• @NegativeInf
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    141 month ago

    Room for 2? Maybe. Buoyancy for 2? No.

      • @qarbone
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        61 month ago

        I don’t recall the full episode but a few things stood out.

        • it would be cold as hel, so properly strapping a lifevest around some flotsam seems iffy
        • isn’t saltwater more buoyant or is that old fishwife’s tale? Also idk if that test body of water is salty.
        • @[email protected]
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          11 month ago

          Yep, saltwater has more buoyancy, and the higher the salinity, the more buoyant the water.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 month ago

        Yep, saltwater has more buoyancy, and the higher the salinity, the more buoyant the water.

      • @Zorque
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        01 month ago

        Only if they had the knowledge and abilities (and time to come up with a plan) of two people whose job it is to come up with exactly this kind of thing.

        Sure, it was possible. That doesn’t make it probable.

        • Flying Squid
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          51 month ago

          “Climb on the door” seems like something within their knowledge and abilities.

          • @Zorque
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            11 month ago

            I take it you didn’t actually watch the mythbusters episode, then. If they both just climbed on the door they would have both died. They would have had to jury-rig a contraption using the life-preserver Rose was wearing to survive… barely.

            • Flying Squid
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              01 month ago

              Did they watch the Mythbusters episode?

              • @Zorque
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                31 month ago

                Rose and Jack? Probably not.

                • Flying Squid
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                  -21 month ago

                  So you’d think she would have tried to get him on the door. What with him being her one true love and all.

                  • @Zorque
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                    -11 month ago

                    And he probably would have said “no, I want you to live” her being his one true love and all.

          • @[email protected]
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            01 month ago

            It would somewhat undermine the core of their narrative being a tragedy within a larger tragedy though.

            • Flying Squid
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              -21 month ago

              I mean there were other ways of doing that without making it look like she just didn’t let him on the door.