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"The Cost of Concordia" | Kip Reacts to Internet Historian

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Fellow Legends, welcome! Today we dive into the Cost of Concordia, truly a maritime disaster of all time in modernity. This is the next adventure into our Rewind Month where we reprise a few choice videos to bring them up to modern QA. Internet Historian did a wonderful job putting this together with his team, and outlines so many details and so much information in such a concise and professional manner. This was truly a great watch, and I absolutely loved this video! What are your thoughts on the Concordia? Do you think things could have been prevented much sooner? Do you think justice was served in the end? If you liked this video as much as I did then I do absolutely recommend you go and check out the original video to show some support for the source material!

Original Channel: Internet Historian
Original Channel Link: @internethistorian
Original Video: The Cost of Concordia
Original Video Link: The Cost of Concordia

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20 Comments

@WeirdCis 3 years ago (edited)

The word mistress can also mean a woman a person is cheating on their spouse with. It's not just a word used in the S&M context. When Asmongold reacted to this video, he also thought about kinky stuff when the term mistress was mentioned. Weird. I thought it's widely known that mistress is commonly used in the context of cheating more so than in the kinky side of things.

Edit: To the people wondering how the word mistress can be kinky, mistress can also mean the feminine version of the word master. So just imagine how that works in a kinky scenario where a person is submissive and their woman partner is dominant.

@JMsolidsnake 3 years ago

So according to a relative who worked on cruise liners. You can have the training to be a captain but because of the limited number of ships, most of them take lower positions on ships til a captain position opens up. So while he was security he could of had the training and everything to be captain

@Rukdug 3 years ago

The thing is, Sail by Salutes are technically illegal, but Italy doesn't really enforce that because Cruise lines are an incredibly important part of the economy for a lot of coastal communities. It's also why the company got such a small slap on the wrist from the court, because the Italian government wants the company to keep working at peak capacity or as close to peak capacity as possible.

I will also say, if Schettino had done only two things, no matter how chaotic or bad things got, he wouldn't have been the fall guy. If he had a) not lied to the port authorities and b) hadn't abandoned the ship, the blame wouldn't have landed so squarely on him. It would more likely have been split between him, the helmsman (most likely in a lesser, involuntary degree), and the third officer (for not following procedure). Possibly the first officer as well, because he was according to all procedures and even maritime law, not supposed to try and correct 315 to 335 because he did not have the com, and trying to give directions when you don't have the com is dangerous because it can confuse the helmsman.

@ThatGuyOrby 3 years ago (edited)

Kip...Mistress does not refer to just an S&M relationship, it originally meant and still is used in the context as a lady a husband might see if they're not being faithful to their wife XD

@hiibejebiibii3832 3 years ago

They weren't in an S&M relationship. He was cheating on his wife with her.

@Delvokian 3 years ago

Lying during a panic is a bad idea because once the passengers learn whats actually going on they wont trust a word you say and thats when the real panic happens. You wont be able to direct them because they will assume you are lying.

@alicelenn7579 3 years ago (edited)

For my whole life, this is the first time i heard someone connect being a mistress as S&M thing. Typically when people hear mistress, it means like a side chick. Someone who your boyfriend/husband is cheating you with. I'm sure that's why they said they're in a romantic relationship coz they mean mistress as in a sidechick, "the captain's lover" like they said in the vid.

@XaifaxVT 3 years ago (edited)

The Champaign not breaking is a pretty legit test. I kid you not shipbuilding companies have spent MILLIONS of dollars researching the best bottles to use to ensure they break during the ceremony. The bottle failing to shatter means they picked the wrong one, meaning they cut corners so much they couldn't even be bothered to google what that research turned up.

And the Titanic was rated for 4 compartments, not 2, and had mechanical rams that would force the doors closed even in the event of a jam. The Titanic was safer than the Concordia. Before anyone starts, yes I know the bulkheads needed to go all the way up the ship and it didn't have enough lifeboats, but the Concordia still needed MUCH less water to sink it.

Given he was head of security, and Costa's reputation for aiding smugglers, it's highly likely he got promotions and was protected because he was looking the other way for said illegal shipments.

"I wonder if this plays a part in the revocation of those privileges?" - unfortunantly most cities can't do squat to force them to stop the sail by salutes.

@Nightmare_52 3 years ago (edited)

kip every time he sees a money number
"wait, that was back then money"
also for extra info they have a QnA on the second channel, clears up a lot

@iron_side5674 3 years ago

Kip being WAY too polite here.

As a European, i can assure you, it is Italy, it was 100% Corruption.
ALL the shit that seemed Sketchy, most likely was.

@astrodoops 2 years ago

She isn’t authorized to be there. Captain was literally flexing.

@idea_most_ingineous 2 years ago

8:37 "Remind yourself that overconfidence is a slow and incidious killer"

@DestroySteve 3 years ago

“OSHA TOS” is so accurate. 😂

@IgnoredScuff 3 years ago

First Officer: Captain we are approaching the coast!
Francesco Schettino: BOAT goes brrr

@majormutant7029 3 years ago

She wasn’t an S&M mistress. She was the AshleyMadison type

@freakysquirrel7218 3 years ago (edited)

The Red Baron was shot down because he followed an enemy plane for so long that he ended up in enemy territory. Once he realized that, it was already too late. His last words apparently were "Kaputt"

@angela_eric 3 years ago

Yes steering a large boat like the Costa Concordia is basically trying to drift a big rig into parking spots like a sports car.

@The_Fierce_Deity 3 years ago

I remember this video… still can’t believe how stupid the captain was.

@ShinigamiSamaH 3 years ago (edited)

Definitely need to see the follow-up incognito video on Concordia where IH answers questions and expands on the context of the story. For example, the area where the ship sank has to be cordoned off and restricted access, which severely harms the fishermen of the island for losing a valuable fishing location. In exchange, the cleanup crew plus a larger tourism flow came to the island to see the wreck, which does boost the economy of the islanders (doesn't much help the fishermen, though).

@BNuts 3 years ago

My favourite wreck story is that of the SS America . After its service with America Lines, it went through various other owners, some of whom did not maintain her properly. The worst was Venture Cruises, who wanted to run short cruises out of the port, but couldn't be bothered to even clean up the garbage that had accumulated. Passengers took one look at the mess and demanded to be let off immediately. Venture did try again, but with only a surface cleaning, and with the same results, and bankruptcy. America was then bought to be made into a hotel or seaborne university. While being towed, she encountered a storm, and the towing cable broke. She ended up washing up on the beach of an island (forget which), where the hull was pounded by ocean surf while companies refused to accept responsibility and pay to have her refloated. The ocean broke America 's keel, at which point there were two halves of the hulk. The surf broke down the aft portion first, then the bow. Some of it might still be there, but I think it's pretty much all eroded away. There are famous photos of the front half just sitting there, open to the world. But to me, this was the ship refusing any further misuse. She chose to go out on her own terms.