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u/LazyMode21 22h ago
So... What we've learned today?
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u/Few-Presentation-117 22h ago
Always dig a grave for yourself and proudly sit in it.
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u/Andries89 22h ago
That the sea will try and murder you, even when you're on the beach
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u/baldieforprez 22h ago
To be fair they invited the sea into the beach
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u/Andries89 21h ago
And it instantly tried to murder a whole family, super aggressive if you ask me
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u/FwooshingMachi 20h ago
That the lifeguard is hot and I need to find less stupid scenario to get him to rescue me without actually endangering myself and/or others ?
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u/Pu242 22h ago
that people are idiots
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u/cityshepherd 21h ago
I was a beach lifeguard for 4 years. I can confirm that NOBODY learned any lessons that day, and people’s potential for sheer idiocy is nearly unfathomable.
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u/suckeddit 21h ago
One child laying down parallel to the shore will not cause the tides to change direction.
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u/DreamingAboutSpace 19h ago
Don't bother digging your own grave if you're going to require two dozen people to get you out of it.
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u/dxbnelle 22h ago
Nobody spoke about how burned they’re all are?
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u/Howitzer92 22h ago
The chubby one is gonna have to live in aloe vera for a few days.
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u/MotherFuckerJones88 22h ago
I got that burnt once. Literally layed on a bed with no blankets, naked in front of a fan with my arms out to my side for 2 and half days. No fun at all.
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u/Snark_Connoisseur 19h ago
If it ever happens again try spraying Apple Cider Vinegar on your skin. You just pout it into a spray bottle and spritz it on. It makes it so you can still move your limbs. Ya know how when you're really burned the skin can't bend or crease? ACV soothes and let's you still bend the burned parts.
I learned this after getting a terrible burn on a daytime boat trip and walking around on a Cay looking for something with sleeves to buy. An older woman was walking by on the other side of the road and yelled 'APPLE CIDER VINEGAR! PUT IT ON YOUR SUNBURN! TRUST ME! I'M OLD!' while walking away 😂
She was right.
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u/Du5tyL0ft 19h ago
Worst sunburn I had was in Menorca, early 80's so I was early teens. Very red and swollen on the backs of my legs by evening, after spending much of the day face down on a Lilo in the sea, and my suncream must have washed off. My Mum actually slapped my legs because I was grizzling so much at the dinner table, before she realised the full extent of the burn. I ended up with blisters the size of half an egg just above each heel. The hotel doctor had to cut them open with scissors to drain the fluid. My skin was so tight I could not straighten my legs, and could not walk for almost 2 weeks. I could only just walk again by the end of the two week holiday, just in time to catch the plane home. Worst holiday ever.
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u/icarusbird 17h ago
I got burned like that in Okinawa. Laid out on the beach for maybe 45 minutes with no sunblock, and ended up with blisters covering the entire length of my ankles. I couldn't walk for only about 24 hours (two weeks, how the fuck?), but I was active duty at the time and still had to lace up my boots over those blisters, or risk actual punishment, possibly even NJP. At the time, at least, if you fucked your body up so bad through bad decision-making and couldn't go to work, you could literally lose rank over it.
Anyway, yeah, wear sunblock or protective clothing kids.
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u/VirginiaLuthier 22h ago
There is a whole conspiracy theory now that sunscreen makes you sick, and that sun glasses give you skin cancer. For real...
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u/Zakluor 22h ago edited 19h ago
I heard about the sunglasses thing recently. The "science" says that there are receptors in your eyes that tell your body to react and prevent burns and UV-filtering glasses, shaded or otherwise, block this "natural body response" that keeps burns at bay.
None of them can explain what the "natural body response" is or what its mechanism might be. Nevermind the fact that people get sunburns with or without sunglasses.
Edit: these people aren't talking about sunlight causing cancer on retinas. They're talking about wearing sunglasses causing sunburns on your skin. They think not wearing sunglasses allows your body to adjust such that you won't get a sunburn.
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u/grv144 22h ago
Do blind people tan more quickly?
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u/Zakluor 22h ago
That's a good question to ask an "expert", next time I encounter one.
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u/XxRocky88xX 20h ago
Hi expert here, it’s currently 9:15 AM and I am already 7 beers in so you know I’m qualified to talk about this. I saw a TikTok video last night when I was 30 beers in and it said that blind people are technically subhuman and therefore cannot tan.
Remember folks, facts lie, alcoholism and unverified TikTok clips is the path to true knowledge. Make America Great Again.
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u/JohnnyTamaki 20h ago
But RFK Jr. says we shouldn't trust experts anymore. So I think we should go harass grocery store workers instead. They'll probably know.
