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What did you do as a child that would be considered dangerous today? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 week ago by Kurtagag@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Yikes, kids are dumb lol.

I never grew up around waves, so when my brother and I visited family on the coast and we were playing in the waves, other people wouldn't join us. We were going further and further out. Finally we convinced the guy to join us, and no lie, he said he jokingly said "ok I guess I'll die too". We didn't know what he meant. All three of us got stuck in a mild rip current. I almost drowned trying to swim directly into it. Nobody told me any different. My brother and the other guy were stronger swimmers, they were ok. It all happened very fast. We gave that guy an earful afterwards, he was like "I thought you knew" 🤦‍♂️