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   goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 19:20:05 JST goatsarah

   A common complaint about “disruptor” types is that they are entirely cavalier about tossing aside established practice without establishing whether or not it’s established for a bloody good reason.

   A phrase often used by critics of these people is that safety standards and engineering regulations are “written in blood”.

   I understand one of the people currently trapped in the “Fred in a very expensive shed” submarine is the man responsible for building the thing with obvious disdain for safety and engineering regs.

   Tl;dr: fuck around and find out.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 19:42:55 JST goatsarah

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     • Hugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷
     @Tooden Indeed. If, as seems likely, they die because they trusted thus cowboy with their lives, I hope enough remains of his estate for their families to sue it into oblivion.
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     Hugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷 (tooden@aus.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 19:42:56 JST Hugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷

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     @goatsarah Which is fine for him, but not for the other 4.

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     Joanna Holman (joannaholman@aus.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 19:44:45 JST Joanna Holman

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     @goatsarah indeed. They should feel free to toss aside convention when designing skateboards, but certainly not submarines

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 19:44:45 JST goatsarah

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     • Joanna Holman
     @joannaholman Or, to pick an entirely random example, cars.
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     Dan Howell (shinydan@tech.lgbt)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 19:59:55 JST Dan Howell

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     @goatsarah It's the "teenage son" that boils my piss. take all the risks you want for yourself and your rich mates, but taking a teenager into what can be fairly described as a rickety deathtrap? No.