Marketing issue. People who want to cross an ocean in cramped misery with a shared bathroom can just buy a plane ticket. Are there any examples of contemporary cruise ships with steerage berths?
How did I know it was going to be Clive Fucking Palmer? The man who wants to be Australia's Trump SO BAD. He's certainly got the loser part down.
He did, indeed, manage to get a very small amount of influence in the Australian Senate. It's not uncommon for 'larrikins" to get a single term because people want to see what will happen. Like most, we're sick of him now and his party's disappeared.
He's got ongoing court issues over a business that went bankrupt and stiffed the workers on their entitlements.
He SUED THE GOVERNMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA during the pandemic, over the borders being closed to interstate travel.
He sued the incredibly popular Premier of WA for libel, because said Premier called him an arsehole or something*. It got laughed out of court, because he IS an arsehole.
He's a grifting blowhard. He's Trump Lite with less competence and charisma. I'll believe he's building a replica Titanic when I see it launch.
* We don't have the Second Amendment, so calling someone an arsehole isn't protected speech and may indeed constitute libel.
“I mean, you should have the right to be wrong.” Billionaire Dipshit.
Everyone has the right to be wrong (except for criming). But, as we’ve noted a gazillion times, there is no right to not have your bullshit called out and facing the consequences thereof.
Also, too? There is no right to be wrong and have that wrong be right.* (As in, you can have your own opinions, but you can’t have your own facts.)
*A right that a lot these shithead billionaires seem to be fighting desperately for.
Well fuck. Here I am once again apologising when one of the worst people in Australia leaks out into the rest of the world. Sorry. This sentient cod piece has been a blight on this country for decades. Environmental issues, First Nations people and common decency are all things Clive thinks are 'woke' and should be ignored or crushed. He is a first class scum bag, currently suing his own country under ISDS for being prevented from fucking up the environment with his mining mania. He will probably now sue me for being mean on the internet.
"One of the worst experiences, of course, on the Titanic was delousing. They took the third class up on deck and sprayed them in their underpants and bras. So depending on the weather, we’ll have delousing for our third class, too.”
/Quote
Someone has a odd fetish and seems to think a lot of people share it.
I really sort of misspoke — the odd fetish he thinks enough people share to make this idea viable is the one where they’re willing to stand in their underwear and be deloused for the amusement of others.
Clive Palmer should be known as the shame of Australia. State premier Joh Bjelke-Peterson once held that title, but he's dead now. His family may miss him. The aboriginal people of his state, for sure, do not. Palmer is also a worthy successor to Joh in that his personality is weird, weird, weird.
To be truly authentic, when it hits an iceberg, they’ll have to lock the gate on the passengers in steerage until all the first class passengers have gotten into their lifeboats.
I’m properly superstitious. I will not put anything on carrying the name/title Titan anything in the realm of Poseidon. He did not fuck with his father. He was already hot about the whole getting swallowed whole alive thing. I am going to sit here and mind my own business so I don’t get struck down for hubris.
"Underpants and bras"? This guy doesn't know much about 1912 underwear. Much more elaborate, even for impoverished immigrants. Also, we don't use DDT anymore.
I would like to speak to the authenticity manager.
Irish immigrants on Titanic actually HAD underwear and bras? Doubtful.
Marketing issue. People who want to cross an ocean in cramped misery with a shared bathroom can just buy a plane ticket. Are there any examples of contemporary cruise ships with steerage berths?
How did I know it was going to be Clive Fucking Palmer? The man who wants to be Australia's Trump SO BAD. He's certainly got the loser part down.
He did, indeed, manage to get a very small amount of influence in the Australian Senate. It's not uncommon for 'larrikins" to get a single term because people want to see what will happen. Like most, we're sick of him now and his party's disappeared.
He's got ongoing court issues over a business that went bankrupt and stiffed the workers on their entitlements.
He SUED THE GOVERNMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA during the pandemic, over the borders being closed to interstate travel.
