Social media snark and jokes abounded during the saga of the missing Titanic submersible, leading some commentators to call it the worst of modern culture.
Many cultural observers, like LA Times writer Jessica Gelt, observed the online banter on social media could be driven by schadenfreude due to the wealth of the Titan’s passengers.
Through Wednesday and into Thursday, the OceanGate incident dominated social media site trends and among many of these posts were memes about the perceived ignorance of boarding such a voyage to begin with.
A new study found that California's performing arts sector fell a decade behind in job growth in 2021. Large swaths of of the industry could be wiped out if the downward trend continues, leaders say.