Rage quitting

    by Annual-Letterhead619

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    1. I still can’t believe Rush threw the controller when Lochridge was just trying to save everyone’s life. Hubris at it’s worst.

      The testimony honestly reads like a “I Think You Should Leave Sketch”. Especially the bit about nudging the controller away.

      > Mr. Rush “smashed straight down” when he landed the vessel, Mr. Lochridge said, and then turned it around and “basically drove it full speed” into the wreckage, jamming the submersible underneath. Then, in full view of the three additional passengers on board, Mr. Rush flew into a panic, Mr. Lochridge said, asking whether there was enough life support on board and asking how quickly a dive team could arrive.

      >Mr. Lochridge, an experienced submersible pilot from Scotland, said he tried to calm his boss down and asked him to hand over the PlayStation controller that was used to pilot the vessel. But Mr. Rush refused.

      >“Every time I went to take the controller from him, he pushed it farther and farther behind him,” Mr. Lochridge said, and described his nervousness at seeing debris from the shipwreck that was floating in the water nearby.

      >Finally, he said, one of the passengers who had paid for the ride shouted at Mr. Rush to give Mr. Lochridge the controller, using an expletive as tears filled her eyes. Mr. Rush obliged by throwing the controller at Mr. Lochridge, hitting him in what Mr. Lochridge described as the “starboard side” of his head.

      [Source](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/us/titan-submersible-coast-guard-hearing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ME4.wCLP.1WCj0lUgA64_&smid=url-share)

    2. I must be the only person here that didn’t look at a bunch of people sitting on the ground next to a circular window and think “submarine”. I think this could use an extra panel or even just a better depiction of a submarine interior.

    3. SomethingKindaSmart on

      Fun fact:
      Stockton Rush actually did that.
      He threw the controller at the pilot’s head when he got the Titan into an uncontrolled spiral near the wreck of the italian liner “Andrea Doria”

    4. Goddamnit the laughter this caused totally exacerbated the massive headache I’m dealing with but it was so fucking worth it. I’m dead thank you.

    5. Based on the testimony about the time Stockton Rush crashed a sub into a shallow shipwreck, that could be how the Oceangate Titan went out.

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