Death by corporate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), also known colloquially as ‘wokeism’, is unfortunately becoming a theme.
If you have been following the story of a missing deep water tourist submarine run by a company called OceanGate®, perhaps this part of the untold story might provide some ironic context for the current crisis.
“The search for a missing Titanic tourist submersible continued Wednesday as experts fear the watercraft may have only a day’s supply of oxygen left” (more).
The CEO of OceanGate, the company that has created a tourism industry around underwater exploration, is a man named Stockton Rush. Two years ago, Mr. Rush was interviewed about his company and how they operate; his outlook on the personnel he hired might explain the crisis.
According to Mr. Rush, he intentionally did not want to hire a certain kind of submariner expert for his corporate endeavor, because that would only bring ex-military submariners into the company. In his own words he explains how he did not want to hire “50-year-old white guys“, and instead preferred a more diverse and younger workforce to represent the operational face of the company. Diversity, equity and inclusion was the priority. VIDEO at 27:10, WATCH:
https://youtu.be/YH0qRx5eYkY?t=1630
Given the legal liabilities now present, the video will likely be scrubbed. However, there is a certain irony in the decisions around corporate human resources and operational priority, given the fact that all the rescue missions are being led by “50-year-old white guys.”
[…] U.S. and Canadian crews began searching for the underwater vessel Sunday after the 22-foot submersible, named Titan, lost contact with a support ship while carrying five people to the wreckage site of the Titanic. (more)
Grandma’s rules apply to further commentary. I digress.
Stockton Rush was a victim of his own design and his titan sub crew were woke victims also.
https://nypost.com/2023/06/21/oceangate-ceo-stockton-rush-once-complained-of-industrys-obscenely-safe-regulations/
Woke down under.
No wonder the titanic tourist submersible got lost several times before during dives.
Woke bud light types were the personnel woking for the joystick company.
was budlight used as ballast?
CEO did not want to hire 50 year old white guys.
He wanted a more diverse workforce.
This is a picture of what is happening in America today.
Bud light types are trying to sink America.
Put this bum in cement shoes and throw him overboard.
Tragically, carbon fiber appears to have worked just fine.
He was in the sub!
Well, they must be allergic to sunlight because they pulled the video. Whatever it said must be bad.
Wow: video removed. In case you thought you were entitled to information that would cause you to “feel less sympathetic” to people who were reckless with their lives and the lives of others. And importantly in case you were beginning to articulate to others vociferously that you desire the person flying your plane to be competent in that skill and that for inspiration you won’t be looking to him, but rather all you are looking for is to land safely in the place you want to land, on time (as an additional aspiration).
Mr. Rush is probably a DAVOS MAN. Klaus Schwab may know where he is.
Is he available for comment? Why do rich men play with water? Ever notice that…/
You called it, video is gone.
This may be helpful….
Thank you for providing this excellent and educational video. I learned more from this that some of the mini,small articles I read.
The sad part of all of this is the lack of respect Rush had for science, especially physics about the way he built this and not wasting time and money with through testing which Rush called a waste from another article that I read.
Go WOKE Go Broke with business but in this area going WOKE means dying. Five people lost their lives because Rush chose WOKE over reality.
Thank you. Very helpful. I remember the weekend the three astronauts in Apollo died. My mom knew them all through work. She was devastated. I was a child. NASA does root cause analysis after every failure by 50 yo white/black/indian guys and girls. Apollo was an engineering failure. The first shuttle loss was launching outside of specification tolerances due to political pressure. The second shuttle loss had to do with the design of the vehicle making debris flying off during launch a potential hazard. It may not have been a problem in the early days when they painted the surface of the boosters. They modified the paint to adhere to ecological constraints and it did not work as well to prevent debris. The cameras during return to flight showed in detail how the tiles could come lose and jeopardize flights. They did space walks to do repairs as needed on that and other flights.
Good point about the paint, the same “standards” were forced upon the automobile industry.
It’s a dark metaphor for our society: “Death by Bidenoid in the nuclear age.”
Death by Bidenoid is becoming pervasive. To this point Durham said one thing of great importance during his testimony: “I don’t think things can go too much further a the view that law enforcement, particularly the FBI, the Department of Justice, runs a two-tiered system of justice. The nation can’t stand under those circumstances.”
Neither can the nation stand the abandonment of competency or the betrayal of merit and good faith.
Um… He looks to be a 50 yr old white guy…
looks like the video got scrubbed. Karma’s a bitch.
I used to say “PC kills” back in the day before when we could still call it PC.
Diversity is just affirmative action for people who are completely undeserving of any affirmative action (i.e. a ‘leg up’ to make up for past policies where you were impeded from rising).
We can’t say that non-white males have been restricted from the military, nor can we even say that about women anymore.
People have taken to “diversity” like it is their new religion.
We can’t say that non-white males have been restricted from the military…
For almost all my 20 years in the Air Force (starting in the early 70s) it was pretty much mandatory that every performance report include the statement (whether true or not) “Airman|Sgt ____ supports the EEOT Program”, “EO” meaning Equal Opportunity. If those words weren’t there on EVERY evaluation, one could forget about getting promoted, ever. I don’t remember EVER hearing a racist remark of any sort throughout my career. Thus it would seem that this one unwritten rule was presumed to be The Voice of God.
