Remember that Sisyphus was a monster that killed people that he invited into his court. We are not Sisyphus, and we should not share his punishment.

Dr Horrible intended to be evil but never followed through.

I meant “maybe” in the context of it seeming like a significant gamble to attempt the rescue. It certainly doesn’t always work out for the potential rescuers. https://slate.com/technology/2013/05/rescuers-turning-into-victims-lessons-from-first-responders-on-saving-people.html

So my hedging with the word “maybe” is because I certainly don’t have the expertise to know the risks with attempting the rescue, but then again “maybe” any potential rescuers shouldn’t have asked for permission.

I worked on pipelines for part of my career in maintenance planning, not in construction. I’ve been trying to guess at how a rescue operation could have been attempted in this case. I’m not aware of any mechanism for cutting into the pipe at the depth the divers were stuck that wouldn’t immediately result in flooding the pipe, or risk cutting through the divers. The only rescue option that I could guess at is divers going in from the end of the pipe, swimming down through the length of it, and somehow pulling the trapped divers out.

Maybe the owner/state should have let rescuers give it a try, but that rescue option sounds terrifying as hell.

If I may offer a counter-point, I’ve been the supervisor of an employee that was on leave with no expectation of returning to work. I supported their decision and made sure that they had access to our employer’s health benefits, medical and mental, and tried to help with placement opportunities as much as i could. Though as the supervisor I was not able to hire someone else to do the work while the employee, who had made clear they would not perform the job any longer, was still technically employed.

Comments that require a, “well, back on Reddit…” explanation. Could include comments about that guy’s dead wife. That one kid’s broken arms, etc.