Billionaire Says His Long-Delayed ‘Titanic II’ Ship Will Be Antidote to ‘Woke’ Politics
Billionaire Says His Long-Delayed 'Titanic II' Ship Will Be Antidote to 'Woke' Politics
Clive Palmer is an unsubtle book parody of a capitalist from an edgy 80's Hollywood movie about punks trying to save the local skating-rink.
Only he's real.
Haha precision strike.
Now do Bob Katter
In a March 13 press conference at the Sydney Opera House to announce his recommitment to reconstructing the doomed ocean liner, Palmer said it would be a beacon of hope amid war in Ukraine and Gaza, bring people together after the era of Covid lockdowns, and embody traditional values as opposed to “woke” politics.
Like that submarine, it will absolutely unite the world in celebration if the Titanic II sinks with its crude Icarus parody at the helm.
the west's symbol of hope for the future is ... a recreation of an old outdated ship that is famous for sinking on its maiden voyage.
????
That and that one woman's booba.
please let the funniest thing happen
Isn't naming a ship after one that sunk... something frowned upon historically and bad luck?
Royal Navy did it all the time, until they ran out of ships to name.
Name it the RMS Fartdick
Come on orcas, you have the opportunity to both really put a capstone in your latest activities and also do the funniest thing ever.
But will vaccinated people be allowed on the ship?
Yeah, we’ve got to extend our hand in love and friendship for people being vaccinated despite the side effects. We have to look after them. And they’re all good people. We’re all the same really, like white, green, yellow, whatever it is — to embrace each other.
These anti-vax people are really living in their own little worlds, aren’t they? They genuinely believe anyone who got the vax is walking around like a plague rat. And white folks - even those who aren’t billionaires, have the privilege of being able to create their own little insane realities.
This gets to something you said in your recent press conference, which is that the Titanic reflects traditional values instead of “woke” values. So can you explain what that means?
There’s been a concept in society that you can cancel people. I think you know what I mean by “canceled” people, and we think that’s a terrible concept. The United States was founded on the rights of men to be different. The diversity that we’ve had in our economy, in our intellectual development has really meant that’s developed our society to a higher level. I’m talking about Western society in general. So the French Revolution, the American Revolution, all those things were brought about by individuals [claiming] their rights to express an opinion or view. I mean, you should have the right to be wrong.
In case you’re not familiar with coded whitey speak, this all sounds like gibberish because he can’t say the real reason, which is that he just wants to try and go back to a time where non-white people were just barely visible in the background of white peoples lives, and they were never put in a place power or prominence.
No one was ever cancelled during the French revolution!
he's WOKE!The diversity that we’ve had in our economy
Titanic or Woke, which way western man?
Hey, if they're the ones who get loaded onto titanic and get shipped to north Atlantic, I'm down for the titanic
With the hopes that they also go down with for the Titanic.
I'm gonna sneak onboard this ship with my Italian friend and seduce a rich redhead
Get in there, comrade, we believe in you
ITSA ME, FABRIZO! IM-A GO TO AMERIGAAAAAAA
lmao author immediately calls a commercial transatlantic passenger liner a “cruise” ship
Anyway there won’t be any icebergs this time around since they all melted, so I guess the major event will be one of the fake smokestacks falling over and killing a dozen people
I see something beautiful coming together here.
Please Clive, do a research mission to the wreck of the Titanic. Poseidon needs another billionaire sacrifice.
The wreck of the Titanic craves blood!
Modern cruise liners are already significantly larger than the Titanic to was when it launched.
Why not just buy one from Royal Caribbean or something?
All the obvious stuff aside, who is going to want to pay money to go on a cruise (probably more expensive than Carnival or whatever), but on a smaller ship with 100+ year old design features? Like, the rooms are gonna be small (especially if you’re in the rooms for Irish immigrants or whatever), no tvs in the rooms, no Guy Fieri Donkey Sauce Bistro on the Lido Deck, no DDR machine, like what is there to do? Read? I can do that at home
Guy Fieri Donkey Sauce Bistro
They did actually have a private dining location on the Titanic. Idk if they served wings though.
, like what is there to do? Read?
oh god the horror of socializing with other human beings while you're on your vacation. anything but that!!!
From stuff I've read of the actual Titanic they played a lot of parlor games and cards.
The greedlords at the bottom of the sea are preparing to devour another sacrifice.
I don’t even need to dunk him.
He’s gonna do it himself.
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.
This guy wants to make actual steerage style cabins where rich people can pretend they're dirt poor Irish immigrants.
that has to be the opposite of an "antidote to woke"
someone tell this dude antithesis != antidote
"And the Titanic is an international symbol. It’s a symbol of love and peace, really. I mean, the movie, everyone knows the Jack and Rose story. All of us have a Jack and Rose story of our own."
Did this guy even watch Titanic?
Titantic II: Shitanic
He should take the ship on an authentic route through iceberg infester waters.
He should take the ship on an authentic route through iceberg
What a coincidence! I have an antidote for billionaires that also involves a big ship sinking in the middle of the ocean
why are people who are into the titanic so fuckin weird
Not surprising from people who romanticize a perfectly preventable disaster as some sort of unforeseen tragedy
"Only I know the secret to perfectly cutting corners in business."
I have been into the Titanic my whole life. I was going to have a point here, but I just realized most of you would meet me and be like "wtf?"
What about the Titanic is it that intrigues you so?
It was one of the first big disasters that made international headlines and that spawned a bunch of media inspired by it. The Titanic movie we all know was like the 6th one made, on top of books, comics, you name it. As such it takes up a lot of space in Anglo cultural memory.