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[–] dogsoahC@lemm.ee 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

At the risk of whooshing, what does this have to do with being black or not?

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Black people typically don't do stupid shit like climbing into tiny caves.

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 0 points 15 minutes ago* (last edited 15 minutes ago)

Didn't a bunch of miners just die in South Africa in a likely similar situation?

I think doing stupid shit is a universal experience.

Im not Saddam Hussein so I wouldnt be in that situation

[–] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Average gambler IQ be like, "just one more cm bro"

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 5 hours ago

I sleep like a baby knowing the risk of this happening to me is 0%

My brain is fried. I thought this was the Saddam Hussein meme.

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 11 points 14 hours ago

Hoping I die from something else

[–] ZealousSealion@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 13 hours ago

There are wine caves and cheese caves. I could spend several lifetimes exploring those.

Otherwise, no thank you.

[–] LoamImprovement@beehaw.org 30 points 23 hours ago

God yeah caving is such a bad idea unless it's already confirmed safe to be in. In addition to the well-publicized risk of getting stuck in a pocket with the blood pooling to your head, you've got collapses and cave-ins, wild animals, noxious gasses, lack of air circulation, there are so many reasons not to go into a cave you don't already know is safe.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 58 points 1 day ago

Probably die.

Not a great way to go.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 95 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What would Saddam Hussein do?

[–] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He'd say "It was made for me! This is my hole!", and climb in.

[–] ruk_n_rul@monyet.cc 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The dialogue actually goes the other way, because manga panels (and speech bubbles and texts inside) are read right to left.

[–] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 hours ago

Oh yeah, You're right!

[–] Kyatto@leminal.space 109 points 1 day ago (20 children)

Spelunkers are crazy, out of every stupid thing you could do that has a high chance of killing you of you if you make a tiny mistake you choose spelunking?

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 62 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Exploring beginner friendly caves is really cool. But tight passages like this and the nutty putty cave one are absolutely terrifying, and I want nothing to do with it.

[–] nick@midwest.social 61 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This IS the nutty putty cave, the pic is just rotated 90 degrees.

The picture makes my skin crawl because I read about the guy.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It gets worse knowing which way is down in that picture XD

[–] nick@midwest.social 8 points 20 hours ago

Oh god so much worse. Just a nightmarish, horrid way to go. It seriously freaks me out imagining it.

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago

My first and only cave experience was with a friend who had done the tunnel before so he knew where it went and was safe. It was slightly wider than my shoulders and started with climbing a rope up into the tunnel from a river and ended with a T intersection.

[–] Yondoza@sh.itjust.works 50 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah, choose SCUBA spelunking like a real daredevil!

[–] sepi@piefed.social 10 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Wingsuit base SCUBA spelunking

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 1 points 4 hours ago

LoL, now we're talkin'. Base jumping has gotten soooo booooring.

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

scuba is waaay less dangerous. if your shit fails you can surface (depending on depth of course) the bends aint fun

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 42 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think they meant cave diving. Spelunking, but underwater. Incredibly dangerous.

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

...cave diving is the most ~~dangerous~~ deadly recreational sport of which i'm aware...

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 7 points 22 hours ago

yeah fuck that noise.

ive seen signs at cave mouths that are mostly skulls

[–] Cenotaph@mander.xyz 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But scuba spelunking gives you the worst of both. Easy to get lost, easy to get stuck especially because you have a big tank on your back, if you let silt kick up its easy to get turned around and lost in the cave, and of course you also have a limited air supply.

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 hours ago

At least you die faster. If I was in the position of the guy in the picture underwater I would just spit out my regulator.

Also if you have the tanks on your side and you never take them off to go through a hole you can be pretty sure that you can go through anything back if your remove them. Siphons tho, that's a different story

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[–] Oestradiolo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 day ago

Athletic thrill seekers come in all skin colors 🌈

[–] udon@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Just pull yourself to your side and climb down

[–] don@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago

Easy, I’d prevent myself from being in that situation. What would you do, order a pizza?

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 3 points 23 hours ago

I don't even go to places where a cave is a option!

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