Why did the submarine story blow up? Why is there such a big rescue attempt going on?

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[–]Canbot 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It's high stakes reality TV. There is always a cliffhanger until it gets resolved. That tricks people into being invested. People keep clicking on the clickbait to see if there is an update. That attention is what the add sellers crave the most.

That or it's a giant conspiracy by the WEF to take your skittles.

[–]bucetao6969[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Your answer makes the most sense!

In fact, I saw that a news media even launched a first part of a documentary of the sub... before the sub even ran out of oxygen!

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It is, but there are other reasons that make it a juicy story - the irony of sinking going to the Titanic, people terrified of claustrophobic or water/drowning are having a stronger emotional reaction to it, people jealous of the wealthy getting to go or pissed at the wealthy getting to flout laws or happy to watch the wealthy die terribly. Titanic turned into a folk story because it has a moral lesson, so there are people who are into it because it's they love the story.

We're also not desensitized to trapped/potential rescue stories are the way we to other topics (school shootings, etc.) - they happen so infrequently. This one is like the Martian (completely unrealistic). They didn't run out of oxygen - it imploded on day one, and we'll find that out slowly over the next month as the story does finally fade. The experts were inferring it/openly saying in the beginning, but the idea of hope and the sheer delusion of people wanting to believe in a just outcome trumps the news reporting reality which is that we never should've spent the money on a pointless attempt. There was never a chance these idiot men with more money than sense were alive.

[–]bucetao6969[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We're also not desensitized to trapped/potential rescue stories are the way we to other topics (school shootings, etc.) - they happen so infrequently. This one is like the Martian (completely unrealistic). They didn't run out of oxygen - it imploded on day one, and we'll find that out slowly over the next month as the story does finally fade. The experts were inferring it/openly saying in the beginning, but the idea of hope and the sheer delusion of people wanting to believe in a just outcome trumps the news reporting reality which is that we never should've spent the money on a pointless attempt. There was never a chance these idiot men with more money than sense were alive.

Makes sense but... the alternative being not spending any resources on this at all? Just leaving them to die? That's kind of wicked isn't it?