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[–] 45 points 7 months ago (10 children)

I think that gives me more thalassophobia than any animal I could find in open ocean.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    This is your daily reminder to carry a knife with you. Or a multitool, a Leatherman would do the trick.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah, I'll be 30 meters deep in a trawling net half a kilometer long, manoeuver my way past the piling realize to the outer boundary, reach into my pocket and start sawing my way through inch thick reinforced cord until I make a hole big enough to wriggle through and swim to safety!

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

    If you are 30 meters deep in the open ocean without a diving suit, diving knife (presumably sharpened), and an oxygen tank, idk what to tell you — don't do that in the first place?

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

    I mean 30 meters laterally. End of net, 30 meters of fish & marine mammals & whatever else is caught in the net, me in the middle several meters from the edges, incoming tons of marine life to pack on top.

    Honestly, having oxygen would make the terror of a prolonged death worse.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    I don't think this would play out the way you're thinking. Regardless of the incorrect perception of the 30 meter depth, you would still need to be considerably deep to get caught in one of these nets. Again, if you're there without any tools and you're that deep, fuck man the only thing I can say is do not do that lol. There's a reason saws are very common on a variety of vessels, ocean or otherwise. Divers are definitely trained to carry cutting tools on them, I know I was taught to carry a dive knife and wire cutters — to be honest a saw doesn't sound ridiculous.

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  • [–] 36 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    @A404 As an American, I can't understand any of these measurements without Statues of Liberty, football fields, or hamburgers

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  • [–] [S] 19 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    The statue of liberty is is 93 meters tall. One kilometer is 1000 meters. This supertawler is 10 times the size of the statue of liberty

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  • [–] 19 points 7 months ago

    Fuck that sea life, the shareholders must see a return!! /s

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago

    Yeah but we got the price of canned tuna way down!!! (until the inevitable scarcity and population decline hits)

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago

    Where is Saddam?

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Did they have to make the net bottle-nosed?

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