Bartender Reacts to The Cost of Concordia by Internet Historian | First Time Watching

[@Kainlarsen]

Her relationship is relevant because she was a witness to what truly happened, but she was more interested in milking the fame she got from it than being helpful with the case.

[@stanisawzokiewski3308]

And also using it to get illegally on a ship AND into restricted areas for staff

[@vaspeter2600]

@@stanisawzokiewski3308 ...which may have prompted the captain to wave his sea-p*nis around to impress her, leading to subsequent screwups.

[@ChicagoReacts]

I still don't see how her being in a relationship with the captain matters to that--she could have just been an opportunist and done that without the relationship angle.

[@ChicagoReacts]

@@stanisawzokiewski3308 fair enough.

[@stanisawzokiewski3308]

@@ChicagoReacts still a witness fo the case. And also SPICY content for internet historian

[@SnibediSnabs]

36:05 In fact, given optimum conditions, drugs can be detected in hair samples for up to three months. That's precisely why hair follicle testing is a thing, stuff remains detectable for much longer than it does in blood or urine.

[@ChicagoReacts]

Shows what I know, lol

[@eatgreencrayons]

It's actually potentially even longer than that. And it's not the hair follicle that they test, it's the actual hair itself. Hair grows at roughly one half-inch per month, so a 1.5 inch hair, which is roughly the longest that will comfortably fit in the sample tubes they use, corresponds to about 90 days of hair growth. As a result, the testing companies only advertise that they can confidently give you a result up to 90 days. The reality is that you can potentially measure drug exposure in hair of any length, because any drug in your blood at the time that particular bit of hair was grown will be incorporated into the hair, albeit in trace amounts. It's just trickier and more expensive to measure. But just as an example, they've managed to measure the chemical content of individual hairs extracted from 3,000 year old mummies, so 90 days is by no means a hard limit. Oh and just to add, the reason they go for hairs with follicles is because that ensures it's a live, currently growing hair, so you can be pretty confident that it will give you a (reasonably) accurate chemical record up to the moment it was plucked. At least for drug testing purposes. Hairs with follicles are also used for DNA testing, because you can't extract DNA from the hair itself, but you can get it from the cells in the follicle.

[@colemanroberts1102]

For any interested, IH's casting shade on Schettino's work history was misplaced. A sailor who also reacted to this pointed out that Schettino had risen through the ranks the proper way -at another company-. There are rarely openings for Captain's positions, so if a cruise liner wants to hire a captain, they find him a job in another department until they have an opening lined up. He went from captain at another company, to security at this company, back to captain.

[@ChicagoReacts]

Oh, that's interesting. Thanks for the correction!

[@duelgundam]

Oh hey, shoutout to Sailor Vince!

[@supremeseregios6810]

​@@duelgundam I loved that he was a massive Gregorio de Falco fanboy. He was based from the beginning of his own reaction.

[@pearofclubs6280]

Given that Schettino crashed three ships after becoming captain, maybe that practice isn't the best, whether it's widespread or not?

[@nebufabu]

@@pearofclubs6280 Vince actually talked about that too, to him the 2 previous incidents looked like something that was not the best recommendation of his skills, but still minor enough captains aren't usually fired on the spot over that.

[@jubjub594]

Dominica’s presence and relation to the captain was important bc it frames his behavior. He decided to have the ship move far closer and faster than was safe, and you could make the argument this was to show off for his mistress. There was a complacency for procedure, hilighted by her presence on the bridge. She wasn’t guilty, but her testimony and questioning was necessary to prove schettino’s guilt.

[@Pylo-ry6ff]

This is one of the best internet historian videos. So glad so many people are watching it.

[@lkotro21]

It's still not enough. XD

[@lkotro21]

@@syaondri And each upload takes longer @_@

[@lkotro21]

@@syaondri Main channel, Story time and Incognito?

[@fraserking4747]

The burning hatred of the captain I think is something we all felt when we first watched this video. And then someone had *the gall,* the *temerity* to cheaty old Petey?! Despicable.