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u/AL_GEE_THE_FUN_GUY 22h ago
The smug arrogance of stupid people with an internet connection is killing us.
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u/TheDigitalAce 22h ago
Alot of this nonsense comes from a seed of truth that gets warped. I imagine this one comes from the fact that sunglasses that are NOT UV protective damage your eyes, becuse the reduction of visible light causes your pupils to dilate more, letting in more UV light.
Of course, the claim doesn't hold true if the sunglasses also block UV light.
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u/Mooseboots1999 21h ago
Yes - I avoid $5 gas station sunglasses because of this.
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u/Agile-Source-6758 21h ago
We'll have none of your common sense and logic backed up by facts here sir....
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u/Snark_Connoisseur 19h ago
I have a sunspot/freckle on the inside back wall of my eye that my eye doctor checks yearly to see if it's becoming skin cancer.
I had no clue you could even get skin cancer on the inside back wall of your eye.
He suggests large, oversized sunglasses to protect eyes from sun damage. He says the bigger the better and don't care about looking stupid. Cover the entire eye including the skin around it.
Anyway, just a tidbit for scrollers by
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u/lorarc 21h ago
Not a conspiracy theory but just a reminder. Sunglasses without uv-filter hurt your eyes as they actually cause more of UV rays to reach the sensitive parts of your eyes. So at least cheap plastic glasses do cause cancer.
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u/dxbnelle 22h ago
Interesting.. BUT! I live in a desert climate, we’re hitting 45-50 degrees Celsius here in Summer months with a nasty high sun (sorry sun). Now, I have light coloured green eyes - my eyes are extremely sensitive to this sun, which makes driving without sunglasses impossible. It results in me not being able to distinguish the road vs desert landscape at a certain point. I’ve heard a theory that light coloured eyes are more sensitive and need protection with such UV light hitting your eye balls because darker eye colours are having this built in? Correct me if I am wrong.
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u/Zakluor 22h ago
I couldn't correct you because I don't know. My eyes are blue and over decades of working in a dark environment, I found I kept looking for darker and darker sunglasses with each new prescription. I find it hard, almost painful, to be outside without them, especially in winter.
I have not noticed any correlating increase in sensitivity to sunburn in that same time frame.
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u/Bismothe-the-Shade 21h ago
So most eyes are blue as a base. Then you grow this protective plate that happens to have a different color, and that goes over your very receptive and open blue eye. That colored plate is a protective layer of melanin, designed to absorb extra light etc.
Blue eyes tend to struggle with light because of this. The darker/more melinated eyes struggle less by degrees.
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u/mrkarlman 21h ago
These are the kind of people that drink raw milk.
Source: I work at a health food store
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u/dxbnelle 22h ago
Oh sigh… and olive oil or brushing your teeth give you cancer right? I have a few more up on my sleeve.
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u/Ambitious-Fix9934 22h ago
It’s good to be aware that sunscreen isn’t necessarily harmless. Several of the chemical filters used in sunscreens (Oxybenzone, Octinoxate, Homosalate) are potential endocrine disruptors. Octocrylene also breaks down into benzophenone, a known carcinogen.
But yes, the risks presented by those ingredients is worth the reward of not frying your skin and hopefully avoiding skin cancer.
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u/sleepy_spermwhale 21h ago
Yes in the US, consumer are shifting away from chemical-based sunscreens and opting for mineral based sunscreens: https://www.ewg.org/sunscreen/report/executive-summary/
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u/Kd916-650 22h ago
As the lifeguard rips his shirt off ! Like omg they’re tan impeccable!
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u/eMmDeeKay_Says 22h ago
Yeah, because if you cut off the blood flow to your legs it can kill you, these kids were in a race against time, the burn was obviously inevitable.
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u/Excellent-Falcon-329 22h ago
People die doing this. The sand collapses and they suffocate before they can be rescued. Happens every year at the beach nearby. Usually kids
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u/Night--Owl 21h ago
Yes, it happens more often than people think.
https://people.com/17-boy-dies-digging-large-hole-buried-alive-rome-beach-11770316
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u/Traditional_Formal33 17h ago
It doesn’t even need to go over their heads. These kids are lucky — if it was any higher on their chest, it can compress enough to stop them from breathing by crushing their chest
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u/medicated_in_PHL 14h ago
Yeah, I was gonna say, it happens every year. People think “sand is soft, there’s no way it can hurt me” and then they dig deep holes that aren’t reinforced.
Walls collapse, and then people find out how hard it is to breathe with 1,000 pounds of sand pushing down on your chest.
