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Missing Titanic sub crew believed to be dead, tour company says (www.cnn.com)

submitted 2 years ago by SlovenianSocket to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Must we do the comparisons? The sub story was simply more interesting. It's not some media conspiracy, unless the media is already controlling the upvotes on kbin lol

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Yeah, this comparison is getting really strained. As the Joker once said:

Nobody panics when things go “according to plan.” Even if the plan is horrifying! If, tomorrow, I tell the press that, like, a gang banger will get shot, or a truckload of soldiers will be blown up, nobody panics, because it’s all “part of the plan.” But when I say that one little old mayor will die, well then everyone loses their minds!

A sunken ship filled with hundreds of migrants in the Mediterranean is, horrifyingly, a routine thing. It's "part of the plan." But a billionaire in a minisub possibly stranded on the Titanic? That's newsworthy. Yes, it sucks, but it's human nature and some battles are just impossible to win under the current circumstances.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Perhaps not a conspiracy, but doesn't it say something about our culture that we find it more interesting?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Eh, it's why a story of someone getting hit by lightning is more interesting than a heart attack. One is just so common it doesn't excite people.

They're both tragic mind you but we're interested in more unexpected, rare events; tragedies included.