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Guy films his experience with OceanGate right before the doomed sub expedition.

Posted on 6/26/23 at 9:48 am
Posted by willymeaux
Member since Mar 2012
4835 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 9:48 am
26 minute video

SIAP

TLDW:

Guy was on the ship with the doomed passengers. Sounds like he was going to be in the next titanic dive after the doomed one.

He did go on a test dive with the sub before where they had communication issues and surfaced.
Posted by WylieTiger
Member since Nov 2006
13903 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 9:51 am to
That is a true "coulda been me."
Posted by father2sons
In the woods, Alabama.
Member since Mar 2023
2249 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 9:51 am to
Never seen more people obsessed with dying.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
58203 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 9:55 am to
Wow that is scary. Hard to imagine how that guy feels. On the one hand he probably feels quite lucky, but hopefully he doesn't feel guilty about feeling that way.
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
86718 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 10:00 am to
quote:

He did go on a test dive with the sub before where they had communication issues and surfaced.


He should buy lottery tickets with that luck
Posted by Cotten
Tennessee
Member since Jan 2018
1558 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 10:00 am to
I've actually watched a few of his videos previously, so this came up as a suggested video yesterday and Mrs. Cotten and I watched it. Pretty eerie.

He definitely has a few pretty cool diving videos; dude finds guns, knives, grenades, etc. fairly often.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
50591 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 10:08 am to
I may have gotten to the boat part but once I saw that I would not have gone through with it, I would have definitely chickened out
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
281928 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 10:15 am to
quote:

Never seen more people obsessed with dying.



quote:

Fentanyl is Now the Leading Cause of Death for American Adults



Risk is in our DNA.
Posted by bird35
Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
13107 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 10:36 am to
How did that guy get $250,000??

Posted by cpp2208
Member since Oct 2018
2615 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 10:42 am to
quote:

How did that guy get $250,000??


He has over 13 million subs. Dude prob makes that in a month. Plus makes you wonder if OceanGate reached out to him for publicity and a free ride. They reached out to Mr. Beast to come on the sub too.
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
175711 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 10:52 am to
quote:

He did go on a test dive with the sub before where they had communication issues and surfaced.



No he didn't. They never detached from the platform and went maybe 10 feet down while still on the platform before calling off the dive.
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
175711 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 10:52 am to
quote:

Plus makes you wonder if OceanGate reached out to him for publicity and a free ride



He said he didn't pay for it
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
130243 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 10:53 am to
quote:

He has over 13 million subs. Dude prob makes that in a month.



Yep, youtube is a cash cow
Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
60781 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 11:13 am to
Hell naw on bolting me a coffee can with 5 others.

At 23:55, "What are you using to control this submarine?"

guy holds up a NES controller.
Posted by Tortious
ATX
Member since Nov 2010
5499 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 11:15 am to
So they towed that POS sub all the way out there and on the platform is where all maintenance occurred?
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
29865 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 11:45 am to
Frick you, no way I would climb in that metal tomb….
Posted by sec13rowBBseat28
St George, LA
Member since Aug 2006
15691 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 12:01 pm to
That video shows just how problematic that sub was. It was one issue after another. There’s no way in hell I would have gotten in that thing.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
66392 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 12:13 pm to
To me, the most fascinating part of this whole deal is the number of people who, apparently, knew that thing was a deathtrap. Apparently, they knew the first time they laid eyes on it. It was obvious. Everyone who got in or took any kind of trip on it is now saying how bad it was.

Yet, none of them thought enough of it to speak up before that grape popped. They just carried on letting people pay their $250k. Curious.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
68191 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 12:20 pm to
Didn’t it nevertheless make several successful trips to the Titanic wreckage?
Posted by Mr Breeze
The Lunatic Fringe
Member since Dec 2010
6504 posts
Posted on 6/26/23 at 12:26 pm to
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