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US medical professionals will conduct a formal analysis of presumed remains, the coast guard said.

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[–] assclapcalamity@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Billionaire Dust! Captured from The Deep! Distilled and Trapped in a Powerful Tincture! Does not contain urine.

[–] AllonzeeLV@vlemmy.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (10 children)

Get your titanic billionaire dust speck with certificate of authenticity! Only $99.95!

It's what any proud capitalist would want, to have their remains monetized and sold off piece by piece and circulated like the currency they dedicated their life to hoarding, just like the Ferengi do from star trek!

[–] assclapcalamity@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (9 children)

oh dang are the Ferengi this dumb? I canna think they were but dam I forgot how.

[–] AllonzeeLV@vlemmy.net 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They were. There was a DS9 episode where quark was sure he was goong to die and was pre-selling his body to collectors.

They were a critique of modern capitalists just as the Klingons were of the soviets. Unfortunately modern capitalism has become such a cartoon of insatiable greed, it's become difficult to satirize.

[–] assclapcalamity@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

thanks i never watched all of DS9

[–] Flaky_Fish69@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Ferengi capitalists never started major wars. They were better than. Pillars of the community. Earth capitalists were violent and British thugs…

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