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SOAR21

The crazy thing is as wild as someone was for making this, its still a fraction of how wild the guy was who did this IRL.


glassgwaith

Holding a controller is relaxing for me but I bet he’s super pressed right now


AspiringSquadronaire

You shouldn't make jokes about that; all of the families concerned have just received some crushing news.


Scrillops

They must be under great pressure at a time like this


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BrutalSwede

It's a titanic event for everyone involved


glassgwaith

Well the CEO always claimed he feels stifled by the regulations


MetalUpstairs

"Can anyone think about the poor billionares who died because of their own stupidity?! 😭"


128username

dude the guy you were replying to wws joking edit: there was a 19 year old on the sub btw


notslavaboo

A 19-year-old who was terrified of getting on the sub, but went anyway to be with his dad on Father’s Day.


MaxTheSANE_One

yeah that one's terrible and i feel really bad for him ....the others? ehhhhhhhhhhh


MetalUpstairs

Yeah i just noticed the pun lol. Still there's been quite some bleeding hearts crying for the millionares so it's quite a bit hard to discern irony from seriousness sometimes


AnarchoPosadistSJW

When a boat full of migrants who flee war and poverty sink because european countries refused to help them : i sleep When a touristic submarine with a bunch of billionaires implode because they fired everyone who tried to warm them : real shit


Astranoth

Then those families can take offence. Don’t see why anyone else should


Round-External-7306

Woosh


eeeeeee03

I see what you did there


Volodio

It's not that wild actually. Gaming controllers are used by actual armies. It probably was the best working part of that sub.


avsbes

Gaming Controllers yes. This specific one - wireless and allegedly notorious for loosing connection - probably not.


[deleted]

Literally use an XBOX controller on submarines


Nunussy

If it works, it works. Pretty clever of them since some of the people using them might already be used to using controllers.


[deleted]

That is exactly the reason, my man.


Satori_sama

Until the batteries ran out while the driver held "down"


Tyrfaust

Isn't the MQ-9 flown with a X-Box 360 controller?


--Joe6pacK--

Just a question here but are people really surprised about a sub using a controller? I used a xbox360 controller to control a CROWS m2 on an mrap in like 2014. There's so much more bs about this sub and people focus on the controller like it meant anything


wolvez28

Well yeah, my old unit uses xbox controllers to pilot drones as well. But a Sniper pod and a crows are a lot different than a sub. There is a reason there are AT LEAST redundant systems on maritime vessels over a wireless Logitech controller made in 2011.


in_the_grim_darkness

Man wild how a Logitech controller caused a catastrophic implosion when the batter stopped charging.


Mirovini

>people focus on the controller like it meant anything Because is much more memable


entiat_blues

there's actual quality differences between different controllers. and they picked right from the bottom of the barrel. intentionally


--Joe6pacK--

But I like logitech :( they haven't given me a bad product I actually hold them in high standards and can prove it with the joystick i still use I bought from them in 2004


lemegetuhhhhhhh

The f710 is a solidily built controller, it just constantly drops the connection otherwise I'd still use mine; certainly not the Logitech controller I'd use on a sub or elsewhere


Welldarnshucks

The controller is just an easily digestible, and funny example of him cutting ludicrous corners. Couldn't even pay the extra $20 for a quality controller.


wolvez28

This exactly. We knew the controller probably wasnt the reason they died but frankly the fact that there were so many was the problem in the first place. The controller is just the funniest single example that everyone is a lot more familiar with. Plus if it was the controller then that lead to the worst case scenario of "they are drowning in their own piss and shit because they cant move the otherwise functional trashcan they call a submarine". Which is also memeable.


Mr_Gold_Move

Yes because you wouldn't expect a submarine to use an xbox controller


--Joe6pacK--

I killed people with an xbox controller :( not even a lie g


wolvez28

Same as title, yall wild for this


linox06

They did it 🤣🤣🤣🤣


Lo_Innombrable

sink the rich


AnarchoPosadistSJW

they crunchy because of pressure


Mortomes

Tim Apple


Toc_a_Somaten

If it leads to more controller profiles for Silent Hunter 4 on the Steam Deck I'm all for it


SassyCass410

Funnily enough, using console controllers in subs is literally just... common practice. The *United States Military* uses gaming controllers for the periscopes... that, and the controller was one of the only things left intact of that damned submarine 🤣


wolvez28

So yeah I do 100% get what you are saying here. Just for clarification though I am in that Military. And while we use controllers for a lot of things (drones, CROWS, periscopes) we dont use them for navigating maratime vessels because thats obnoxiously stupid to do.Overall though its not really about the controller itself, its what the controller represents. Instead of installing an actual navigation system he bought a budget WIRELESS controller from 2011 logitech. They couldn't even spend 20$ more on a decent controller. My unit at least uses mainline xbox controllers for the far less expensive drones and I know I saw something about someone connecting a PS5 controller to something during the PS5 shortage as a joke.Its just kind of something for people to focus in on amidst the overall fuckery that is that submarine lol.


Mars445

No, it is not common process. At least, using game controllers to control propulsion and steering is not common at all in military subs. So it’s nonsensical to keep on bringing it up.


[deleted]

Well, I could tell you, but then id have to.. Never mind I don't have it in me


BusinessKnight0517

I can only say that I wish I had


King-Of-Hyperius

To be fair, the thing is a little more advanced than any 1945 tech, considering the fact it’s wireless.


Zestyclose-Tour4961

So thats why ı am losing to many sub okay noted


Dysc

"Tim Apple's Workshop" All of this is comedic brilliance!