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[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 69 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The ocean loves the way they taste when compressed to a delicious paste.

[–] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago

All we gotta do is convince the sky to jump in, and these billionaires are gonna have to drive everywhere.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's sounds like a lyric from Dethklok 🤘

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago
[–] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 3 weeks ago

Even in the modern day the ocean seems to devour the hubris stricken.

No wonder people worshipped it.

[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I read in an article he was on the yacht to celebrate being acquitted in a US fraud case. I bet he was innocent…

[–] sabazius@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Well, he was a billionaire because he sold his successful business to Hewlett-Packard, who then wrecked it and strong-armed a case through the DoJ to claim he'd somehow misconstrued the value of his company, and then he spent 13 months in prison awaiting trial and was acquitted because the judge said HP just fucked it, so if we're making up theories about who's the villain in this story about an unexplained sinking... Maybe it's more complex than a cursory reading of a single news article?

[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Sorry, I’ve been pre conditioned to assuming every billionaire is an asshole and broke multiple laws to hoard unreasonable amounts of wealth (this fucking yacht for example) while actively making or passively watching other people live in poverty.

Fuck him, his acquittal, his boat and every one of his billionaire friends.

[–] Skunk@jlai.lu 7 points 3 weeks ago

Well his 18 years old daughter died onboard that day, much like the kid in the titanic submarine. Only her mother survived. Maybe she was a little rich brat, maybe she would have become a world savior, who knows.

I’m all for eating the rich, but not before they are at least 45 years old, 18 is just sad.

[–] niartenyaw@midwest.social 5 points 3 weeks ago

I think you're still right though. regardless of the situation with HP, he still created a company that, when sold, made him a billionaire. I don't think that is possible without also exploiting people.

[–] reallykindasorta 22 points 3 weeks ago

Leaving the ocean to clean up all our messes smh

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

Hail Neptune!

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Storm-sunken. I'd love to know if there was a stupidity factor or if the Bayesian just got unlucky. To be fair, I'd expect a superyacht to be resilient to storms at sea and feature a savvy crew.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Damn, I was hoping the orcas got him.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

They're opening an investigation on the crew.

[–] HN82@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I believe that if Jesus really exists he smiles every time a billionaire goes to hell

[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

"There's no point in seeking vengeance, cause daddy(I) will render judgement onto all!"

[–] bfaliszek@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

I really like this annual ritual of sacrificing billionaires to the god of the oceans!

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

1 down, 2700ish to go.

[–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So are we taking bets about who is going to be next?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Gives a whole new meaning to "Big money, no whammies" 😁

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

thanks again, comrade Poseidon

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Posiden really has it out for these rich dudes huh?

[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'll hold off on my celebration until their whole class ceases to exist, abolished and left in the past.

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Feel like I’m OOTL here. Which others have we been rid of?

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

Weren't the guys involved in the submarine story a while back billionaires too?

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Wasn't that basketball shot about premature celebration?