Exactly the same regarding your ending statement; Wokist “diversity” (oh the irony) IS INDEED their new religion.
The problem is not the amount of melanin, ethnicity or gender of the people involved, it is whether they are competent or not. It is about mastering the subject matter, the skills involved and performing tasks with an adherence to the details required. There are incompetent 50 yo white dudes too.
My guess is they overloaded the sub in the sense that there is no way they can achieve positive buoyancy. Navy Submarines always check for this before they dive and always maintain slight positive buoyancy, up bubble by using propulsion to drive the submarine down so in the event propulsion is lost the submarine will float up. If they have the capability to drop or jettison anything external to the sub that would help. They are too deep to use pumps to pump water overboard and I doubt they are setup for that. All U.S. submarines have an emergency blow system that can inject high pressure air in spaces to displace water so a submarine could gain positive buoyancy in the event of flooding within the submarine.
As the video pointed out they may have lost power and if there is no battery backup they are in the dark except for any light from cell phones or onboard emergency flashlights.
You would think that similar to airplane travel you would file some type of travel route so people would know where to look for you.
The sub should have had two basic capabilities: 1. A system to ensure the sub could obtain positive buoyancy in an emergency, for example the NR-1 (the navy’s only nuclear powered deep submersible submarine) could drop lead to gain positive buoyancy.
2. Have multiple underwater communications capability; a transponder, an underwater communication system (usually good for under a mile)
3. (Optional) Perhaps have a small cable release system with a buoy attached that would help someone find the sub.
The submarine should never dive unless there is a system in place to ensure recovery of the first submarine. Where are the company’s other subs now?
Of course I am just an old white submariner who spent a year of my life under water with not gaming experience so what do I know
Spoken like one of those 50 yr old white guys they wanted to avoid, in the interest of diversity, ya know.
On the other hand, hi-tech military airplanes are flown every day by people in their 20’s. It’s not the age of the pilot that matters; it is the degree of training and experience. If this CEO was hiring young inexperienced people under the assumption that piloting a sub was no different than operating a ride at an amusement park, that is a problem.
It sounds like the company was training the pilots and that their attitude was “amusement” park. They needed expert training in emergency backup systems, in fire fighting, in air cleansing/circulation and in submarining.
Yep, the video is scrubbed.
Maybe he couldn’t get any “50 year old white guys” to get into that thing, held together with zip ties and manuvered wth an old X-Box controller.
Pardon Me For Interjecting Common Sense. Bolted On The Outside? Need Assistance To Escape Capsule? OK…Now you Are Possibly Floating Among The Waves In The Vast Atlantic……And Nobody Thought To Give This Thing An International Orange Paint Job????
Yes, Shephard was hanging out inside a buoyant capsule at sea before NASA’s ship picked him up.
….glub glub glub…I wonder what an implosion sounds like….
Never imagined that Kurt Vonnegut would turn out right.
The world of Harrison Bergeron is here…
I did not read all comments however, I would ponder the search is being run by non woke competent people.
The Titanic still taking lives!
Would they be counted as part of the Titanic death toll?
Nah. Covid 19
It would’ve been fitting if only Diverse, Equitable and Included persons were allowed to buy tickets for Rush’s little maladventure. Due apologies for my crude opinion.
Retired 7x-year-old white guy.
Possibly something good will come from this tragic incident. The woke mentality that tries to overpower society is proving itself to be deadly and a
disaster at the very least. Hopefully this will shine some light on the adverse effects of being woke and not insisting on the best.
Somehow I doubt it…The Woke rulers don’t care about the “little people” dying…
No. They will double down. They (woke) will continue to display their mental condition.
South Africa went from a First World country to a Third World country, in a very short time using the same cultural marxist anti-White hate laws. America is on the same trajectory unless these Council On Foreign Relations Critical Race Theory stupidity and racism is not stopped asap. Many of our democrat cities are already similar to South Africa, liberal sh-tholes
I got to question the wisdom of being confined like a can of sardines to a depth like that.
When navy personnel go into the Navy’s sonar operators school,they listen to the recording of an explosion underwater,and the sounds of a submarine being crushed as it goes to the bottom of the ocean,not all that far,globally speaking,from where the current sub’s misadventure is taking place.The recorded sounds are from the Scorpion,a U.S attack sub lost in 1968.We have much more sophisticated listening posts in that area now.The people who run this stuff had a pretty good idea what happened to the sub used for the Titanic dive,probably in real time.That the information wasn’t released may have sacrificed the lives of 5 people to protect a spy tool that the Russians and everybody else in the intelligence communities have known about for over 50 years.These are not good people.
Looks like the people in the sub and Mr. Rush are having a come to Jesus moment.
Lord have mercy!
diversity, inclusion, equity or die
Hey conservatives! Can we not finally re-jigger the operative acronym to reflect its ultimate goal: DEI –> DIE:
(Diversity, Equity, Inclusion –> Diversity, Inclusion, Equity)
Whoever pulled the video was proud of what it expressed…..up until the point where ideology met real world.