[@sirblockepicmcswaggins5248]

As far as I'm aware, "skull rock" refers to the act of crashing into a rock. "Hard to port or we hit skull rock" Meaning "Hard to port or we fatally hit that rock" I think that's the case

[@ChicagoReacts]

...well, I feel foolish

[@Mrinsecure]

For a bit of context: when they say they tested a hair sample, they don't mean they found bits of powdered cocaine in his hair like dandruff. A hair test is used to determine if someone has been abusing drugs for a prolonged time, because it takes weeks or months of continuous use for drugs to accumulate in someone's hair to a degree that it can be detected by a laboratory. So while Schattino may not have been high *that night*, he was no stranger to the nose candy by any means.

[@ChicagoReacts]

Ooooooh! I never knew that, that's awesome!

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

@@ChicagoReacts Yeah, had a couple friends from Canada who smoke weed and went to China a few weeks later only to get caught by a hair test and they got kicked out for that.

[@nodezsh]

@@Lobsterwithinternet China is China though. Björk got kicked out for making her concert attendees say "TIBET! TIBET! RAISE YOUR FLAG!" It just so happens that the word "Tibet" is not a word that Chinese speakers actually use to refer to Tibet, so logically they felt betrayed. I'm guessing she didn't know. Regardless, we're not exactly short of reasons for disliking China. If I can't be gay in China I'm not going, ever.

[@BNuts]

Schettino was sadly not the only captain to abandon ship and change clothes to try to avoid recognition. The _MV Sewal_ was a converted Japanese-built ferry under a South Korean private operator. She was sailing overloaded, with cargo not lashed down in any way, and with cabins overfull. High school students regularly took this route for day trips and such. The _Sewal_ was turned more sharply than she should have been, and began to capsize. She was also unable to right herself because her bilge pumps were not working properly. Passengers were ordered, with a repeating message, to stay in their rooms. The captain changed out of his uniform when the coast guard arrived, having been summoned because the passengers had cellphones and were telling the authorities what was going on, as well as their parents (this became a big source to counter claims later the ship had been evacuated). The captain was first off the ship, followed by his bridge crew, and the coast guard, because there was confusion about chain of command, only extracted people who appeared on deck. There was a couple who bravely went back inside the ship to find survivors, but they went back one time too many, and drowned. Proceedings and recovery were effectively stalled for a year so the statute of limitations would run out, but the government was already caught in another corruption case. It was horrible for the families. There was also the _Oceanos_ , which sprung a leak and lost power. Without telling the passengers what was going on, the captain and crew grabbed their stuff and hopped in a bunch of lifeboats and left. Entertainer Moss Woods was among those who took charge, and with guidance from port authorities, led the evacuation and coordinated with a rescue ship. Moss also used his experience during another cruise, when the ship he was on caught fire, and he led passengers to the stern where they had to jump off. Arguable the worst and largest maritime disaster was that of the _MV Dona Paz_ and the _MV Vector_ , under another Southeast Asian operator, I forget which. This was a lot worse even than _Titanic_ because both ships were operating without full licenses, their crews did not have full certification, and each ship only had one crew member, both underqualified, actually paying attention, and neither knew what to do. _Dona Paz_ was another converted Japanese ferry, and _Vector_ was a small oil tanker. They struck each other, oil went everywhere, and ignited. Suddenly anyone who wanted to survive had to choose between burning on the ship or taking their chances in the burning, shark-infested waters. There were very few survivors, and because the _Paz_ was overloaded to more than twice her rated capacity, the death toll ended up being over 4,000 persons between both ships. Knowing the ship you're on is properly maintained, and the crew is fully certified would be very comforting indeed.

[@ShayTheValiant]

Internet Historian also made a Q&A video about the Costa Concordia, so if you want to learn a bit more about the disaster you should check that out.

[@ChicagoReacts]

Might do, might do. I enjoy all the behind the scenes type content. And extra info is always appreciated.

[@Scufflegrit]

I went on that ship in 2006. We had to sit on the upper decks and wait for 4 hours because of technical issues before embarking. There was a general feeling of the entire crew being new on the job, like if you asked anyone a question, they needed to ask their manager for the answer. I’m not surprised at all, sadly.

[@intello8953]

Damn in 2006? Did you at least enjoy your time at that cruise?

