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[-] giraffedesigner@lemmy.world 126 points 9 months ago

I thought quicksand would be a much bigger problem in my day to day life.

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 47 points 9 months ago

Tbf you wouldn't hear the people who drowned in quicksand complain about it afterwards.

[-] WraithGear@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

You kidding me? for like a good half hour they won’t shut up about it!

[-] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Help me, I can't move, I am sinking, help m.....

[-] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 31 points 9 months ago

The thing about quicksand that bothers me is that they never explain where you would encounter it. So I just assumed all sand could potentially become quicksand if it was deep enough. I guess I thought beaches weren't deep enough

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 11 points 9 months ago

You need fine sand and lots of water so beaches weren't exactly wrong but it's still somewhat rare. Warning sign on Texel (Netherlands). Swamps are another candidate though there's also other traps there, as well as mudflats... or at least it's a very similar phenomenon the German term is different (Schlickloch vs. Treibsand) but it's essentially the same thing. Don't go walking from island to island without someone who can read the ground, maps would be useless they change every low tide. Also don't leave when the water is already coming back. Also, don't complain to your hotel that the sea is gone it's a feature, not a bug.

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago

Yeah I've never seen quicksand, but I have stepped in that thick-ass mud that traps you and schlorps your shoe off

[-] Rubanski@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

"Schlorp" is a very fitting word here

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 points 9 months ago

This was always the reason at school for why we weren't allowed to splash on puddles or walk in the mud. Even as a kid I called bullshit because I never saw tons of abandoned shoes in the mud. As a parent now I wonder how the heck they keep the kids out of the mud and puddles as well as they did

That’s a dope warning sign 🙌

[-] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 9 months ago

Yes. Also being burried alive

[-] Gaspar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 9 months ago

To be fair, it wasn't until much later that I learned that the "buried alive" was metaphorical. See: debt, stress, etc.

[-] poppy@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months ago
[-] Wolf_359@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Happened during the Rape of Nanking too, except they did it on purpose to civilians.

[-] Gaspar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

Oh for sure, but it's not nearly as much an issue in day to day life as we were led to believe. I suppose I could have been clearer.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago

Edgar Allan Poe has entered the chat...

[-] Sabata11792@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago

Im still worried about this one.

[-] dzervas@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

same! I thought I was the only one!

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