Just saw on Yahoo news that the Coast Guard has found a debris field near the Titanic.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rescuers-last-desperate-push-final-040243936.html
Not good!
https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=63826
Expert speculation
We are willing to have bridges collapse on people, just asking for airliners to crash killing all those on board, and have people drown at 13,000 feet below sea level just to be diverse and not hire ‘(straight) white guys’. We are falling apart as a nation.
Parts of our nation are just fine, though maybe a bit bewildered by the insanity that passes for “progress.”
All this time TPTB conned us into thinking the existential threat was a “virus,” and we come to find out with ever growing certainty that the existential threat comes from mind-controlled wokeyites.
Interesting video of the effects of pressure….in this case an induced vacuum on a rail car tank…(collapsing steam)…the vid is in real time and atmospheric pressure is 14.7 PSI at sea level…the Titan sub was subjected to <5000 PSI…
"Railroad Tank Car Vacuum Implosion" is the title…
Oops….greater than 5000PSI
Thanx for the clarification, Mr. Super-Smart CEO-dude. No further questions here.
https://www.palladiummag.com/2023/06/01/complex-systems-wont-survive-the-competence-crisis/
link to video and profile of the inspirational hires and the 50 year old who was fired for making safety concerns public.
Let the sub sit on the bottom of the ocean and present their Darwin Awards to their families posthumously.
A debris field has been found. Press conference at 3:00pm.
Toll Paid….nuff said.
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I don’t know what is going on with the Titan submersible.
But what I can tell you is that there is no way in hell Joseph R. Biden obtained 81 million legal votes in the event often referred to as the 2020 Presidential Election.
And history WILL reflect the truth of it one day.
–Seth keshel
However, there is a certain irony in the decisions around corporate human resources and operational priority, given the fact that all the
rescuemissions are being led by “50-year-old white guys.”Recovery
50 year old White guys who were submariners would have told him the vessel was crap and was destine for failure. Hence the debris field located today by the Coast Guard, probably with some 50 year old white guys from 5 countries.
Confirmation that part of Titanic tour submersible was among objects sighted in debris field….
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-rear-cover-landing-frame-of-titan-submersible-found-in-debris-field-near-titanic?utm_campaign=64466
I have come to realise that when people reject the experienced old white guy what they are saying is they don’t want a competent person with experience there to stop the employer from doing stuff that is incompetent and wrong. The employer is then only hiring young, incompetent employees who lack the standing and competence to push back on the insane ideas that the older white employees would maybe push back on.
They can also not attract the competent experienced white employee which is why employers say they do not want them anyway. That is what this episode has taught me.
The entire woke agenda (cult) rejects centuries of wisdom & knowledge amassed by Western Civilization in favor of emotion-driven narratives completely void of logic and common sense.
In other words, we’re dealing with morons. . . . . dangerous morons.
This is what I’ve told my daughter — years ago: wisdom dictates that you pay attention to the guidance of your mature parents; dismissing advice as irrelevant and forging ahead oblivious of the dangers you’ll face is not a recipe for happiness nor for well-being.
We learned the hard way. You don’t have to.
“Given the legal liabilities now present, the video will likely be scrubbed”
Indeed, video has been removed already.
Grandma rules or Darwin award?
Hey – I’m giving this OceanGate Titanic experience top marks.
A ticket to dive the wreck of the Titanic in a dodgy submersible – $250,000
Hubris and overconfidence in the engineering of the vessel and redundant safety systems – $0
Ending up dead on the ocean floor in a debris field adjacent to the wreck of RMS Titanic?.
Priceless.
Why hire experienced experts when you can hire woke individuals that graduated high school with a 1.6 GPA and obtained a degree in lesbian Underwater basket weaving ! How’s that DEI WOKE protocol working out now ??
This link I’m posting has a lengthy biography of Stockton Rush as well as a lengthy history of OceanGate. I think Stockton Rush is even more arrogant after reading this article. I also wonder if he was hiring women to date?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OceanGate
The DEIfication of incompetents needs to stop. Let this be a lesson to all wokies: HIRE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE.
And enable those who do know to inform those who don’t know that they don’t know what they don’t know….and that they need to know it.
$*-+can the attitude based personalities before they implode your organization.
Arrogance is not knowledge.
Let them know that too.
Give them the information that they need to build a foundation of knowledge.
Experience cannot be taught and can only be gained by…experience…for which they will need the information and knowledge provided by the experienced.
I was medically retired at 54 years old. Four years latter I was contacted by the company to teach testing procedures for their young techs. I relented and offered to give two 1 month long classes for my last year salary per month. At first they balked and walked away. They came back a month latter needing testing done on a new system then the two, month long class. I milked just over 3 years salary out of them.
It reminds me of a story where NASA let an old white guy retire before working on the ceramic heat shielding tile…. The rest is history of dead astronauts and the families that were watching the shuttle on national tv still have dead loved ones knowing it didn’t have to end like that. NASA paid out a whole lot more to settle claims for those deaths than a couple months “sweetheart” pay to a retiree.