[@mulrich]

Don't worry about music in IH videos. It's all royalty free. Instead of "My Heart Will Go On", they used a similar, but legally distinct piece called "My Myocardium Will Continue", and the cover of "White Flag" used is royalty free.

[@scotthadden9816]

Just going to point out Jacob should have recused himself from all active duty because of his inability to adequately communicate with the other bridge crew, thus making it as much his fault as it was Schettino's because even HE should've known he was unfit to be helming that ship, and if he didn't, he's unfit to be a helmsman, end of.

[@ChicagoReacts]

@Syntex366 Who hired the helmsman? I guess I was sort of under the impression that the Captain did, but...was it the cruise liner? Because whoever hired him had to have known about the language barrier.

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

@@ChicagoReacts It's a huge problem in the hospitality industry. Companies like Carnival would rather save money in the short term by by hiring people like Jacob rather than people who are actually qualified.

[@vaspeter2600]

@@ChicagoReacts Yeah, the company operating the cruiseline did. Schettino's higher-ups. Which is why it's particularly infuriating that these people managed to wash their hands of all criminal accountability.

[@DatAsianGuy]

@@vaspeter2600 well, to be fair, the helmsman didn't wash his hands, after all he fled multiple times to not get in trouble lol

[@phila1576]

​@@ChicagoReacts ​ @A Real Lobster With An Internet Connection 100% that's what corp cruise lines do, Costa and Carnival are notorious for cutting every corner possible and then some - the 'C' is for cutbacks lol. But even looking at mid-tier to luxury cruise ships (like I worked on), suuuuure they'll hire qualified officers, FoH hotel staff, and skilled crew (engineers electricians etc.) but they also still hire hundreds of lower crew from S America, E Europe, and SE Asia. The Filipinos and Indonesians especially get a bad deal: they're usually paid a fraction of what we'd call a living wage (ILO/JMC recommended min wage is less than $700/month!), work 10-16 hrs a day, and in some cases are crammed 4 to 6 to a cabin down on deck negative 4. For real I've seen these rooms, think a 10x16 dorm room, now with twin bunkbeds, and like an airplane bathroom w a 3x3 shower. I mean they do get free room/board and medical care, and get to go ashore on days off, they send money home to their families, and I think it's a marginally better deal than commercial fishing/shipping ships... but it's just one of the many ways the globalized supply chain and tourism economy exploits poor countries (and their people) to subsidize those sweet sweet hand-over-fist profits. This is why we have zero sympathy for the cruise lines that had a hard time financially due to the pandemic.

[@RelativelyBest]

The unfortunate thing is that, at the end of the day, the actual collision was still caused by mere communication issues. If Schettino hadn't been so damn spineless and just acted like a responsible captain like he was supposed to (specifically, not lying about the state of the ship and ordering her evacuation earlier) the whole affair would have turned out far better for everyone, including him.

[@Alphazans]

Whoever is doing the editing that enabled the audio of the video to lower when she talks or whatever software she's using to do that: damn nice work. I much prefer that so I can hear what the reactor is saying without having to compete over the audio of the video.

[@eternalturtl6320]

They're probably using a "ducking" plugin I think it's called. Basically when her mic picks up audio, the software will automatically "duck" the other selected audio source(s). It's used frequently in live events and such. Lovely technology

[@Vfanatic1]

So the reason Dominica's relationship was "important" was because the CEO of the company that built the Concordia and the Italian legal system were trying to make Schittino a complete scapegoat that shouldered 100% of the blame

[@phila1576]

Not only do ships' string quartets play My Heart will go on, they sometimes play Poseidon Adventure on the in-cabin movie channels. Hilarious that Concordia had a "and the band played on" moment though

[@BNuts]

