tl;dr:
OceanGate Expeditions listed a job posting for a submersible pilot on its web site while a frantic search and rescue mission was underway for five missing tourists in the doomed Titan bound for the Titanic wreckage site. Social media was abuzz on Friday after screenshots of the ad, which was posted before the Coast Guard announced on Thursday that all five people aboard the Titan had perished, were widely circulated. OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush was among the five people who died in the Titan submersible. The passengers included 61-year-old OceanGate boss, Rush, as well as Titanic specialist Paul-Henri Nargeolet, UK billionaire explorer Hamish Harding and Pakistani billionaire and mogul Shanzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son, Sulaiman. Filed under missing titanic sub , social media , TikTok , twitter , 6/23/23.
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Wait, is that even a thing here?
You just made it a thing. Congratulations, you started a trend.
Oh god, I feel like I’m going to get blamed for this down the line
I’ll be sure to remind everyone that it was you who started the trend.
We’re starting an id bot at !plantid@mander.xyz. It’s been easier than doing it on reddit.
How was it good? You didn’t, or at least it’s purpose was that you would not, read the article, which would mean they get no ad money to encourage them to keep giving you free news, and the synopsis was about as long as the original.
Also, I’m sick of bots.
I didnt have to click a link. Good bot
OMG so that’s why the CEO was piloting it? They couldn’t find a sucker, er, pilot?
Ohhhhhh! I didn’t think about that!
How very optimistic of them thinking they’ll still have a functioning company after all this
Do we have NotTheOnion yet? This is perfect lol
C’mon, this is the NYPost. Their own link to the wayback machine shows the ad’s been up since 2020.
Thanks for saving us a click!
Lmao getting ahead of the game
Peak corporate moment. Everyone is disposable.
OceanGateGate?
I pointed out the whole ‘Gate’ coincidence to my wife just last night.
Here at OceanGate, we’re more like a family than a company.
They need people who work well under pressure
I’m glad we don’t have awards here, but this is amazing 👏
Now let’s get out there and crush it! Er…
Somehow the posting was uploaded to the website using a $30 Logitech controller…
Experience with bankruptcy law preferred
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Submersible Repairman?
When was the ad first published to the site? If it was there before the incident, this is a non-story.
Almost certainly.
Doubting the prestigious New York Post?? Blasphemy.
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you gotta be kidding me
this is pretty sad/hilarious. what did they think, the increased media attention would get someone to decide to apply to pilot their dangerous sub?
