Sustainable Ag is Eating The Rich

January 20 2017 - Alt-right leader/fascist Richard Spencer gets punched in the face at Trump’s inauguration in Washington DC. [video]

does anyone want to be best friends that also live together and go on adventures together but like mundane adventures like ikea and target and also wants to lay our heads on each others shoulders when sleepy but also have separate bedrooms but also enjoy spending most of our free time together……. just me? ok

you know how when you go out in the middle of the woods, your phone loses internet service? that is because the trees naturally protect you from the evil dark energy rays generated by influencers and twitter opinions. follow for more information about the beauty of nature

god how much would it rule if mitch mcconnell had a massive heart attack or stroke and died live on CSPAN? i wouldn’t even mind all the huffpo stinkpieces about how celebrating his death makes you just as bad as republicans

in my rich imagination of this scenario, they would obviously cut the live feed as fast as possible, but not before we get to hear the sound of his head bonking off the podium on his way down

then hyperpop musicians would sample it

I still think about this. This could still happen.

Dear Tumblr Apollo,

Thanks for hanging out with me! Was I cool? did you like me? What do you think of me in detail? Do you hate me?

i hate nerves and anxiety. oh nooo i am scared of acting like a weird bitch to remedy this i will act like a weird bitch

*pounds a monster at 9pm* why can't I ever sleep at night

WAIT.I MEANT. THE DRINK LIKE I.M

Clark: You know you can tell me anything Bruce

Bruce: Every time I read or hear 'Lois and Clark', I read/hear it as Lewis and Clark and I think of you guys exploring America together dressed in silly outfits being lead on a boat by Sacagawea

Clark: Wtf Bruce, I meant you can talk about your feelings

"Imagine if you were in that situation"

hmmm lemme just 😑😑😑

nah i cant imagine

hey elon musk you should totally build a shitty submarine and go visit the titanic you’re a cissy if you don’t do it

Well, now that the OceanGate billionaires are dead, it’s time to move on to a new set of stupid rich folks.

I’ve gotta say, Pride Month ‘23 has been unbelievably based. First, five billionaires kill themselves, and now Muskrat and Zuckerbot are gonna beat the shit out of each other. Having the time of my life over here.

I think the truly sad thing is that we could have fit 2 maybe even 3 more billionaires on there if we just stacked them better

I'm seeing a number of people defending the use of a logitech controller being used in the Oceangate sub claiming it's totally normal for heavy machinery to be controlled by such devices and I feel the need to yell from the rooftops that, while it's faaaar from the worst factor at play here...

NO, IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO USE A BUDGET THIRD PARTY VIDEOGAME CONTROLLER TO DRIVE A SUBMARINE

Listen. I hear you. You can use a commercial videogame controller for a lot of surprising things. They're ergonomic, incredibly easy to use, highly familiar to a massive portion of the population, very adaptable to pretty much any system you can slap a usb drive to, but do you know what they're not?

Reliable

They're made with cheap parts and are NOT built to last. I've had to replace dozens of videogame controllers for multiple different systems and for a variety of reasons. Compatibility issues, degrading input accuracy, unresponsiveness, all the way down to plain old wear and tear. Shit, I had to replace a dualshock 4 controller this month because holding directly up on the left analogue stick would have the input wavering 8~ degrees left or right.

I watch a castlevania speedrunner on twitch who uses the Logitech f310. It's an extremely similar model to the one used in the Oceangate sub. He talks about having to replace it every couple of months because they wear down so quickly. These are not devices made to steer one of the single most dangerous vehicles humans have ever created. Let me reiterate, even professional videogame players and speedrunners don't trust their controllers to last longer than half a year at best. Not that Mango is going to be using the sub to practice his tech skill but it says a lot about how temperamental these things can be.

The fact that it's got those little dongers on the analogue sticks for more precise movement should tell you everything, really. They recognise that the accuracy of that thing simply isn't good enough. It's not even a digital input modifier like hitbox controllers have, it's a cheap ass 3d printer looking plastic cone on a third party video game peripheral. It's not a budget issue either. If they needed more accurate fine controls the could've gotten a steering mechanisms with more accurate fine controls.

There's so much wrong with the Oceangate sub that it's a miracle anyone thought it was a good idea. There's no seats. You're bolted in with no way to open the sub from the inside. All the controls are digital with no mechanical backups. There's no distress call system. There's no black box equivalent. The one porthole isn't rated for depths even half as deep as they're going. Communication is demonstrably unreliable. All issues way more likely to cause a catastrophic incident. I would be surprised if the logitech controller specifically was the root cause of this one incident but don't let the truly comically bad engineering of the sub in almost every other sense trick you into thinking that it's acceptable for such an expensive and dangerous vehicle to be steered by a device many wouldn't trust to control mario with a consistent level of precision.

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i just can't get over how "oceangate" is the company name and not some nickname given to the "should we care about billionaires dying in a poorly designed submarine" discourse