Kiwigirl@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoAnyone else think this news story is suspicious?locklemmy.caimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down143
arrow-up1-42arrow-down1imageAnyone else think this news story is suspicious?locklemmy.caKiwigirl@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoYou are really trying to push a narrative that you can’t drown in a canal. Between alcohol, rocks and the height between the edge and bottom of a canal you absolutely can drown because you can’t move from an injury.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoSome people never think why pools say “shallow end, no diving” … So they assume canals are safe to jump into, because if they weren’t, there’d be signs everywhere. The signage doesn’t make something dangerous, and the absence of signs don’t make something safe. It shouldn’t be complicated but for some it is
You are really trying to push a narrative that you can’t drown in a canal.
Between alcohol, rocks and the height between the edge and bottom of a canal you absolutely can drown because you can’t move from an injury.
Some people never think why pools say “shallow end, no diving” …
So they assume canals are safe to jump into, because if they weren’t, there’d be signs everywhere.
The signage doesn’t make something dangerous, and the absence of signs don’t make something safe.
It shouldn’t be complicated but for some it is