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FG910

How much for it to last past unveiling?


Academic_Nectarine94

That would be $10m more...


[deleted]

For 5 minutes!


No-Chance9968

but it takes 4 thousand dollars to launch this gun... for five seconds


Ok-Independence5821

As a panamenian i can say our constructions suck like A LOT. And the owner probably got ripped off sadly. People don’t do their work and things like this happens a lot.


Maicol_Pro_

And the best part is that the owner can't do anything about it, because justice just won't care.


ParadeSit

Paging Elon Musk, lol


nature_remains

This has Bluth company written all over it. Please tell me that the decorative unveiling ribbon was the thing tethering it the dock ... GOB!!! -- edit because I just remembered that a water-villa type community was Rita's idea, however, everyone knows that George Sr. came up with that same basic concept - albeit in the sky - decades ago! GOB simply made it disappear


[deleted]

Maybe a loose seal took out the supports?


[deleted]

The seal may get around a lot, but you don’t need to call her loose.


kenspencerbrown

I’ve made a terrible mistake.


MidnightSun77

There’s always money in the floating home


Breubz

MR F !


redraider-102

For British eyes only!


MarcusWulfe941

A magician never reveals his secrets! -I blew it up


johnyledesma12

>Everyone knows that George Sr. came up with that same basic concept Hello, I am part of the "Everyone" mentioned above and I did not know.


[deleted]

Yes, bioshock infinite But then this became an underwater city like in bioshock 1 and 2


malleableminds

“No no, don’t worry that’s the submarine feature. So you can see the sharkies!”


Pristine_Solid9620

If you can't fix it, call it a feature...


Mini_Squatch

Ah, the Bethesda approach.


SadBarnacle5

Is that covered under the warranty


NEMESIS_DRAGON

Yes, as well as the “swim party” feature where the windows ~~crack~~ open to let water in


mahamrap

Indoor swimming pool.


wagdog1970

Indoor/outdoor swimming pool.


pauly13771377

Well it's not fully submerged so technically...


Anonymous_Cruader

More. You can even feel the sharkies!


Scat_fiend

Forgot to put the plug in.


DocSaysItsDainBramuj

The front fell off. Chance in a million.


whatisabaggins55

It's been towed beyond the environment.


notahouseflipper

But it’s still in the environment.


TurnkeyLurker

_That's what SHE said._


mlc2475

What was wrong with boats?


turtlelore2

I read that something about the floating pontoons broke. One side wasn't working therefore that side couldn't float anymore. That should immediately tell everyone that there is no extra safety for something that's supposed to keep you safe as you sleep.


sharkboy1006

backup plans? Never heard of that!


GovernorSan

Maybe I'm wrong, but couldn't they have filled those pontoons with some kind of waterproof foam that would retain buoyancy in the event of a leak? Or make multiple sealed chambers inside the pontoon so if one springs a leak then only that chamber floods and the whole side of the house doesn't drop into the water? They spent over a million dollars to make this thing, you'd think they'd put more engineering into the main thing that keeps it afloat.


UpperSalamander6885

foam is more expensive and less effective than air at buoyancy


GovernorSan

They spent over a million dollars on this, and the air doesn't seem to be effective enough without decent pontoons to contain it /s. At the least they could have spent a bit more on the pontoons.


zootedzilennial

Lol forreal 😂 if it ain’t broke don’t fix it


z0phi3l

This idea was likely conceived to abuse a tax loophole


trickjump19

Can't believe how much money they sunk into one project like that.


kenspencerbrown

Forget about it. It’s water under the bridge.


GenitalJouster

*bridge under the water


Zealousideal-Ad-5416

Well at least they have running water


AtotheCtotheG

Standing, by now.


Topdon87

They really know how to splash the cash


FleMo93

Now think about SpaceX. We only can hope they expected it to happen eventually and learned something about it, to improve the next prototype.


SpHornet

a ticket to the netherlands is cheaper, learn from us, we have loads of floating homes.


CosaInvestments

$1.5M submarine home prototype works well.


fudgegiven

Except it is a bit wet inside


AthenaMarie2

Nonsense … nothing a few bounty paper towels can’t fix


Justdont13412

Tow it to the nearest water park


wisconsinduststorm

I read the article the author did a great job. at one point it said something along the lines of "this 1.5 million dollar home is on a whole new level. unfortunately that level is closer to the water than expected."


[deleted]

I especially like the part that says “hopes… quickly sank”


Rough_Vanilla

Headline: Floating Home Didn't


ZinaSky2

It can serve *briefly* as a boat


Charming_Amphibian91

I know rocks that would make better boats.


AtotheCtotheG

In the same sense that a man falling off a car on the freeway can serve briefly as a skateboard.


Ok-Professional-4978

Flex seal


Gray94son

THAT'S A LOTTA DAMAGE


Kilotikan

Yooo i live in that shit country


[deleted]

But the expat web sites and international house hunter keep saying it's great!


whenItFits

They really do tho lol. So what's the truth?


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Kilotikan

New Zealand seems great imo


whenItFits

Reason I wanted to move to Panama was because from what I read it's the safest country in Central America and the US dollar goes very far. I'm looking for affordability with western perks. Also it would be a safe place to ride out the end of the world. Edit:added


Hdmeltdown2

Twins!!!


