In a 2019 interview, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush complained that regulations were stifling progress in his industry.
"It's obscenely safe because they have all these regulations," Rush said. "But it also hasn't innovated or grown because they have all these regulations."
( Turtle Power & Knuckles, Fri 23 Jun 2023, 9:26, archived)

"obscenely safe" is a very revealing turn of phrase.

(The Porcupine From Purgatory we of all lost both have them, Fri 23 Jun 2023, 9:30, archived)

Structural engineering should be exciting and unpredictable

( Turtle Power & Knuckles, Fri 23 Jun 2023, 9:51, archived)

Using a Play Station controller should be mandatory in subs and space rocket stuff

(President of the lighthouse Organised the Trumpton riots, Fri 23 Jun 2023, 10:04, archived)

N64 please so we can fit a Rumble Pak
it tells you when you're taking damage from abyssal giants
( Turtle Power & Knuckles, Fri 23 Jun 2023, 10:21, archived)

and water

( mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Fri 23 Jun 2023, 11:48, archived)

(and my axe)

( mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Fri 23 Jun 2023, 11:49, archived)

twitter.com/DevSpacePrez/status/1671351372506361857
( Turtle Power & Knuckles, Fri 23 Jun 2023, 13:48, archived)

I've only ever seen occasional clips of their shows. the canned laughter is horrible

( mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Fri 23 Jun 2023, 14:05, archived)

laughtergate

( mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Fri 23 Jun 2023, 14:07, archived)

I quite like Mitchell on panel shows
He has this nasty, spiteful persona
( Turtle Power & Knuckles, Fri 23 Jun 2023, 14:18, archived)