If you would like to explore a ship, I believe there are several that might be open for touring, or soon to be open. _RMS Queen Mary_ is mostly a hotel, her engines have been removed, and she's under repairs currently. _SS United States_ , once the world's fastest ocean liner, was completely gutted to remove the asbestos that was used for fire safety (designer William Gibbs was somewhat obsessed). She is unfortunately sitting there, rotting while she waits to see who wants to pay to maintain her. But she does still have her engines. And she still hold the Blue Ribband for the fastest transatlantic crossing. One of the reasons _United States_ still has her record after all these decades is because cruise liners are not built for speed. They wander up and down coasts most of the time, so safety, capacity, and luxury are their emphasis. That's why the superstructure with the living space goes so close to the bow and stern. There are still dual-purpose liners, but most of them cruise or serve more minor crossings because most people prefer airliners to ocean liners. Ocean liners are, conceptually, like express busses, they're required to stick to a strict schedule, and that means they have to be built resilient enough to survive whatever conditions are out there. In _Titanic_ 's case, it was considered enough to have a double-bottom hull, watertight compartments up to C-Deck, water pumps, and a Marconi wireless set. After _Titanic_ , many ships got retrofitted with watertight compartments up to B-Deck, full double hulls, and of course more lifeboats and davits to position them were added. Unfortunately this did not save _Titanic_ 's younger sister, _Britannic_ , which struck a mine and sunk in about an hour because the compartment frames got too bent to work, and some portholes were open. She was serving as a hospital ship. But both _Olympic_ and _Mauretania_ survived the war, and were scrapped in 1935. Today one ship plies the transatlantic crossing, under Cunard Line's long tradition, _Queen Mary 2_ . Although she does have some cruise liner aspects, like the balcony cabins, she also has all the safety features you would expect from an ocean liner. She does a bunch of crossings, and then does cruises in her 'off' season. Cunard is owned by Carnival Cruises, however they have a more rigorous tradition when it comes to procedures and the like. Passengers are even expected to dress up for evening meals. Oh, and by the way, just because cruise liners aren't reinforced for crossings doesn't mean they can't do them. These are called 'repositioning cruises,' and allow for ships to service different routes. It's just that because they aren't as tough as ocean liners, cruise liners are expected to do what they can to skirt around storms and other rough obstacles. This is the primary reason a cruise liner would divert from a planned course.

[@LegendsForever206]

Her relationship with the captain is relevant because it shows us that the captain was most likely distracted

[@m.hunterstevie2081]

“No more hour long videos, back to 10-15 minute ones and more of them…” and then I think he made one small main channel vid before the year plus delay until the Area 51 video. It’s interesting now to appreciate the running gag through the Incognito Mode content during this time up until his statement at the end of Area 51. “I’ll see you in the next video in two years…” (which turned into more fake news as Man in Cave released only a few months later).

[@kazekamiha]

I think they played "My Heart Will Go On' as a way to tell passengers what's up while likely being told not to tell them what's up.

[@phila1576]

About Domneca Cemortan: she wasn't exactly there illegally or as a "stowaway" as someone else commented, she had been hired by Costa as a tour guide and translator for some Russian passengers a month before this (obviously she met the captain then, and he arranged for her to come back on for free). Not uncommon for cruise lines (like airlines) to have employees ride cheap or free and without a ticket. Probably should've been on the manifest though, I bet the captain pulled some strings to make it super off the books to cover tracks of the affair because who knows if his wife knows people at Costa who might tell her "uhhhh, so your husband has a 25yo blonde as his personal guest for this cruise..." Yeah having her on the bridge was likely against protocol, but in practice if the captain says it's cool, then that's what happens so that's 100% on Cpn Schettino. Like, imagine you're a bridge officer who wants to tell a Greek or Italian captain they can't bring random people on the bridge. They're not gonna, or if they do they're probably getting fired, not promoted, or transferred to another ship with a less good itinerary. That's just how office politics work on ships. Each ship has maybe 1 or 2 HR type administrative officers (who are also incentivized to stay on the captain's good side) As you can imagine there's barely any me-too type protections or least there weren't 10 years ago except for really bad incidents with witnesses, or if the shoreside corporate already has incentive to fire an officer who has a history of assault abusing/leveraging their power.

[@Turalcar]

and a history of crashing ships. This was his third ffs

[@BNuts]

It wasn't actually called 'skull rock.' It's off an Italian island. Civilians really shouldn't be on the bridge at all. That said, the sail-by salute was also a favour for the maitre d, since his sister lived on the island. But The captain might have also been distracted by his mistress. Not as big an issue as the communication issues, though. Plus, they turned off the equipment that could have helped with navigation, because getting that close is illegal.