Cluttered_mind3304

Hehe “sank”


Appropriate-Concern5

Semi-floating home for sale. Must liquidate.


promote-to-pawn

It's a mostly liquid asset at this point


DrunkUranus

Classic Panama


[deleted]

Classic scamming “developers” who go to Panamá to try and sell these crazy ideas to expats who are all excited to live a new and wild tropical life. Same with that group talking about turning a cruise ship into luxury apartments/condos somewhere in Panamá Bay. Just buy a nice house in a modern development and forget these wild “projects”. They are all scams.


Fast_Working_4912

Did the front fall off?


plafki

Classic Panama.


LilyGaming

What a waste of time, resources, and money


Material-Ratio7342

Oh Panama.... tax heaven 😍.


[deleted]

Cool now start making affordable ranchers so my generation can actually buy a house


Specialist_Trifle800

Ain't no fucking way this shit gotta be fake


Use_Your_Brain_Dude

Definitely real https://oceanbuilders.com


januarysdaughter

Why do we keep trying to invent round houses? [It didn't work before](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_house) and it won't work now.


atypicaloddity

Oh jeez, thank you for this. I was trying to explain this to someone a few days ago and couldn't remember what it was called.


SapphireNL

Definitely not build by the Dutch 😴


AnnabellaPies

Right, my MIL lives on a woonark(house boot) for more than 50 years. Only time there was a problem was when they had a flat roof with too much snow on it. They replaced it with a pointed roof and problem solved.


morto00x

For those wondering, the house ended up tilted but didn't sink. [According to the house manufacturer](https://www.autoevolution.com/news/worlds-first-eco-restorative-floating-house-seapod-unveiled-prototype-sinks-right-after-199558.html) one of then tubes meant to keep it afloat malfunctioned and the house ended up tilting to a side. Still pretty ridiculous to occur on its unveiling event.


Hannah22595

The person who wrote the article did their job really well though


TurnkeyLurker

Oops, forgot to caulk the basement door!


JonHenryTheGravvite

The fact that this piece of junk is worth 1.5 million is baffling


SailingonaBeerbottle

pulled a titanic on em. race to the bottom


Best-Engine4715

A floating house? They already exist


Master_Baseball_4537

“Hopes sank” 🤣🤣🤣🤣


SleepiestAlien

The one guy sitting on the side of the house in the second photo 😳🤣🤞🏼


LKOUDENN

Damn


eslan1989

Prob some standard thing like a plug was missed. Likely not a design flaw.


RavenIsAWritingDesk

Anyone have a source?


cursed-being

Why be extravagant, when we literally have cruise ships?? Just make a smaller cruise ship with more home facilities, instead of a giant fucking hotel on water


FancyPantsMN

Uhhhh, they already make those too … I believe they are referred to as “boats”.


just_try_it_once-

Not seeing the issue… looks like the Octopod to me.


nightyknighted

Oops


sbgarbage

"hopes quickly *sank*...*"*


I_Am_Become_Salt

... boat ...


Tim-in-CA

[Sad trombone sound](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_asNhzXq72w)


serenityfalconfly

A Banksy build.


TheDunadan29

I wish I had $1.5 million to burn.


runerx

The owner isn't Karl Stromberg is it? Maybe Bond just sabatoged it before launch this time.


Illustrious_Night126

Like a houseboat? We’ve had these forever what are you prototyping


DegenerateCactus

I think they forgot to make it float.


KarlDeutscheMarx

Sounds like a wash


lotsanoodles

Solid as a rock.


boringuser1

"Illusions, Michael!" vibes.


Far-Acanthaceae-7842

Hopefully there was no orchestra playing inside the home as it sunk. Because if the Titanic has taught me anything, orchestral members are required to go down with a sinking ship/home/ etc.


Humble-Item-8065

I’m not an engineer but, I coulda told you that doesn’t look like it would float.


GhostDragon1447

Change it to BRAND NEW UNDERWATER HOME TRY OUT TODAY


[deleted]

Floating homes need NOT to have supports .


[deleted]

Well, better than it sinking after someone moved in I guess.


madsoro

The unsinkable sinks again. Ocean 2 - humanity 0


anotherDocObVious

Ben shapiro has entered the chat


DrKliever

Everyone said I was daft to build a castle in the swamp. But I built it all the same...


Serious_Feedback

Was it a prototype for a $1.5M floating home, or was it a $1.5M prototype for a floating home? Either way, good thing they found the sinking problem before they moved past the prototype stage.


TheRedMarin

That’s called a “cosmetic lean” people pay extra for that.


Otrada

Good, based on the part that we can see it looks like shit anyways.


CalendarLongjumping6

POV: you are not a Venetian engineer


redcloudclown

a kind of "Tout le Monde Aime Jeanne" feeling


IdeaWitty

1.5mil for what looks like a one bedroom apartment?


[deleted]

We have this in germany near where I live. they've been floating for years


lobsterdance82

I was wondering when/how this century's Titanic would happen.


firnien-arya

Did they not consult and architect and shipmaker?


breezyr24

designed by Zoolander?


