• Jurbl@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Sixty people die when Russia bombs a Ukrainian school and it passes by without much reaction. A sub with 4 people who know the risk of what they’re doing and a billionaire thrill seeker goes missing and it’s news to follow hourly.

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      1 year ago

      Because a bombing in a war isn’t unexpected no matter how tragic it is.

      Whereas it’s rare that a group of multi-millionaires tries to visit the Titanic in a MacGyver-esque hobby submarine.

    • sin_free_for_00_days@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      I get where you are coming from, but there was a lot of coverage of that event back in May.

      Also, billionaires should not exist.

    • Calcharger@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      It’s because it’s related to the Titanic, and for whatever reason that shipwreck has a grip on western psyches. Dunno why but it just is what it is