Originally published at: Rest of imploded deep-sea sub found, with "presumed" human remains | Boing Boing
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New end of life goal: do not die in a way that would cause a forensic examiner to use the phrase “presumed human remains.”
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I was just thinking about the Titan Sub yesterday when I was waist deep in wallowing about Israel/Palestine news. It seems like a simpler time, when the moral of the Top Story of The Day was, “don’t be a libertarian asshole who scoffs at regulation” rather than “Humans apparently can’t fucking handle a situation this “complex” and the blood with continue to flow. A time machine would be nice, but it’s unclear that that would even help.”
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Nope.
I used to have big exit plans that involved a motorcycle, a bridge, and an obscene quantity of psychedelics. I’ve scaled back as I’ve gotten older; these days the only thing I want someone to say when gazing upon my unlovely, wizened corpse is, “Oh my, he looks so peaceful.”
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That is a better dream, far cheaper, and easily achievable by simply not being a dick.
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Let’s hear it for achievable goals!
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And yet, so many people fail.
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Well, there’s a spectrum. (A dicktrum? Maybe not.)
And I think there’s a section in the handbook about not self-certifying where you fall on the spectrum, but actively trying not to be a dick is a good start.
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What’s the US Coast Guard/US Navy’s reason for involvement in this? (Other than Rich People.)
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The Navy kinda has a thing about submarines and submersibles and stuff, and how to locate them.
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Oh there are days when I fail. None of us are perfect. But at least the scale of my dickishness doesn’t result is multiple deaths. Or any deaths. Or even serious injury, so far.
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Ah yes, Test Our Toys.
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I kind of hope to go in such a way that the mortician has to worry about how they’re going to wipe the smirk off my face before the viewing.
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Has anyone calculated the cost of the titanium tube that they should have used, to make this thing not fail?
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That usually ends with the word “autoerotic” filled in the form. Followed by some particulars or other.
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Expensive, but less than five human lives
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I’m afraid what was really needed was a billionaire to cede authority to someone more knowledgeable. And that price tag is much higher.
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Maybe it was someone’s lunch? Flatbread and sardines ?
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“The purpose of the greased-up Twister mat is not clear, nor is it clear if the mat contributed to Brainspore’s untimely demise.”