[@daveasher2687]

To recommend a reaction, Internet Historian's Gentleman Pirate video doesn't have enough reactions around, because it's on the Incognito channel. It's the same kind of proper comedic historical documentary, like the Man in Cave video, and I would even dare say it's still his best video to this day.

[@wessltov]

It's a largely untapped well for reaction content

[@colemanroberts1102]

Seconded. Really well done.

[@ChicagoReacts]

Heard that. We've done a few of his incognito vids, we can probably do a few more. Thanks for the rec!

[@paulanderson6834]

My absolute favorite video of his, I always find myself going back to it and watching every single reaction available.

[@Frostbite08]

53:30 "Sommerse" means submerged or sunk. So the book's title is "The Sunken Truth." Which is mind-blowingly disrespectful.

[@WolfVidya]

This was great! I always watch people react to this one, and it really got some of your emotions out lmao. Mad Lauren is adorable.

[@MWkillkenny84]

18:04 "My Heart Will Go On" was popular at the time, and well, "In" Music is played no matter the location... even cruise ships.

[@Syllaren]

7:26 I still maintain a belief that the second officer didn't make a mistake, but was compensated for the delayed direction change.

[@GreatCdn59]

the scariest part, to me, is the elevators. a lot of those that died were stuck in elevators when the power went out, and as the boat listed and sank, they slowly tilted underwater, with no way to escape the elevators. horrendous way to die. nope nope nope nope nope nope ...

[@pearofclubs6280]

Fun fact! You mentioned potentially getting copyright claimed in this video for one music track. The original video actually had a different track over the slow moving shots immediately following the crash- not entirely sure what the song was but it sounded like an italian opera. It's since been replaced with what i assume is a copyright free instrumental. Needless to say, the original track fit better.

[@ogscarl3t375]

Lauren's reactions are always great & funny she reminds me of one my friends a lot 😅

[@ryanpinard1975]

I don't think anyone is blaming Dominica for the crash, the whole look into their affair I think is more about his hishonest character

[@ryanpinard1975]

Dishonest*

[@hermannlagrange634]

27:27 This video made her so angry she started singing Opera. Pretty well I might add.

[@silvsevie]

Its relevant because the captain was paying attention o her instead of his duty. yes that is not her fault, but it shows one of the reasons the captain was negligent.

[@khadelsnerdo]

This ship's fate was to die so hard early on. Its just crazy that there was so much red flags

[@madmohawk6560]

My heart will go on is a cursed song for boats I was in a small fishing boat just cruising down the river and my friend started playing that and the engine straight up died

[@phamanhtai2824]

The reaction when she heard about the appeal trials lmao

[@beerten202]

Best qoute from defalco was "Schettino you may have saved yourself from the sea but i will cause you a boatload of trouble"

[@cynicalcitizen8315]

The engineers are the underdogs of this tale.

[@phila1576]

So Concordia happened while I was on another cruise ship, like 2 months before I stopped working on them. I definitely remember that for part of the mandatory crew safety trainings we had to watch videos of past disasters on cruise ships - it was Scandinavian Star for fire safety, Achille Lauro for security (hey let's not get pirated) but there was an older example like this for abandon-ship lifeboat drill stuff. Might've been the Oceanos in '91 because I remember a similar situation where the captain and bridge officers bailed immediately, here's a 15 min vid for that kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3TMpn5tpsiri5Y I really hope today's cruise staff and crew are watching updated videos with the Concordia though

[@Unhinged_Pegasus69]

I just googled it; he wasn’t joking about “My Heart Will Go On” being played on the Concordia. Apparently, two of the survivors told a Swiss newspaper that they heard it playing in one of the dining rooms right when the ship started to tilt. That’s not all, according to an article by a New Zealand paper, one of the women who survived the sinking of the Concordia also had relatives who survived the sinking of the Titanic.

[@GeneralKenobiSIYE]

The drug tests don't look for actual drugs ON the hair, but IN the hair. Drugs leave chemical markers in your hair. "Trace" amounts.

