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If this is real

... then it's pretty silly.

I ran a car off the road playing chicken tonight. Not off the road, but onto the shoulder. No harm done, but a bit of life loving, you know. I'm not suicidal or any stupid shit. I just want to be Jesus.

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If I had a million dollars I'd buy land.

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Does the moon control your sleeping habbits?

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A rip tide is an under current strong enough to pull a person under, right? If you could touch the ground and dig your toes in, I bet you wouldn't get pulled under. Also, I don't get how if you fight it, you're more likely to drown. Whatever, swim up out of that shit.

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about the rip tide bit, its too strong for your toes and you get sucked out anyway, and if you fight it then you get all weak and just give up, i guess?

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Pass the bowl Mem, NO MORE POT FOR YOU!

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I like it when Mem gets high because he gives out half-price rimjobs.

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quote:

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Originally posted by memdink:
Does the moon control your sleeping habbits?

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Does less of an idiot really mean a less oblivious human being?

If you were born a thousand years ago, would you have the seed you have now, or would it be something of another land with a sailor's suit and cap?

Because you're you and I'm an idiot are you in control of your life?

Do you have death under your thumb?

Would you tell 'people' if you did?

Would you like to control people's death?

I think it would be a real shitty job. All the dead bodies. All the lost souls. All of it. Almost as bad as being God.

God has some difficult shoes to fill. He's the man, like, literally.

Thank your God that I'm not aware.

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quote:

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Originally posted by memdink:
A rip tide is an under current strong enough to pull a person under, right? If you could touch the ground and dig your toes in, I bet you wouldn't get pulled under. Also, I don't get how if you fight it, you're more likely to drown. Whatever, swim up out of that shit.

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A riptide, or undertow, doesn't pull you down... it pulls you out to deeper water.

It is a current caused by submerged obstacles such as sand bars or pilons which goes in a straight line from shore out to sea.

They are ridiculously strong, so swimming against them will almost always result in nothing more than exhaustion.

They are not very large, however... usually around 100-300 feet long (at the end of them the current stops as the moving water dissipates into the surrounding water) and usually only 30-60 feet in width.

As a certified lifeguard, the way you are SUPPOSED to handle them is either
A> Relax and float with it until it dies out, then swim adjacent to shore to go around it...

B> just keep swimming adjacent to shore as soon as you realise you are in one, as you will come out of the side of it, then return to shore.





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So what if I ran a car off the road? Who cares, except for the school teacher who no longer speaks to me? Yes, I ruled the night as far as pool goes, but does that mean I have the right to run one from the road? Probably not. I don't think so, either. Someone should die for this, but I'll tell ya, it's not going to be me!

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Originally posted by SirRitualMasturbator:
A riptide, or undertow, doesn't pull you down... it pulls you out to deeper water.

It is a current caused by submerged obstacles such as sand bars or pilons which goes in a straight line from shore out to sea.

They are ridiculously strong, so swimming against them will almost always result in nothing more than exhaustion.

They are not very large, however... usually around 100-300 feet long (at the end of them the current stops as the moving water dissipates into the surrounding water) and usually only 30-60 feet in width.

As a certified lifeguard, the way you are SUPPOSED to handle them is either
A> Relax and float with it until it dies out, then swim adjacent to shore to go around it...

B> just keep swimming adjacent to shore as soon as you realise you are in one, as you will come out of the side of it, then return to shore.



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I supplied an image (mostly out of boredom, actually ) to help me explain.

the currents are usually strong enough to wipe anyone off of their feet, regardless of how well you are dug in, and riptides tend to be permanently placed, (though some may change over the course of hours, as the sandbars are eroded) making a wait for it to dissapear a long one.

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That hardly makes sense. If a riptide is supposed to drown people and whatnot, how is a rising current going to suck you under? I can see where the current comes from, but not that pushing a person up is going to drown them in the oh so famous way they do. It just looks like that person would be floated to the next sand bar.

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Exactly. They are not so big of a deal.
What kills people is that they freak cause it scares them, then they fight the hell out of it till they are tired and a good distance from shore, so they drown.

The current just pulls you out to deeper water, not down.

When we were doing our water rescue classes, part of the training was to swim into a riptide and get out of one. Its not hard at all. They even taught us how to use one to get out to victims faster.

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I skimmed.
I'm a school teacher and I'm still speaking to you.
But I wouldn't be if it was you who had ran me off the road.

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Originally posted by memdink:
Does less of an idiot really mean a less oblivious human being?

If you were born a thousand years ago, would you have the seed you have now, or would it be something of another land with a sailor's suit and cap?

Because you're you and I'm an idiot are you in control of your life?

Do you have death under your thumb?

Would you tell 'people' if you did?

Would you like to control people's death?

I think it would be a real shitty job. All the dead bodies. All the lost souls. All of it. Almost as bad as being God.

God has some difficult shoes to fill. He's the man, like, literally.

Thank your God that I'm not aware.

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