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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • The monthly prices users pay per maid are according to race, the website states – with employers charged less for the services of a black maid. “Filipinas AED3,500 ($952)/month” and “Africans AED2,700 ($735)/month,” it states

    The website states that Filipina maids require a bedroom of their own to sleep in, while African maids do not.

    Nobody does racist slavery quite like the Gulf Arab countries, do they? I don’t know which is more grim, that or the disclaimer:

    “Zero legal liability. Maid stays on our visa, so you’ll never have to worry about any legal consequences. If anything goes wrong (eg runaway maid, pregnancy), we’re responsible to deal with any lawsuits or visits to police stations, not you.”

    IE, you can sexually abuse your underpaid migrant worker without fear of legal consequences, and the employer can then revoke their visa. What a great service! /s









  • Agreed. It sounds like both the viewport — its manufacturer wouldn’t guarantee it past 1,800m the way they had it installed — and the hull itself were both potential liabilities.

    I hope they nail the CEO to the wall, frankly. The more info comes out, the more this disaster looks entirely foreseeable. He refused to have the sub certified despite being warned of potentially catastrophic results, fired his own director of marine operations for blowing the whistle on serious safety risks, and is on the record denouncing regulations for tourist subs for having, quote, “needlessly prioritized passenger safety”.

    Not a pretty picture.