Super-technology, super-useless

[ddstory]

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[meus_ovatio]

Entertainment Tonight led their program with:

*drumroll*

"Tonight, a real life Titanic..."

*shoots self*

[meus_ovatio]

[ddstory]

[gunslnger]

That's what you get for watching that show.

[mahnmut]

Loved the footnotes.

Always read the tiny print!, grandma once told me.

[mrbogey]

What's mysterious or unsafe?

The captain turned off the guidance and flagrantly endangered the lives of everyone on board.

Being on a cruise ship is still extremely safe. Don't mistake flagrant disregard for safety with inherent risk.

[ddstory]

It's safe, yes. Meanwhile, hundreds of lives still depend on whether a captain and his two assistants would display flagrant disregard for safety or they'd follow the instructions for navigation when approaching a port. One'd think all that technology would prevent any shit from happening, but nope, it wouldn't. And that's the whole point.

[mrbogey]

The most technologically advanced item can be busted if put in stupid hands.

You can't make something safe beyond the ability for an idiot to break it.

[ddstory]

Then we have an agreement.

And you didn't mention government, yay!

I survived a trip on Costa Concordia! (2.5 years ago)

[essentialsaltes]

[404]

As much as engineers work to "idiot-proof" virtually everything humans use, there is always a better idiot out there to prove that they still have a ways to go.