• BryyM
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    24 hours ago

    I am number three, it is quite easy to learn and it can save your life.

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      9 hours ago

      Oh. I misunderstood. “Learn to swim” didn’t read as a survival thing to me, I assumed it meant “swim quickly for sport” not “avoid drowning”. I took it for granted not everyone knows how to do this.

      The down votes are still funny.

    • daggermoon@piefed.world
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      23 hours ago

      I’m scared to learn. Mostly because of trauma.

      Edit: I just remembered this clip from the movie WarGames and I relate.

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        22 hours ago

        Well, you don’t have to be in water to learn the basics. If you have a chair you can lay down on your stomach and practice doing the paddling with your feet, and both the crawl/breaststroke movements until you feel confident that you do know them

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          22 hours ago

          I’ll look into it. Thank you. I don’t have the means to learn for real right now but I intend to one day. Hopefully it won’t be so long.