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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I'm happy to steer clear, I've never been friends with the beach anyway. Also, gotta try to adjust those stats and not make us humans out to be total idiots

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

I worked at a beach resort in FL for a time, it was crazy going up to the 20th-ish floor and seeing all these ppl swimming around sharks and had no idea...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This looks like a screen capture from MalibuArtist on YouTube. It's a great channel if you have any interest in sharks and marine life.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Yes, this is a fantastic channel, it can probably cure youof the fear Jaw is creating in people.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If anyone tells you the water is shark-infested, tell them it's not. Water is where sharks live. Shallow water near beaches is human-infested.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Jellyfish that sting swimmers are just exercising their castle doctrine.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What to do if you find yourself stuck with no hope of rescue: Consider yourself lucky that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far - which, given your present circumstances, seems more likely - consider yourself lucky that it won't be troubling you much longer.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago

Douglas Adams always knew exactly the right words to say.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What's that from, sounds familiar.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Thanks! That's what I thought it was.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I would get really fucking impressed to get attacked by a shark in balaton, a larger sized lake

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Wow, must be my lucky day.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Southern Australian springtime swimmers who properly update their Bayesian priors know that sharks are the true danger, NOT lightning strikes or plane crashes

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

What if you're going swimming in a thunder storm?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

But I watched Jaws and that shark attacked people for no reason bro

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He was hungry! Jeez, clearly no one ever thinks about the shark.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

"If you don't want to be eaten, stop swimming near my mouth"