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u/MajesticNectarine204 20h ago
Every year?! Maybe consider putting up signs? Or just let natural selection take its course, I guess..
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u/llywelync 16h ago
Because signs are totally known to be read and paid attention to.
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u/GreenGuidance420 14h ago
Especially by children
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u/CanadianAndroid 14h ago
I've known some adults who would do it because the sign said not to.
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u/IHaveTheBestOpinions 22h ago
PSA: digging giant holes in sand is dangerous even without the water threatening to drown you - collapsed sand kills somewhere around 5 kids a year in the US. Source
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u/qpv 22h ago
In construction trench saftey is a really big deal. People don't realize how dangerous they can be.
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u/RoundUnderstanding83 20h ago
Add water to the mix and it becomes 100x more dangerous regardless of the soil type (even undisturbed rock or type A). I'm in sewer and water and have been for over a decade and have nearly been buried 1 time in my time there and I was yelling at my operator to get the trench box before it collapsed. I have my confined space certs, my osha 10 and 30 and competent person training as well and can tell you that the most deaths occur in trenches (or holes) that are 6 feet or less deep because complacency takes over.
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u/CumbersomeNugget 21h ago
I vaguely remember seeing a video of a guy demonstrating how dangerous a trench can be and he almost got buried...maybe? Been a while since I saw it, but no bueno.
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u/Quiet_Guidance_ 20h ago
Sand weighs about 1,6 tons per m3 , dirt about the same. There is only so much support the material itself can give. Once it moves it’s pretty much gg well played.
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u/lyllopip 21h ago
Happened a month ago in Italy, a 17 years old boy lost his life for exactly that reason
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u/HiddenIvy 21h ago
I came across a story about a dude who was digging through the sand, and when he didn't come back at night they called the police. Found him buried in the sand, hole collapsed. Poor guy never stood a chance.
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u/max_pin 17h ago
I wish this was the top comment because people are just not aware how dangerous digging a hole on the beach is. Practical Engineering did a video about it a few months ago: Why Are Beach Holes So Deadly?
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u/1800deadnow 22h ago
In their greed, the tourists dug too deep for the treasures the beach was to offer. They did not know of the evils they would awaken.
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u/Dr_Zoidberg003 21h ago
And they call it a mine! A mine!?!
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u/ThisThroat951 20h ago
There are much older and fouler things than orcs in the deep places of the world.
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u/chaoarnab 20h ago
They delved too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dûm… shadow and flame.
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u/Living-Examination33 22h ago
Why tf did that lifeguard take his shirt off?
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u/mbo13 22h ago
To be hot
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u/podrikpayn 21h ago
Mission accomplished
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u/Ryoko_Kusanagi69 18h ago
Idk if this is the best or worst reaction meme for this post.
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u/CrunchythePooh 22h ago
I'm so glad you brought that up because I was laughing at that. It felt like a parody
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u/Shloop_Shloop_Splat 10h ago
He showed up so late. They had practically finished extracting the kid by the time he jumped in. What a crazy video.
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u/Kuhn-Tang 22h ago
The run in hero action pose, along with the ripping off of the shirt, made it look like satire.
On another note… Some beaches actually have laws involving digging holes to certain depths.
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u/Smart_Piano7622 21h ago
Here it's half as deep as the smallest kid digging
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u/LrZ3TMt4aQ93FrjfBG76 20h ago
He ran up with such action and drama, just to be seen casually removing little handfuls of sand in the next cut. 😂
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u/melody_maven135 19h ago
Glad I’m not the only one that noticed how dramatic his entrance was - and he was super late to the party much of the work had been done!
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u/No_Solution_2864 17h ago
Yeah that lifeguard running in and immediately taking off his shirt was a bit much. Still not convinced this isn’t fake
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u/darthabraham 22h ago
Probably so he didn’t have to wear a wet sandy t-shirt for the rest of the day. Swim trunks are one thing, a cotton T-shirt is another.
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u/Anyguy07 22h ago
I was wondering the same. Lol. Maybe he didn't want to get it dirty or just auto-reaction cause he's done it so many times.
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u/RPGreg2600 20h ago
Probably practically muscle memory since most rescues involve him jumping into the water.
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u/metamega1321 18h ago
Made me laugh. Like he was about to rush in but “wait, I need to take my shirt off, been training for this for years”.
Like an episode or Baywatch.
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u/BentoBus 18h ago
It probably just boils down to not wanting to get sand on it. I dont know why people are so confused by this action
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u/Fantastic-Cod-1353 22h ago
Fortunate the tide seemed to be going out not coming in.
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u/gnomelover24 22h ago
The real mvp, the tide receding. Otherwise they would have to bring in a backhoe or something.
