The news story is from 3 days ago. Also canals in the UK don’t have strong currents and the max depth where he drowned was only 5 foot in the middle, even shallower near the sides. Nearly all canals in the UK are only about 1 metre deep in the middle. Look it up and look up photos of drained canals in the UK if you don’t believe me lol

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[–] 37 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Oh for fuck's sake, it's the 'canal drowning conspiracy guy' with a new fucking account!

I don't know what your major malfunction is, but please just stick to one account so you can be blocked and stay blocked.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    whats the other users? I blocked this one.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

    I think some, if not all, accounts were banned; it looks like @TinyLittlePuni@lemmy.world might have been another, but that was instance-banned on lemmy.world.

    EDIT: According to the lemmy.world modlog, the ban was for ban evasion, and references @Axolotlqueen@lemmy.world, which was also banned.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Oh you're back... still not taking positive action to remedy this situation I see.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Stop pushing people into the canals you murderous psychopath!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago*

    https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220907-the-mystery-of-the-human-sacrifices-buried-in-europes-bogs

    "What was spectacular about him was that he was almost killed three times," says Miranda Aldhouse-Green, emeritus professor in the School of History, Archaeology and Religion at Cardiff University and author of the book Bog Bodies Uncovered. "He was given a very special protracted death by people who understood human anatomy: he was hit on the head hard enough to stun him, but not kill him. He was then garrotted, and at the same time, his throat was cut."

    Even today, the raised bogs can be mesmerising, says Ole Nielsen, director of the Silkeborg Museum in Hovedgården, Denmark. "It doesn't really take a lot of fantasy to imagine that there are more forces going on than you can really see."

    The details of his fatal injuries also points in this direction. "The perpetrator was very knowledgeable about human anatomy, and knew how to keep this person hovering on the edges between life and death for quite some time," says Aldhouse-Green. "When he was then thrust face down into the bog, he was still breathing, because there is water in the lungs."

    Giles agrees. "You're dealing with entities that are influencing your life, gods or spirits, there's something supernatural there that can be accessed though the bog," she says. There may have been an element of circularity to the offering of people to the gods via the bog, Giles adds. "As people were taking so much from the bogs, they seem to have been compelled to give things back." Sometimes these things were cauldrons, sometimes they were food offerings such as bog butter. "If you give up a person, a life – that could be the very best kind of offering you can make."

    It was imperative to feed Europe's waters to keep their anger at bay. The ancients knew, but their wisdom had been mostly forgotten.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (10 children)

    Multiple civilian witnesses who also tried to help him. Don't really see what is suspicious about this.

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  • [+] [S] -7 points 2 months ago (9 children)

    The same witnesses who ever so conveniently didn't say why the man didn't stand up, even though they were watching him? Not all news stories are real, and for all we know, these witnesses were all made up.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (8 children)

    How the fuck would they know? Dude you need to talk to someone.

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  • [+] [S] -6 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    I don't know, ask the journalists that dreamed this story up on Chat GPT.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    Ok you have to be trolling, you're steering way too strong into sounding like you're completely out of touch with reality.

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  • [+] [S] -6 points 2 months ago* (5 children)

    So you'd rather believe that canals in the UK have some magical ability to make a person to forget how to stand up?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    No, you’d rather believe a story with numerous plausible explanations is some conspiracy. A conspiracy of fucking canals of all things. I doubt you leave the house much if your crusade against UK canals is any indication, but next time you go to a public pool, read what the warning signs say not to do near the shallow end. Report back.

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  • [+] [S] -6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Explanations such as? People don't just jump into 5 foot deep water and forget how to stand up.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Explanations such as alluded to in my comment. This nonsense clearly consumes a lot of your thoughts and time. Hint: it has nothing to do with someone “forgetting to stand up”.

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  • [+] [S] -6 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    At 5 foot you won't hit your head on the bottom which is mud anyway. These news articles certainly imply that they just forgot how to stand.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    So it’s deep enough to not hit your head if you fall/jump in but not deep enough to drown? That’s awfully convenient and specific. A thin layer of mud will also do little to soften a blow when below is concrete. You’re certain they landed in the centre and not the, as you state, shallower sides? I also notice you never link articles when you go on these very productive posting sprees. Wonder why that is?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    That headline doesn't say fully conscious.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    Dawg you genuinely need to seek professional help.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    No story I've seen has said he drowned, just that he entered the canal, was pulled out by cops and bystanders, and had CPR administered. As much as I hate cops it sounds like his death wasn't actually related to the canal, otherwise they would have just said he drowned.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Can it be a coincidence that the canals on Mars were covered up?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago*

    Well, I guess the only way to be sure is testing it, rigorously. Please find your nearest canal and jump into it a couple hundreds of times.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago*

    Have you visited the spots where all these people supposedly drowned? I think you should definitely go take a look. Send pictures.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Just another bot - quit arguing with it - blocked, again

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago*

    Tell me more

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Is this a genuine question or a rhetorical one?

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