Steplife drama and the missing tourist submarine
So, has anyone seen the drama about one of the billionaire's on that missing sub's stepson?
Apparently he went to a Blink 182 concert.. complete with smiling picture on social media and he is being kind of shamed for it.. like how could he do something "fun" while there is such a potentially tragic situation going on. He is trying to spin it that Blink 182's music has helped him through a lot in life.. etc.. but it isn't being shown as a good look haha.
But.. here is what people don't really get.
He is a 37 year old stepkid.. I have no idea how long his mom has been married to said billionaire.. but the relationship could be poor between the guy and his stepdad.. he may not "care" that the guy is 20,000 leagues under the sea. The billionaire could have been a raging ahole to his SS.
But.. I guess it's probably more telling that this is a 37 year old guy that thinks it's a wonderful idea to party at a concert when his mom's husband is potentially dead or in mortal peril.
I mean.. even if he hated his stepdad's guts.. would it have killed him to just hang out at home much more low key? no need to advertise that you don't really give a rat's patootie. If only for his mother's feelings?
But.. perhaps the 37 yo manchild ss of a billionaire has a gonzo sized entitlement complex?
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Wowza
Is all I got.
Who the hell goes to a concert while step daddio is in peril or worse.
I wouldve thought the family, steps and all, even ones dysfuntional AF would at least be together to support momsey.
Pray that they are found alive . SS may not be, maybe he is even counting his new found wealth before its time. Who knows but this is disgusting.
Skid may be estranged from
Skid may be estranged from mom and step dad. Maybe mom married stepdad after skid was already an adult and they have a cordial relationship at best. I don’t think it’s fair to roast a person who might not have even been aware of the situation until it was pointed out to him. Maybe the wife and skid are used to him taking these unnecessary risks and have accepted he’s going to die on one of his “adventures”.
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I disagree calling what this man does "unnecessary adventures". He had joined the voyage as a mission specialist, not as a tourist, and he spends huge pie of his wealth on researching and exploration. We, as a civilization definitely need more people like him.
I think you are thinking the
I think you are thinking the French billionaire who is onboard, who is dubbed as Mr. Titanic, he is the one who joined as a mission specialist.
I’m talking about the British billionaire.
This is what he had posted on his Facebook the day before:
"I am proud to finally announce that I joined OceanGate Expeditions for their RMS TITANIC Mission as a mission specialist on the sub going down to the Titanic.
Due to the worst winter in Newfoundland in 40 years, this mission is likely to be the first and only manned mission to the Titanic in 2023. A weather window has just opened up and we are going to attempt a dive tomorrow. We started steaming from St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada yesterday and are planning to start dive operations around 4am tomorrow morning. Until then we have a lot of preparations and briefings to do.
The team on the sub has a couple of legendary explorers, some of which have done over 30 dives to the RMS Titanic since the 1980s including PH Nargeolet.
More expedition updates to follow IF the weather holds!"
"The customers, who are
"The customers, who are dubbed “mission specialists” by OceanGate, act as citizen scientists while visiting the wreck by recording and collecting data, according to OceanGate. They are also accompanied by actual scientists and researchers."
Referending https://www.boston.com/news/world-news/2023/06/20/oceangate-expeditions-...
I guess mission specialist is a loose term. Not knocking the guy’s abilities or what he has accomplished.
Yes exactly, not knocking
Yes exactly, not knocking what he does and we definitely do need more people willing to explore and research but I believe I read in the particular case as long as you have the $$ to pay them they give you a patch and the honorary title of "mission specialist". I think if Kim Kardashian decided she wanted to go down and ponies up the money, she too would get a complimentary suit with the patch and title "mission specialist". Again, this guy had his own reasons for going down which may have very well been to conduct his own research but the title is given to everyone I believe.
I'm not too bothered about the concert
Its not a great look for the SS but maybe he'd been waiting since he was a young teen to see them. Not in the best taste but people are weirdos.
The really sh*ty thing the SS did was to announce on his PUBLIC facebook page that his Step father was on the sub and was one of the missing people. He must have done it without permission because he later delated the post and put something up that to the effect that he'd taken the original post down due to it not being his place to make any announcement.
I hate people who troll for sympathy via FB. Especailly when it isn't directly their tragedy. I had to have it out with a college friend a few years ago about posting about the death of a mutual friend on FB BEFORE the family had made their announcement. Luckily I saw it super quick and made her delete it fast. *dash1*
I don't know.. they guy is 37
I don't know.. they guy is 37 years old.. at least tangentally related to a supposed multibillionaire.. and he is in contact with mom.. (who asked him to delete).. you would think that he has had plenty of opportunities to go see that band. And.. gosh it seems just so off kilter to think that it's in good taste to be seen living the high life while someone who is important to a close relative(mom) is in peril.
A rather old fashioned term "unseemly" kind of fits.
I don't doubt this guy is somewhat of a weirdo though.. I would bet dollars to donuts his mom has been funelling him cash to prop up his lifestyle.. for years.
and.. he may have hated his mom's dad.. but if he cared anything for his mom.. he could have at least kept his head below the hedges and kept it more low key.. he almost seems to be trading off the tragedy in some ways for attention!
