• Flying Squid
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    675 months ago

    My mother had a personal experience with quicksand. Unlike the movies, its name is correct. She was just suddenly stuck in it up to her knees.

    So now you all know.

    Also, it wasn’t in the jungle, it was in Canada, so she had to rely on being pulled out by my uncle since no vines were around.

    • @[email protected]
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      695 months ago

      Fun fact, the “Quick” part of it is an old timey synonym of “Living”. So basically, Living Sand. It’s the same thing with Quick Silver (mercury).

      • pruwyben
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        235 months ago

        Is that why that movie was called “The Quick and the Dead”?

        • @[email protected]
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          145 months ago

          Yeah, and apparently that phrase dates back to at least a 1526 translation of the Bible. It’s old.

      • @AeonFelis
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        115 months ago

        That fact really was fun!

        • @scutiger
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          25 months ago

          No, that’s when an immortal kills another immortal by beheading them and gain their powers.

      • flicker
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        85 months ago

        This is a fun fact!

    • @meleethecat
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      205 months ago

      She should’ve just lassoed a passing moose.

      • @AeonFelis
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        55 months ago

        Or reached for a maple tree’s branch.

        • @FooBarrington
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          5 months ago

          Or held up a Tim Hortons coffee cup to attract the attention of local syrup farmers

    • @VelvetStorm
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      25 months ago

      As a teen I was in the woods fucking around with my friend like teens are wont to do and I got stuck in some. I was quickly half calf deep before he helped me out. Overall that was a fun day.

    • Bob
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      25 months ago

      Tangential, but quicksand is called so because it moves, much like quicksilver.