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u/cognitiveglitch 22h ago
"Why are beach holes so deadly?"
Some terrifying stories in the comments.
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u/FullFrontal687 21h ago
At the beaches I go to, the lifeguards would never have allowed this in the first place (digging giant holes)
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u/CalmEntry4855 20h ago
Ah, being an idiot kid and having to be rescued by a crowd, classic, mine was in a museum.
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u/k2_jackal 20h ago
Do tell 😂
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u/CalmEntry4855 20h ago
I put my head between the bars of a balcony and they had to cut them to get me out. There were firemen, nuns and nurses involved. I just remember a stuffed bison that looked at me during the whole thing.
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u/B3N-Drowned 21h ago
Apparently, some people need to rewatch the Mythbusters' Pirate special, and it shows.
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u/Lucidlewds 18h ago
Suddenly the irrational fear of quicksand I had as a kid is justified.
But really, honestly. Natural selection is a crazy thing. It's good they got out, painful to watch so many people around simply not using their brains long enough to come up with a solution...
And the lifeguard, bro took off his shirt like he was in bay watch, chill man dang.
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u/AngrySquidIsOK 22h ago
Thank God that girl decided to half kick 5 grams of sand around to help. That made a difference I'm sure
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u/turrboenvy 17h ago
More helpful than the one who knocked another 50 lbs of dirt into the whole sliding in to help.
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u/Goldman_Stachs_ 20h ago
Nobody’s gonna say anything about the lifeguards cool entrance? Lmao the way he ripped his shirt off 😂
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u/Zepertix 22h ago edited 21h ago
These comments so far are pretty callous.
They are kids who didn't realize that the sand would settle and solidify around their legs. Im not sure how many of you redditors would have realized that was going to happen when you were 14 or whatever. This is a genuinely terrifying situation where they almost died.
Some of you need to chill out, all of you have done far stupider things and were either lucky to not see repurcussions or not inadvertently causing a lethal situation.
Edit: because a lot of people are mentioning the adults. Obviously, the average adult does not realize the threat being made here. Yes, they all should have been smarter, great. That doesnt justify callousness towards children who almost died or parents who didn't realize that the sand would liquify and create a suction effect and almost lost their children to it.
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u/blatantspeculation 22h ago
Shit, Im a whole ass adult and I wouldnt have seen that coming, Id have been in there with them.
I literally started the video with "oh, thats a great idea, I should try it!"
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u/guilty_bystander 21h ago
There's a certain plunger effect that takes place as well. It's not just the weight of a child when they are trying to pull him out.
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u/Itchy-Armpits 20h ago
Not knowing that this is dangerous doesn't make you stupid. It means you're inexperienced.
Even if the people in this video were stupid, they don't deserve to die or for their kids to die. Half of all people are below average. Have some compassion people!
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u/Ok-Bad-5218 21h ago
Seems like green hat lady was the first to make a serious effort with the water barrier. MVP.
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u/imhereredditing 18h ago
Anyone notice the guy laying down to block the water lmao
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u/Rostrow416 15h ago
Not quite his Baywatch moment, but that lifeguard tossed his shirt like it was his time to shine
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u/poppacapnurass 22h ago
Glad to see at the end they were rescued.
They will take this as a learning experience I'm sure
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u/Leading_Star5938 21h ago
Humans are simultaneously the smartest and dumbest creatures on earth that I’m aware of
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u/danjpn 22h ago
It's a common seasonal issue where people die because they doug a hole with no slope to support the vertical pressure.
That's how my slope stability professor started our first lecture
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u/zingermike 21h ago
This looks like harmless fun, but it’s an extremely dangerous thing to do. They are lucky to be alive, the sand could have gave way to a sinkhole.
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u/ThisThroat951 20h ago
And that Ladies and Gentlemen brings us to our next topic of study: fluid dynamics.
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u/No_Breath_9833 20h ago
First half of the clip: “hey that’s good idea, I should try that.” Second half: “oh I see what they did wrong.”
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u/ButtplugSludge 6h ago
I grew up in NW Ohio / SE Michigan in the early 90s. It was ALWAYS the naturally bleach blond kids with hotdog skin that got into some weird shit and/or got others involved in their weird, stupid shit ideas 😆 this video unlocked so many memories of kids i knew- especially in SE Michigan
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u/Light_Switch_Raves 4h ago
The most infuriating part was all the adults that watched them digging and no one said anything
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u/kieranf19900 3h ago
The lifeguard arriving and taking off his t-shirt, made it seem like a skit... 😅😅
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u/mediaogre 22h ago
Quicksand came this close to its first win.