The guy comes across as immature
The SS comes across as a 14 year old not a mature 37 year old.
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Both posting about his stepdad and then going to a concert like a teenager while his mom must be devastated and the whole world prays those men are found alive shows how immature he is.
I bet he wont turn down any stepdad money that'd be going his way.
This is the first I've heard
This is the first I've heard of this, according to a friend of mine:
"Ok so let me get this right…these folks decided to hop in a mini pill, called the titan! It’s not even a submarine, it’s a submersible device that has to use another device to be able to even come back up!
Then, they can’t even get out themselves because they are bolted in from the outside….
Then, this experimental device isn’t even approved
Then…..if all fails with this device, theirs literally no other device that can go down to even retrieve it, only video devices to TRY and look for it to see where it’s at!
Then….the device doesn’t have the ability to even find the titanic, it has to text another device who will guide it
Then to even get down there, they basically have to do a free for all drop and hope they don’t fall into the actual titanic and get stuck or hit anything
So y’all really thought it was a good idea?!"
I had actually seen a segment
I had actually seen a segment on CBS Sunday morning about this submarine and one of the reporters was in it ready to go down and they had to cancel the dive because of bad weather. Which they had to do a lot. So people paid all this money and ended up not even getting to go down.
the whole time I was watching it I kept thinking to myself "who the hell would do this???" I mean you are trapped in this small thing where you can barely move with no food and no back up way of getting out of it if something happens. when they bolted them in it reminded me of being put in a coffin and having it nailed shut.
No GPS.
Don't forget it was cobbled
Don't forget it was cobbled together using a video game controller for steering and lights bought from Camper World. Also only rated for a depth of 1,300m not where Titanic sits at about 4,000m.
Very scary to think of these people trapped down there, particularly with the lights out. I would be claustrophobic and terrified.
ETA and a few more unpleasantries to think about - there's no toilet onboard (actually I stand corrected there IS a toilet phew) nor is there room to stretch your legs.
Yeah you don’t get to post.
To get sympathy and/or even attention then get upset when you get attention for being tone deaf. It's still his mom and someone important to HER.
Ok..honestly not going to lie
if it were my kids or my skids and we were in this situation..I would say go. Like what is staying at home, wringing your hands and pacing going to do. NOTHING..not going to bring that death tube up from the bottom of the ocean. Every single one of those people in that death tube knew the risks...and still did it. Let the living still live...if going to concert give a moments respite from the horrible situation..then so be it.
I know that if my dad (or
I know that if my dad (or someone I really cared about) was down there I would have zero fun at a concert or anything. I mean if you really care about someone then you'd be heartbroken, I would think. Maybe I'm different, but I just couldn't enjoy myself.
I'm not even really saying
I'm not even really saying that he has to be in total isolation or anything.. that he couldn't enjoy a dinner out.. or continue to go to his job.. but it just seems like even if he kind of hated that SF's guts. .he would have enough respect to not be seen "dancing on the potential grave".
He is 37, not 7. I could see a 7 year old still going on his class field trip if an uncle was in the hospital.. or grandparent.. for example.. but 37? you should be old enough to display a bit more of a gracious public face. ( I don't care if he was partying at home.. where no one would know really).. but the public concert.. ick.
Maybe his post is in direct
Maybe his post is in direct correlation of how he really feels about the guy. For all we know the billionaire was abusive, or a tool bag, or treated his mom like dirt ....so much to speculate.
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Oh sure abusive, and his wife and 37 years helpless stepson were forced to stay related to him. Also would be eventuality forced to inherit some crazy wealth. Poor mother and son.
I don't know honestly, that's
I don't know honestly, that's why it's all speculation.
My POV
- My Irish mother frequently informed us kids that the world didn't revolve around us.
- A mentor I had as a eager young middle manager once advised me "See yourself the was other people see you, not the way you see you."
But this skid has obviously never been taught either of these things. He's breathtakingly, disgustingly self absorbed. What he did would still be distasteful were his SF Attila the Hun.
I have no doubt the steps
I have no doubt the steps would party if I were dead or lost at sea and I am far from having been an a-hole to them or being mean. I do appear as an obstacle to them in doing wtv tf they want at home and with their dad + the BMs telling them to be a PITA from the get go so thats why they hate me
For me, it would be unexpected if a step showed concern or care for a SP in harms way lol....that would actually shock me more than this
I was thinking something else
The news are now blowing with all the conspiracies and "this and that crap". All over the place.
Now there is this aunt feeling entitled to express her opinion on how her nephew was terrified of the whole diving thing. My only thought is how his poor mother must feel. This poor woman.
I'm literally thinking of redoing my will to start with: "Y'all just STFU".
Can you imagine if one of us, god forbid, dies "makings the news", what our step children or BMs or ex/current in-laws would say/babble to the medias? Is it so hard nowadays for people to just shut the f up?
My mind is blown.