[@Raven1983Witch]

People think this was bad... and don't get me wrong, it was. But then there's the sinking of the MV Sewol in 2014. 300 people died, mostly school kids on a field trip while the command crew first told them to stay in their cabins and then abandoned the ship. Seriously, there are photos and videos of the Captain climbing onto a raft and he wasn't in his uniform either. Turned out the ferry had been illegally modified to be able to carry more cargo, the company that owned it had paid off government officials and it even brought down the South Korean government of the time because of their whole response to the disaster. The Captain and several of the command crew were jailed for lengthy sentences.

[@SnibediSnabs]

Yeah, the Sewol sinking is one of the most infuriatingly shameful incidents in maritime history. The absurd lengths they went to in trying to downplay and cover up what happened didn't help either.

[@ChicagoReacts]

oh my god that is absolutely horrifying.

[@Raven1983Witch]

@Chicago Reacts It was... and what makes it even worse is that the kids had their phones so they started calling their parents and filming. You can also hear the crew announcement to stay put as the ship was sinking 🤬 There were some heroes among the crew though. I can't remember her name but a group of surviving students said that a young woman crew member quickly got them into life jackets and onto the deck. A small fishing boat picked them up and they begged her to come with them. She refused, saying she needed to help the others and that the crew leaves last. She was last seen alive, running back into the ship and her body was later picked up in the water once the ship had capsized. Also, they had to amend the survivors' list from 172 to 171 when the vice principal of the school, who had been rescued at the time, hanged himself in grief 2 days later.

[@Theegreygaming]

the drugs in the hair is actually a long term drug test, your hair and fingernails can actually hold trace amounts of drugs for months and they use it to determine long term drug use so even though he was clean during the crash, he was probably a heavy partier during his off time.

[@seban678]

Best reactor (if that's a word) on this channel. You can tell she has genuine empathy and isn't putting on a show for the camera. Love you Lauren!

[@valimardorrin6869]

typically a hair folichal can go back months. I assume thats what was meant by hair sample

[@ExRazR]

you really should watch the Q/A about this video. it really rounds things up

[@SleepySkull1]

39:30, it's very relevant because if she wasn't on the bridge, the captain (probably) wouldn't have tried to impressed her with that stupid and dangerous stunt. She was a distraction.

[@iampotsataja]

Love Laurens reactions, they're so genuine.

[@jcaique]

Genine lmao.

[@iampotsataja]

@@jcaique thanks for the notice

[@MineneUryuu]

What made me mad about this whole thing is that a captain is the only one in jail and no one else was held responsible pretty much.

[@KatanaDen]

A great thing to follow this up with is Internet Historian's "Costa q and a" I don't see many reactions to it and it is really really good.

[@eatgreencrayons]

It's "skull rock" because it's been fucking ships up for hundreds if not thousands of years. The Costa Concordia was just the most recent victim.

[@Kaimusic0]

27:32 WTF THAT WAS SICK

[@veradex8016]

This girl knows her pasta sauce! 11/10

[@mustsnip537]

57:43 I swear when you exhaled I thought you were making that squeaking noise. I was extremally confused for a second.

[@drautch]

I don't know who you are but I love how Invested you got. Going to sub for more reactions

[@valimardorrin6869]

also she was on the bridge. gives a reason to argue that the captin was showing off for her

[@dagonofthedepths]

That trail kind of annoyed me. They basically threw the captain under the bus, which don't get me wrong, he deserved it, but it wasn't only his fault. Like if the third officer was actually doing her job and reading back call outs, this accident might not have even happened. The first officer was also straight up lying in trial about the captain. When he said there was confusion on who was in command, that's a straight up lie, you can hear clearly the captain saying he has command on the ship recorder. There are a lot of things pointing to him being just a bad officer and it seems like he was trying to deflect to the captain. Even if you look at the company, clearly, they were cutting a lot of corners with personnel. In fact, during the trail the helmsman was the only one that seemed to have been willing to give unbiased testimony but well you know. Again, I don't think the captain should have gotten off, but I really don't like this kangaroo court style justice that obscures facts. Every witness giving fabricated testimony is doing just that. Especially after that farce makes me feel like the people getting pleas getting 1-3 years of jail/house arrest is kind of disgusting to me. One good thing is the company had to pay for the cleanup so that hurt them way more than lawsuits ever could. I mean let's be a fell million-dollar lawsuit isn't going to hurt a company worth billions. A clean up that cost 1.2 billion will. Other thing is just to play devil's advocate, I fell Schettino was kind of in shock. Like when he was staring out at the ship on the cliff, the police chief was kind of afraid the man was going to throw himself on the rocks. I don't think his state of mind or trying to rationalize his behavior really matters, end of the day people died, whether that happened because he was a good boy or a bad boy doesn't matter but I'm just saying you look at it as a whole there is more going on than some black and white villain story. Also just realized all the windows held. Huh, guess +1 for the construction team on that at least.

