heaven's Gate, Watergate...
- gwbas1c 3y agoI get the impression they had a really good lawyer set them up correctly. The submarine was registered in the Bahamas. Some of the other legal issues is that the passengers signed waivers, which are generally considered common, and that the submersible ran in international waters: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/titan-sub-oceangate-famlies-lawsuit-waivers/#:~:text=The%20OceanGate%20waiver's%20terms%20that,group%2C%20some%20legal%20experts%20said https://www.cbsnews.com/news/titan-sub-oceangate-famlies-law....