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[–] Spacebar@lemmy.world 67 points 1 year ago (5 children)

What could they send anyone down in?

"I'm sorry customers, but our only Logitech controller is at the bottom of the ocean."

[–] SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

what could they send anyone down in

A giant can of beans?

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Well, it wasn't a can of beans until it went down.

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

More seriously, I think they have a couple of other submersibles rated for much shallower depths, one they built and one they bought, IIRC.

[–] bruzie@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wouldn't even trust the one they bought, given their attitude to safety.

"This sub is only rated for 1km? That's only a suggestion."

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 10 points 1 year ago

I have to imagine something like a submarine probably requires quite a bit of maintenance to stay reasonably safe anyways, and given their reputation of cost-cutting even to the point of gambling with the life of their own CEO and losing, I somehow don't expect them to be the best at keeping on top of that.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Still just the one Logitech controller, though, so no dice.

[–] paintbucketholder@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Titan was the only sub they actually designed and built by themselves.

Antipodes was purchased. Cyclops was purchased and refitted - meaning someone else actually designed and built the pressure hull. They did retrofit it so it could be steered with a wireless gaming controller, though!

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the better info!

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Just send an intern to buy a VW bus from a junkyard and have them stop at home Depot on the way back for some duct tape, then fire the whistleblowers and have more interns add 3 layers of tape--you know what, to be on the safe side, let's make it 4--and send out another intern to buy some fans for propulsion.

Hook those babies up to the alternator and we'll be ready to--why the FUCK are these windows covered in duct tape!? Clients don't pay a quarter of a million dollars to visit the Titanic but not be able to see any of it! Don't any of you ever use your fucking heads? Glass is bullet proof, I saw a YouTube video about it once, just put tape on the edges to make sure it's sealed and it will be fine.

[–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Did we find out if the controller survived the implosion like the infamous gulf war Gameboy?

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Maybe they could buy a submersible from someone who knows how to build one.