r/oddlysatisfying • u/JuicyButDry • 2d ago

Rule 1) Banned topic Breaking ice in many many forms…

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u/OkOutlandishness8307 2d ago

people walking on frozen lakes make me so anxious especially when it’s cracking

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u/Live_Angle4621 2d ago

The first person was pretty insane. The second seemed closer to shore/less water under 

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u/Jimid41 2d ago

They're in like a foot of water with waterproof boots. They'll be okay. 

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u/StopReadingMyUser 2d ago

Can I be scared anyway?

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u/OkOutlandishness8307 2d ago

yeah i still am

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u/TheBestNarcissist 2d ago

physically impossible actually, you are misinterpreting your own emotions. Which is probably why you're feeling scared.

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u/Doctursea 2d ago

Yeah neither were in any danger at all. Aside from cold legs.

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u/PaperPlaythings 2d ago

There's no water there. The ice is from when the water was higher. When it receded, it left a sheet of ice several inches above some muck. When you walk across, the ice breaks but keeps you from sinking in the muck.

Source: Lots of winter hikes in New England.

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u/HowAManAimS 2d ago edited 2d ago

They are talking about the one just before that one.

E: This one

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u/Live_Angle4621 2d ago

Yes I assumed no water but I was not certain if it was nothing at all. So I said less 

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u/Ordinated 2d ago

The second seems similar to what we get in Scotland and it covers muddy fields

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u/cpMetis 2d ago

I was pretty sure the second one was on grass.

Happens if you get snow then thick ice plus modest temps. The top layer of ice is thick enough to stay together as the snow below melts away, then you have a layer of ice over an air gap and grass.

Same effect as when you walk through snow and the top is rock solid but the inside is powdery. Just trickier to happen.