r/interestingasfuck • u/ThugLeeVoguee • 1d ago

The implosion of the Titan submarine (OceanGate) was so rapid that the pain wasn't even registered by the brain. They didn't feel anything at all. Utterly instantaneous.

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u/henrytm82 1d ago

His dad guilted him

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u/Complete_Invite_9022 1d ago

Genuinely, is there proof of this?

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u/henrytm82 1d ago edited 23h ago

His aunt confirmed it. His dad begged him to come with him for Father's day

Edit: there's an account from his mother, a few comments down, that refutes this. I'll leave this here for context.

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u/KWONdox 1d ago

There's a cruel irony in convincing his son to ignore safety precautions in the pursuit of novelty due to his passion for THE TITANIC.

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u/why0me 22h ago

Yeah, I get that, but dude was a billionaire

If im that rich and I wanna see the Titanic, im paying James Cameron to take me, point blank.

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u/Aggravating_Depth_33 16h ago

He really wasn't that rich in the scheme of things. People talking like he was Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos or something...

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u/golden__tuna 7h ago

The grand scheme of things would show that yes he is that incredibly rich. But if you narrow it down to a small scheme of the 500 billionaires in the planet then sure maybe not

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u/Hiraeth1968 10h ago

lol
Yep. The “unsinkable” ship.