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Osama Dozen-Dongs posted:Both of my parents grew up subsistence farmers and both of them learned to swim in natural waters No really, I'm not American but not knowing how to swim isn't as uncommon as you might think. Even in first world countries, where people generally have access to swimming pools and free/cheap classes and instruction, there's still a significant percentage of people who either don't know how to swim or swim so poorly that they can basically just tread water and little else. I live in Australia, a country famous for having a beach culture (case in point, as I write this, I'm only 20 feet from the ocean) and still I personally know at least half a dozen people who either can't swim or swim so poorly they'd drown in any real emergency. I imagine that number would be far, far higher in poorer, landlocked nations or even just those without a culture of swimming. If these kids don't know how to swim, let alone dive, getting them out of a cave network in the dark would be almost impossible and probably suicidal for the rescuers.
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Evilreaver posted:I thought it said 'Capitalism' at first, since it failed and threw everyone on it into the abyss The bridge works quite well for 1% of the people crossing.
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Evilreaver posted:I thought it said 'Capitalism' at first, since it failed and threw everyone on it into the abyss I'm glad I'm not the only one.
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I learned to swim because it's part of the school curriculum from 5-10 years old. The only people who got exempt from it were the fatties who cried a lot and were afraid of water.
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It's pretty much the same here in New Zealand where a surprising percentage don't know how to swim despite the majority of the population living on a strip of land with water and inactive volcanoes everywhere. It follows mostly social-economic lines which means Pacific islanders who you think should have a pretty strong swimming culture have the lowest percentages iirc. Edit: Most schools do have swimming but that can be pretty hit or miss even if the school has a dedicated pool.
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Everybody I went to school with could swim, but every school I went to had its own pool and swimming classes were mandatory. This was in Australia, about an hour and a half from the coast. Now I'm in Finland and everybody I know from Finland can swim. I was in a Finnish language course for new immigrants recently though and nobody in that class knew how to swim.
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oohhboy posted:Chinese "Level 4" self drive buses. quote:It said the vehicles would initially be put to commercial use within Chinese cities but added it was also targeting foreign markets Targeting? Not the best choice of words...
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Osama Dozen-Dongs posted:Both of my parents grew up subsistence farmers and both of them learned to swim in natural waters shame on an IGA posted:I'm a white guy from the south and can't swim and know almost no one who can, it's an extremely reliable marker of parental income around here.
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Powershift posted:I've got an idea, hear me out. You be old man.
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Bip Roberts posted:it doesn't matter how good you are at football never try to intercept a fire cracker He posted a PSA about it. For The Love Of God, Please Do Not Ruin Your Fourth Of July By Looking At Jason Pierre-Paul's Exploded Hand
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OSHA: Heavy emphasis on automotive travel over parking
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Even if the kids could swim, or even swim well, it doesn't much matter when you're talking about the situation they're in. Unless you think the folks who are cave diving to reach them are overstating how difficult it is to move through a flooded cave system.
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glynnenstein posted:He posted a PSA about it. honestly not as bad as i was expecting. it's so swollen up it's barely recognizable as a human body part any more
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glynnenstein posted:He posted a PSA about it. That writer is such a baby. Yeah, it's a graphic injury, but "Honestly, I think I might puke after looking at it" is a touch excessive. Get a hold of yourself, Lauren.
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Let's be fair, not everyone online these days was desensitized by Rotten.com.
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Remember: Gaston got killed because he was loving around with fireworks. Make sure that nobody else dies like Gaston. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-world-gaston-actor-dead-806834 His Divine Shadow posted:Can't they just bring in more pumps? Surely mankind has enough and big enough pumps to show any old cave what for? https://www.rainforrent.com/HighFlowPumps-DV600c.aspx 28,000GPM means it can drain a Olympic swimming pool in under a half hour.
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Who needs rotten when most non-us news organizations republish ISIS executions in 4k
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New Orleans has one that can push 9,000,000 GPM https://www.google.com/amp/s/gizmodo.com/5800072/the-worlds-largest-water-pump-moves-15-olympic-sized-swimming-pools-every-minute/amp
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*bursts through the door breathlessly* YOU GUYS, WHY CAN'T THEY JUST RAISE THE CAVE?!?
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C.M. Kruger posted:Remember: Gaston got killed because he was loving around with fireworks. Make sure that nobody else dies like Gaston.
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Zipperelli. posted:*bursts through the door breathlessly* Perhaps lifting the mountain with a contained air cushion of some sort which works over both land and water?
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Krabboss posted:Everybody I went to school with could swim, but every school I went to had its own pool and swimming classes were mandatory. This was in Australia, about an hour and a half from the coast. I learned to swim late. I couldn't even tread water until about 4th grade. All of my friends could swim. I was embarrassed by it. I grew up in MN and you spend a lot of time in boats or near lakes. Everyone is always swimming in the summer when they're kids. All waters are considered public so if you see a lake, jump in. I'm sure it's different in other regions of the US.
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i grew up in the south too and the #1 thing to do in the summer was to go to whatever nearby river/lake/creek you could get to and jump the gently caress in. Unless you're from the fake southern states like Texas or Oklahoma then yeah I'm sure they don't swim much in the fuckin desert.
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C.M. Kruger posted:Remember: Gaston got killed because he was loving around with fireworks. Make sure that nobody else dies like Gaston. No one's ripped like Gaston! Got a grip like Gaston's! "I think it's a dud. We got gypped!" said Gaston! "Why, this piece of poo poo's not even DE-to-na-ting--" Gee, R.I.P., that Gaston!
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Peanut President posted:i grew up in the south too and the #1 thing to do in the summer was to go to whatever nearby river/lake/creek you could get to and jump the gently caress in. Unless you're from the fake southern states like Texas or Oklahoma then yeah I'm sure they don't swim much in the fuckin desert. Where do people get the idea that all of Texas is a desert? Also the best swimming hole I know is literally in the desert. Spring fed cold water with a sandy beach and huge trees for shade. Best place to spend a day I have ever found.
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Fancy_Breakfast posted:I learned to swim because it's part of the school curriculum from 5-10 years old. The only people who got exempt from it were the fatties who cried a lot and were afraid of water. Our school was huge, and a relatively wealthy district, but there wasn't a pool until a couple years after I graduated. The swim team just used the Y I think.
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Fill the cave with ping-pong balls, when the water level rises, the cave will float to the surface and the children can be extracted easily.
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Volcott posted:ow oof my retinas I guess this is OSHA because it's their "job"? One of the three dumbfucks that died going over an extremely dangerous and freezing cold waterfall in my home province was part of the group of rear end in a top hat Instagram "travel vloggers" that did jail time for traipsing off boardwalk in Yellowstone and fined for waterskiing on the Bonneville Salt Flats a few years ago.
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I’m from Orlando so even though I didn’t know that Gaston myself I know people who knew him. Apparently his fiancée was engaged to a new man within 3 months of his head caving in.
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chitoryu12 posted:I’m from Orlando so even though I didn’t know that Gaston myself I know people who knew him. Apparently his fiancée was engaged to a new man within 3 months of his head caving in. Bah, I'm from mississippi; my x wife was married and pregnant within 2 months of our divorce. It's a widespread curse. I left the south.
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