He sued the incredibly popular Premier of WA for libel, because said Premier called him an arsehole or something*. It got laughed out of court, because he IS an arsehole.
He's a grifting blowhard. He's Trump Lite with less competence and charisma. I'll believe he's building a replica Titanic when I see it launch.
* We don't have the Second Amendment, so calling someone an arsehole isn't protected speech and may indeed constitute libel.
“I mean, you should have the right to be wrong.” Billionaire Dipshit.
Everyone has the right to be wrong (except for criming). But, as we’ve noted a gazillion times, there is no right to not have your bullshit called out and facing the consequences thereof.
Also, too? There is no right to be wrong and have that wrong be right.* (As in, you can have your own opinions, but you can’t have your own facts.)
*A right that a lot these shithead billionaires seem to be fighting desperately for.
Well fuck. Here I am once again apologising when one of the worst people in Australia leaks out into the rest of the world. Sorry. This sentient cod piece has been a blight on this country for decades. Environmental issues, First Nations people and common decency are all things Clive thinks are 'woke' and should be ignored or crushed. He is a first class scum bag, currently suing his own country under ISDS for being prevented from fucking up the environment with his mining mania. He will probably now sue me for being mean on the internet.
So, can we set it on fire and send it to wherever Putin is keeping his Black Sea fleet? For peace.
I like that plan. (Or we could use it to transport refugees to safe havens.)
Or food to the Gazan genocide victims.
He probably WOULD float, wouldn't he? Maybe we could Harold Holt him.
Something good. (and maybe woke.)
Quote/
"One of the worst experiences, of course, on the Titanic was delousing. They took the third class up on deck and sprayed them in their underpants and bras. So depending on the weather, we’ll have delousing for our third class, too.”
/Quote
Someone has a odd fetish and seems to think a lot of people share it.
TBF, who doesn’t like to see poor people tortured for the amusement of the wealthy class?
I really sort of misspoke — the odd fetish he thinks enough people share to make this idea viable is the one where they’re willing to stand in their underwear and be deloused for the amusement of others.
Thank you, I was just riffing on the (presumed) joys of (some) the wealthy class.
I know, I was just acknowledging that it wouldn’t be all that hard to find a bunch of people happy to watch someone do something humiliating.
As a percentage of his wealth there's no way he spends more than the reporter on charity, I would wager.
Clive Palmer should be known as the shame of Australia. State premier Joh Bjelke-Peterson once held that title, but he's dead now. His family may miss him. The aboriginal people of his state, for sure, do not. Palmer is also a worthy successor to Joh in that his personality is weird, weird, weird.
You mean to tell me that Rolling Stone didn't talk about the most hilarious part of Clive Palmer's history, when he bought *and* destroyed a soccer team out of sheer spite? https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/billionaire-ballsup-how-clive-palmer-ruined-gold-coast-united-20120216-1tayy.html
That's kind of the premise of Ted Lasso. Ex-wife wanted to hurt her husband by ruining the sports ball team she got from him in the divorce.
The beg button is "chef's kiss"!
Just how much does this guy think he'll be able to charge for those "steerage" tickets?
To be truly authentic, when it hits an iceberg, they’ll have to lock the gate on the passengers in steerage until all the first class passengers have gotten into their lifeboats.
I’m properly superstitious. I will not put anything on carrying the name/title Titan anything in the realm of Poseidon. He did not fuck with his father. He was already hot about the whole getting swallowed whole alive thing. I am going to sit here and mind my own business so I don’t get struck down for hubris.
Beautiful scalloper in Maine called Titan.
Is there a market? The Olympic, the Titanic's sister ship, got scrapped in 1934 and not replaced.
"Underpants and bras"? This guy doesn't know much about 1912 underwear. Much more elaborate, even for impoverished immigrants. Also, we don't use DDT anymore.
I would like to speak to the authenticity manager.
So what if he doesn't know what he's talking about? He's rich.
That may be a position on the Org chart that hasn't been filled yet.
Or even posted to any job listings....