"Safety regulations are for pussies," said the CEO of OceanGate in a statement as he clambered aboard his homemade submarine, purposefully named Titan to poke the eye of the sea god Poseidon.
"And we can't let them stifle our innovation," said the grinning man as his crew bolted the hull shut from the outside. "So-called 'numerous issues' posing 'serious safety concerns' are just haters with an axe to grind." He then fingered his off-brand game controller to steer the submarine down to the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, where the Titanic lies as a warning to all those who would tempt the wrath of the Ancients.
"But if we do happen to run into a spot of bother," the CEO continued via text messages from the depths far below, "we expect the full cooperation of the American taxpayer to bail us out."