Was that the one off Argentina? Had forgotten about that - could've put it in my post! More evidence it's the uncertainty that drives public engagement.
Uncrasimatic
joined 2 years ago
I don't think it was even that it was rich people.
We recently had the mystery disappearance of Nicola Bulley in the UK that got huge media attention because everyone was playing detective; we've had similar media frenzy over the Chilean miners, the Thai footballers in the cave, the RAF lad who disappeared on a night out (it's thought he climbed into an industrial bin)...
The common thread is that everyone can speculate on whether the subjects will survive or not. 'Migrant boats sinks' stories are focused on too many nameless people and the outcome is too easily predicted for a media frenzy and workplace discussions. People love a bit of speculation.
I called this a few weeks ago on reddit and people weren't impressed with my negativity.
I'm sorry, but you can't start a website with:
Lemmy is a selfhosted social link aggregation and discussion platform.
And expect 95% of people to do anything other than close the window.
I think we should sell Partey to Saudi and then go all in on Tchouameni. Shed the drama and sign another wonderkid.
Unless I'm winning, in which case everyone should know it.
I've put my wefwef link in place of my RiF icon and often expect RiF to open when I mindlessly tap it. Just discovered Connect though, which seems like a decent app too.
France are the world leaders for civil disobedience. Vive la révolution etc. etc.
Lemmymon - gotta catch 'em all!
8 years again?!
These absolute morons. Keep it up Todd!
I'll also be playing NMS. 250 hours and counting...