Current Events > Why aren't more people scared of the ocean?

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given how unfathomably deep it is
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why does that make it scary?

I don't like squishy shit touching my leg or the idea of some 30 ft killing machine shark ripping me apart. That's why I don't like the ocean.
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I find that amazing. I used to live in the middle of my country. I had never seen an ocean. I moved out to the coast and completely fell in love. The pulsing water back and forth. It's like the heartbeat of the world. It's almost overwhelming. The sheer magnitude of an entire interconnected ecosystem that spans the entire world and is teeming with symbiotic life and resources.

Really, it's absolutely beautiful in it's majesty.

it's terrifying. the ocean's large enough to swallow all the land on earth
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MakoReizei posted...

it's terrifying. the ocean's large enough to swallow all the land on earth

Yes, and if the atmosphere gave out, we would all instantly die, and if the sun went supernova we would be dead in seconds. There are countless natural phenomenon that technically have the potential to destroy us all, but you can't be afraid of every unlikely situation, especially when there is so much beauty to appreciate.

Prolly cuz most of us can't James Cameron it up and only stick to 4 feet deep.
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Damn, ocean. You scary
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rednecks don't even know what they ocean looks like

Dash_Harber posted...

MakoReizei posted...

it's terrifying. the ocean's large enough to swallow all the land on earth

Yes, and if the atmosphere gave out, we would all instantly die, and if the sun went supernova we would be dead in seconds. There are countless natural phenomenon that technically have the potential to destroy us all, but you can't be afraid of every unlikely situation, especially when there is so much beauty to appreciate.

This, pretty much.
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The oceans's crazy scary. That story of the shark's tag inexplicably taking a 1500 foot plunge...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4R3ehF5a_Q" data-time="
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Because they have no sense of self-preservation. The ocean is NOT human domain, we have no reason to be dicking around in it.
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But the ocean is really easy to avoid. What's there to be afraid of?
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Something from deep in the ocean is gonna kill me?? Thats the worst it can do? I aint afraid of no little old death. The ocean is fascinating if anything.
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The fact we know more about space than we do what's all in our oceans is pretty telling.
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Flockaveli posted...

Something from deep in the ocean is gonna kill me?? Thats the worst it can do? I aint afraid of no little old death. The ocean is fascinating if anything.

Do you want Dagons? Because that's how we get Dagons.

I live in the desert bruh. The ocean don't want no smoke with me
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pres_madagascar posted...

The fact we know more about space than we do what's all in our oceans is pretty telling.

Rightfully so man! The fact that if you go too deep that you get fucking crushed, while there are things that SOMEHOW manage to survive living down there is a massive no no.
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Flockaveli posted...

Something from deep in the ocean is gonna kill me?? Thats the worst it can do? I aint afraid of no little old death. The ocean is fascinating if anything.

It's not really dying that's terrifying, but how you die. Being dragged to the depths, torn to pieces, or swallowed alive by an oceanic predator is not an appealing way to die.
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@pres_madagascar posted...

The fact we know more about space than we do what's all in our oceans is pretty telling.

I don't believe this :/ how can we know more about space than we do about the ocean if we don't even know how big outer space actually is?

I agree that we've explored space way more than the ocean but there is still so freaking much to explore about space than the ocean just because of how unfathomably huge it is, considering there can be millions of planets millions and millions of light years away that could even have even deeper oceans than the ones we have here.

It's like, there's an imaginary bar that fills up whenever you explore the ocean and it all ads up to 100% once you know absolutely everything about it. Well, when exploring outer space that imaginary bar should allow for 1000% or more given how incredibly huge space is!

I hope I'm not sounding crazy :/ space is just way too big and there's sooooo much more planets to explore and this is just one.
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arrogance
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MakoReizei posted...

it's terrifying. the ocean's large enough to swallow all the land on earth

Im now imagining a hungry ocean munching on America.
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