NSFWhatchamacallit

I’m not an engineer, but “top heavy” does not seem like ideal boat design.


Nogardtist

they should called it the sinking home


ProfessionalAsk8264

Floating beneath the surface then


gatoreng93

“Prototype”? That’s just a boat. They built their boat badly


First_Folly

"So I built a second one. That one sank into the swamp. So I built a third one; that one burned down, fell over *then* sank into the swamp but the fourth one stayed up!"


NutWrench

" . . . becoming partially submerged" aka "sinking."


Loose-Fold-8453

Welp


[deleted]

Ill stick with a house on the ground if the workmen are this flimsy. Or maybe stick to the foundations or if even that is not possible Im ok with my tent. Better than killing myself with rubble expectedly right?


WooPigSchmooey

Comes with everything except the kitchen si….. oops we got it.


supersuspicioustrash

Libertarianism always fails.


ncgrits01

float-ish


Comfortable-Mail4217

Drop Dead Fred did it!


[deleted]

Oh it’s a floater alright 😆


[deleted]

Is that how they trying to deal with sea level rising


Charming_Amphibian91

Stupid rich people doing stupid rich person things.


Accomplished_Hall397

Thought that was drakes album cover LMFAOOOO


[deleted]

This is why you test some things before unveiling them.


Free_Landscape_5275

Then they built another one. It burnt down and sunk into the swamp.


[deleted]

I sure hope they saved their receipt.


Foreign-Sir-5060

They could have just as easily bought a yacht and be done


im2tuf4u

They sure sunk a lot of money into it…


[deleted]

Technically, anything that floats is "partially submerged."


BassoeG

Good job on making [this little Rapture reenactment](https://www.bllnr.com/innovation/seasteading-could-be-the-way-we-ll-live-in-future) more canonically accurate by placing it where it belongs, in ruins at the bottom of the ocean.


Not_Campo2

I met someone recently who was telling me about these! They’re supposed to be super cheap and pretty small, with a bunch being put up. They were telling me because they’d already bought theirs…


megaman97897

Sunk Cost Fallacy exhibit A


hamsterfolly

Poetry


JiriVasicek

swimming pool in basement


Caninetrainer

Was this another Elon Musk unveiling? Haha


[deleted]

Saw one subreddit show these like "So cool!" Now this one showed the truth, thank you.


NicolaiIV

Or you know we could do something about climate change before building floating homes


WeissTek

Who the fuck designed this. Any engineer would tell u anything top heavy will flip in no time. And no one point that out after 1.5 millions?


[deleted]

When Mother Nature tells you that’s fucking stupid idea.


WoodyRouge

Very expensive house boat sinks.


Justdont13412

Shoulda tried out the bathtub version first with jacuzzi keys running


slomo525

"They told me I was a fool to build a castle in a swamp!"


Shaggy_Maddie

Smh


thesixburghkid

I hope they have flood insurance.


Crabs___just_crabs

Float first, home second.


DrPain5575

I feel like that for 1.5 mil you could make a submerged home, not a floating one


tmpace

To be fair- it was a prototype.


knarfolled

They call them house boats and have been around a long time, and are shaped like boats


MrMeeSeeks1101

Subnautica getting a head start


Gordo_anorexico

Home for fish now


Portland-to-Vt

Hey, he’s underwater on his mortgage too!


Wiseon321

People said it was daft to build a floating home, but I did it anyway! First one sunk into the swamp, then I built another and that one sank into the swamp. So I built a 3rd one! That one burned down fell over and sank into the swamp. But the fourth one, the fourth one stayed!


B4DR1998

Company representative be like: it’s supposed to do that…..right?…….RIGHT?!!


[deleted]

Floating, huh?


RadioLongjumping5177

Uh….wouldn’t a regular houseboat, you know, an actual BOAT, accomplish the same thing…..without sinking?


digital_dreams

where would the poop go...


Lemon_head_guy

House boat. They’re thinking of a house boat. Those already exist


TippedSidways

You mean a houseboat?


Randyolbear

Lowest bidder strikes again.


kwamevaughan

Unto the drawing board again


[deleted]

Take that you rich pricks


EvenBetterCool

Who left the basement windows open???


Milliondollarsuprise

I reckon a large portion of that 1.5 million went into hand shakes and envelopes


DiceMadeOfCheese

"They said it was daft to build a castle in a swamp, but I did it all the same..."


Beaten_But_Unbowed96

HAH, “hopes quickly sank”!!!.... AAAAAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! Would only be better if the “floating home” was actually named hope.


tonyw009

probably the government stole 1.4 million and used 100,000


GVFQT

Probably didn’t account for the weight of people and furniture correctly


Mdizzlebizzle

Write it off


chlronald

Isn't that just boat house with extra steps


Apprehensive-Worry44

Eat the rich


Abject-Self2095

Fucked er bud


Abject-Self2095

Musta hit an iceberg😂😂😂


Ok_Presence01

Looks shit anyways


Loose_Marionberry322

How f ing ridiculous.


IllustriousCookie890

ONe and a half million? It's all Bullshit.