[@vaspeter2600]

That's one of the more depressing aspects of it. A whole host of people would've deserved to be put away for playing a part in the disaster (the captain included, of course) but the rest of them managed to use Schettino as a scapegoat and walk away.

[@cgmason7568]

The captain IS responsible for everything aboard the ship

[@vaspeter2600]

@@cgmason7568 But not solely. If somebody on the crew screws up they don't get to just deflect all accountability on the captain and walk away. (And the captain isn't responsible for the owners of the cruiseline cutting corners, which caused part of the problems.)

[@cgmason7568]

@@vaspeter2600 they are responsible for the actions, their lack of training, especially when they are literally 20ft from eachother

[@vaspeter2600]

@@cgmason7568 I'm about 90% sure that on a commercial cruiseliner like this one the captain doesn't have the final say on who's on the staff. The owners of the cruiseline do.

[@JoshSweetvale]

38:25 Someone doesn't know how the courts work~ In a sane world, that'd be true. In *this* world, the jury is instructed to believe a witness over video evidence.

[@riccardocastiglioni1611]

BTW, to make your skin crawl a little bit more, do you want to know what that scumbag said when he was asked to get back on the ship? "Get back on the ship, Schettino!" "But it's dark!" "GET THE F*** BACK ON THE SHIP!" I wish I made this thing up, I really do.... the whole thing was on the news (I'm Italian) for months, and I STILL can't belive it!

[@MWkillkenny84]

*Presente!* Granted, the Devil's Lawyers also point that up until the final messing up (so straight before the impact) everything was on the so-so for Schettino. It is his dereliction of duties *after* the impact that made it so easy to scapegoating him.

[@ZanathKariashi]

@@MWkillkenny84 none of which would've occurred if he was doing his job properly to begin with (aka making sure his people were doing their jobs properly like a captain is supposed to, which would've noticed and corrected the problem before it occurred). Aka he still completely failed in his job even before the accident.

[@tomabbott5259]

Love the way you say "Wada abordo Cazzo"! its better sounding with your Italian accent...just as an afterthought if you really want to be tres furioso there is a film i would recomend its called Paths of Glory by Stanley Kubrick...

[@levintwo]

If you want to keep the rage train going you could react to the two phone calls between Falco and schettino

[@TMCNJ]

15:58 I guess he did a disappearing act

[@mariodale2484]

Please please please watch the Gentleman Pirate by internet historian

[@zom8979]

If you want to see a video thats rather insane, and bothe kinda interesting and disturbing id recommend the casual criminalist video on Randy Stair( Andrew blaze)the youtuber turned mass murder

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

Sailors are superstitious because it’s always thematically appropriate for no ducking reason.

[@JoshSweetvale]

Sailors are superstitious because 99% of sailing is boring but dangerous, so they go mad like solitary prisoners.

[@phila1576]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYOznZpnZ8ZlY9k 21:20 "cruise director's assistant" = bingo caller in chief

[@Doomturtlescottydemonking]

They are actually required to check the watertight doors every single week Also why is the hell would you lie to the harbour Master Another note 47:26 the kid literally ratted them out

[@simenkvamme3003]

The Q&A video (kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2emo5ewbLqibcU) explains some of the stuff you wondered about. It also goes into more details on how he does his vids, which you may or may not find interesting.

[@vovan4467]

Moscow mule? Or just the mug?

[@ChicagoReacts]

It was, in fact, a Moscow Mule

[@Syllaren]

No more 45 minute videos... Next one 38, one after that 69 minutes. Ok then.

