Here's a reason I'm a pro-mockery of the OceanGate fiasco: that whole "regulations stifle innovation" thing that crops up in their PR to present the whole "untested and unlicensed" thing as a feature rather than a bug: people who want us eating heavy metals for breakfast say that

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[–]TiberSeptim 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Blindly being pro-regulations is just as stupid though. I’m in favor of good regulations that promote health and safety. I want my drugs tested, and I’d rather planes not fall from the sky. At the same time there are thousands of ridiculous regulations requiring lots of compliance paperwork that add nothing to the public good and end up preventing useful inventions or efficiency gains.

[–]unagisongsBurn down Reddit! 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Remember callus economic exploitation is the essence of capitalist innovation...unless the victims are wealthy then it's a horribly tragedy no one could have foreseen.

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

Simpsons did it

[–]stickdog 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Free Market Fundamentalism Implodes

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    [–]unagisongsBurn down Reddit! 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    Physics is socialist propaganda.

    [–]SudoBreakSandwich 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    In this case, the Ideal Gas Law, PV=nRT.

    More job killing regulations!

    [–]CaelianPost No Toasties 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    "Well, back to the old drawing board."

    — Peter Arno, 1941

    [–]CaelianPost No Toasties 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

    "Move fast and break catastrophically implode things"

    [–]RandomCollection[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    I get this is a joke, but let's think this one over.

    The only difference is that when Silicon Valley does that, someone's phone app crashes. When things are broken deep under the ocean, preventable fatalities occur.

    Truth be told, for mission critical systems, even Silicon Valley should be cautious. You can see what's happening with all of those Tesla self driving crashes.

    [–]unagisongsBurn down Reddit! 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    even Silicon Valley should be cautious.

    Caution is for suckers that can't pay off senators.

    [–]RandomCollection[S] 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

    https://archive.is/XRfDQ

    Darwin seems to have claimed the Ocean Gate submersible. If anything, it highlights why libertarians are horrendously wrong.

    [–]BlackhaloPurity Pony: Pусский бот 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

    I saw someone try to blame it on the government and socialism.

    [–]captainramen🇺🇸🛠️ MAGA Communist 🛠️🇺🇸 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

    They're right in a way. Wasting time and resources trying to rescue these unfortunate souls when we already knew they were dead is a result of a bloated government trying to fulfill the social need of keeping the people distracted from Hunter Biden's legal troubles.

    [–]RandomCollection[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    They should bill the company for the rescue attempt costs.