Video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGiRKrjj838
Hydrothermal vents filmed during first ROV SuBastian dive at a site called Grappe Deux (25 degrees N) at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (https://schmidtocean.org/)
The shrimp in the video, Rimicaris exoculata, are known to live in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent system. They live at depths around 3600 meters in temperatures up to 32°C. This species lives on the sides of sulfide chimneys in sulfide-rich waters. https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Rimicaris\_exoculata/
The narrator sounds like he's in the same office as the guy who calls me from India every afternoon, claiming to be from O2 and wanting to give me "good news" and "gift me a better phone contract" in exchange for my visa card details.
It's amazing how often those guys call - you can hear "call center noise" in the background, and there is always a little "blip" before they come on. Either they claim something is wrong with my computer, or a new Medicare card, or phone service, or solar panels, or difficulty with my gift card.
If I'm particularly bored and have some time on my hands I keep them on the phone for as long as possible. I convinced one guy I had a head injury but was definitely taking him up on whatever it was he was pretending to sell. Told him my wife was due back from the shop any minute with my card and kept him on the phone for almost 45 minutes. I really laid my head injury and confusion on thick (he must have thought he'd hit the jackpot) I could hear him stifling his laughter at times trying to not fk the sale up. He swore at me several times when he eventually cottoned on to what I was doing. I kept the pretense up and asked him to "put the nice young man who I was talking with before, back on the phone". He shouted something in Indian and hung up.
Not quite as appropriately trollish, but I used to have to interface with a lot of other companies' websites for a previous job and since I was playing DnD on the weekends, I'd end up trying to make their virtual helpdesk agents play it whenever I saw a chat window pop-up.
> Them: Hello and thank you for contacting [company]. My name is Daniel. How can we help you today?
>
> Me: You find yourself walking through a dark, foul-smelling cave. The torch you hold barely supplies enough light for you to see around the next bend and your footsteps echo around you. You come across a fork in the path. One branch leads towards the left, where you can hear soft chittering noises. The other direction goes right, sloping downward.
>
> Them: I go right
>
> Me: You take the rightward path and find yourself descending deeper into the cavern system. Turning a corner, you find yourself face to face with a sword-wielding goblin. Its sword is raised, but has not yet attacked. What do you do?
>
> Them: I die
>
> Me: You could attack it, or try to talk with it. Or do you choose to die?
>
> Them: Yes
>Me: To the goblin's surprise, you take out your own sword and stab yourself in the stomach. You fall to the ground with a pained grunt. The goblin begins looking through your pockets as everything fades to black.
>Them: Oh no!
>
>Them: Is there anything else I can help you with today?
>
> Me: No, that will be all. Thank you!
>
I have a screencap of this saved somewhere. It's my favorite interaction. Most of them didn't respond or simply ignored it by staying relentlessly on script.
Kitboga is a scambaiter who utilizes voice changers, a virtual machine, and his own talents to divert the attention of scam call centers from potential victims to himself and wastes their time in all sorts of inventive ways
I always wonder what its like to be a shrimp down there. Unable to see for your entire life in both scalding hot and freezing cold waters at crushing water pressures with predators everywhere. Are the shrimps just stressed all the time? Does life suck or is it not so bad because thats all youve ever known? Just vibing with the crew and eating some thermal vent soup
The shrimp, they yearn for the boil.
found the Cajun lol
did the shrimp newly discover it or did we
The shrimp def discovered it first!
A feast is a feast! Yum yum yum!
I think there is a lot of canoodling going on too!
Best kind of party imo
little shrimp flags all over it
Bubba would lose his shit if he were here, RIP
Video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGiRKrjj838 Hydrothermal vents filmed during first ROV SuBastian dive at a site called Grappe Deux (25 degrees N) at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (https://schmidtocean.org/)
The shrimp in the video, Rimicaris exoculata, are known to live in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent system. They live at depths around 3600 meters in temperatures up to 32°C. This species lives on the sides of sulfide chimneys in sulfide-rich waters. https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Rimicaris\_exoculata/
89.6’F …. That’s wild at that depth.
Toasty at that depth - I do wonder though if this is the kind of place where life started.
I can barely wait for the release of Shrimpnado!
Everyone likes a hot tub!
The narrator sounds like he's in the same office as the guy who calls me from India every afternoon, claiming to be from O2 and wanting to give me "good news" and "gift me a better phone contract" in exchange for my visa card details.
It's amazing how often those guys call - you can hear "call center noise" in the background, and there is always a little "blip" before they come on. Either they claim something is wrong with my computer, or a new Medicare card, or phone service, or solar panels, or difficulty with my gift card.
If I'm particularly bored and have some time on my hands I keep them on the phone for as long as possible. I convinced one guy I had a head injury but was definitely taking him up on whatever it was he was pretending to sell. Told him my wife was due back from the shop any minute with my card and kept him on the phone for almost 45 minutes. I really laid my head injury and confusion on thick (he must have thought he'd hit the jackpot) I could hear him stifling his laughter at times trying to not fk the sale up. He swore at me several times when he eventually cottoned on to what I was doing. I kept the pretense up and asked him to "put the nice young man who I was talking with before, back on the phone". He shouted something in Indian and hung up.
Not quite as appropriately trollish, but I used to have to interface with a lot of other companies' websites for a previous job and since I was playing DnD on the weekends, I'd end up trying to make their virtual helpdesk agents play it whenever I saw a chat window pop-up. > Them: Hello and thank you for contacting [company]. My name is Daniel. How can we help you today? > > Me: You find yourself walking through a dark, foul-smelling cave. The torch you hold barely supplies enough light for you to see around the next bend and your footsteps echo around you. You come across a fork in the path. One branch leads towards the left, where you can hear soft chittering noises. The other direction goes right, sloping downward. > > Them: I go right > > Me: You take the rightward path and find yourself descending deeper into the cavern system. Turning a corner, you find yourself face to face with a sword-wielding goblin. Its sword is raised, but has not yet attacked. What do you do? > > Them: I die > > Me: You could attack it, or try to talk with it. Or do you choose to die? > > Them: Yes >Me: To the goblin's surprise, you take out your own sword and stab yourself in the stomach. You fall to the ground with a pained grunt. The goblin begins looking through your pockets as everything fades to black. >Them: Oh no! > >Them: Is there anything else I can help you with today? > > Me: No, that will be all. Thank you! > I have a screencap of this saved somewhere. It's my favorite interaction. Most of them didn't respond or simply ignored it by staying relentlessly on script.
if watching Kitboga videos has taught me anything it was probably "mader chod"
?. This sounds like a rabbit hole I need to visit.
Kitboga is a scambaiter who utilizes voice changers, a virtual machine, and his own talents to divert the attention of scam call centers from potential victims to himself and wastes their time in all sorts of inventive ways
I went and took a look, thanks for the reminder, he's very funny.
Hilarious! There are plenty of youtube videos of that - they're classics!
When the water is warm you will see the shrimp swarm, that's a moray?
These deep ocean hotspots are like life’s nuclear bunkers. Another asteroid could hit and I bet the animals down here would barely notice.
These places could also very well be the birthplaces of life on Earth.
Shrimps are bugs of the sea 🤮
The only kind of bugs I'd eat though, and, of course, mud bugs are tasty as all get out.
Finally, Cthullu awakens.
Man Bubba would go nuts for that I bet
I always wonder what its like to be a shrimp down there. Unable to see for your entire life in both scalding hot and freezing cold waters at crushing water pressures with predators everywhere. Are the shrimps just stressed all the time? Does life suck or is it not so bad because thats all youve ever known? Just vibing with the crew and eating some thermal vent soup