[@teepat5487]

i want to take this girl to dinner. she's too cute it breaks my heart.

[@GeneralKenobiSIYE]

I'm 4:45 into the video and I'm wondering how you have not heard of the Costa Concordia disaster?

[@ChicagoReacts]

no idea how I missed it either

[@rip1597]

hey, i have a suggestion/s you may enjoy! ARK: The complete Survival Stories (The Island) ARK: The complete Survival Stories (Scorched Earth) ARK: The complete Survival Stories (Abberation part 1 (And future part 2 later on when it gets released!)) ARK: (Abberation part 2 teaser) These all by NeddyTheNoodle Its just a lore story for Ark, a survival game-ive rewatched the stories multiple times, its quite intriguing even if you dont play the game. They've also got cool visuals!

[@ChicagoReacts]

well, i do love survival horror games. Definitely added to the list!

[@rip1597]

@@ChicagoReacts Horror? Not really, but it certainly can be! Its a sci-fi far-future set game with a complex and interesting story, and the characters make lasting impressions. ill find myself rewatching the stories sometimes, theyre such greatly made videos

[@oldgreggsmadmemes4431]

Spicy 🔥🥴

[@lordallaoy]

oh how much i needed this in my life

[@lordofchaosinc.261]

I agree with her, the spaghetti look nasty.

[@volundrfrey896]

With the cocaine, it goes out of your system in a few hours. But the dead cells in your hair will have traces of it until you cut it off. Considering the length of his hair he'd done it within the last year or so. Really a non issue in this case because even if he was high at the time that wouldn't have been the issue.

[@Hybrid980]

54:35 The helmsman was a poor foreigner being exploited by a company that knew they could get away with cold murder, if anything he should be getting compensation too. 🤷‍♂

[@cynicalcitizen8315]

It was a bad year for Italy.

[@PhantomShadow224]

The media cared more about the relationship drama. SPICY

[@aceofspades4221]

Can you guys do "the real bad guy of doom is not who you think it is" from shoddycast? I think kit might enjoy that

[@ChicagoReacts]

We'll mention it to him for sure! Thanks!

[@matiaspereyra9392]

54:23 ? Like yeah over all the company Is at fault 100%, but like, if they offered me and actually contracted me via a 3rd party agency in Italy to operate a cruise ship I'd be openly and unambiguously disregarding the lives of the people that are going to come aboard, even when I can speak English and understand a bit of Italian, like, I am trained to be an airship maintenance guy and even then I had to consider "can I do this? Can I trust myself with the lives of many people" by the very act of being there without the qualifications he IS admitting that at least before shit went down he did not care about the prospect of people dying to a potential mistake he could have done, in order of guilt he's third place

[@Papercut337]

Hair holds evidence of drug use that can happen several months previously. Not an expert, so I’m not sure exactly how long it stays.

[@MWkillkenny84]

Does not matter. As far as I know under our laws (I'm Italian) any consumption of drugs not listed on the 'for recreational or medical use' (read: anything that is not sold by authorized locales and pharmacies) is *illegal*, period. So Schettino being flagged positive, no matter how months before he did drugs, was already a nail in the coffin that was his case.

[@Revkor]

check out fall of 76

[@ZapZapi]

i have to say you are very pretty

[@dontrelldurant3450]

Keep her away from the fall of 76

[@8BitCristopolis]

ssSPICY

[@DeathAblazed]

her relationship wasn't relevant. but her lying about it was, because if your an investigator being lied to about that then your immediate thought is, what else is this person who was in the control room of a ship when it crashed lying to us about? she also was just the sort of person who wanted all that attention and to waste peoples time.

[@JoshSweetvale]

I disagree, the relationship was relevant because it showed the captain was likely distracted.

[@LegendsForever206]

No the relationship was relevant because it showed that the captain was most likely distracted.

[@Cassxowary]

people died horribly and it’s poking fun at a timeless movie about a ship where thousands died horrifically but sure let’s make a joke out of it all…

[@boringletsplayer6634]

😢

[@madmohawk6560]

The cost of Concordia was 32 lives... I still say the company still owes those families blood money