β² 1474 βΌ Give us your craziest ocean facts. π¦ (mander.xyz) submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 152 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (2 children) Thalassaphobia is a real thing permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Soup@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children) I, for one, think itβs completely fucking reasonable to afraid of deep, dark water. Phobia my ass. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] huppakee@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago Some phobias are irrational but that's not part of the meaning of the word permalink fedilink source parent [β] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 year ago Depends, some pictures I see that get posted on places like that look perfectly fine to swim across to me. Like it's just the sea in a calm day and you can't see the bottom. Actually the same happens at the beach where I live but that is because the water is so cloudy, slopes off steeply though, especially at high tide. So usually can't stand up except right at the shore line. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Dwayne@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago ... And there's a community for it https://lemmy.world/c/thalassophobia permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Soup@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children) I, for one, think itβs completely fucking reasonable to afraid of deep, dark water. Phobia my ass. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] huppakee@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago Some phobias are irrational but that's not part of the meaning of the word permalink fedilink source parent [β] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 year ago Depends, some pictures I see that get posted on places like that look perfectly fine to swim across to me. Like it's just the sea in a calm day and you can't see the bottom. Actually the same happens at the beach where I live but that is because the water is so cloudy, slopes off steeply though, especially at high tide. So usually can't stand up except right at the shore line. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] huppakee@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago Some phobias are irrational but that's not part of the meaning of the word permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 year ago Depends, some pictures I see that get posted on places like that look perfectly fine to swim across to me. Like it's just the sea in a calm day and you can't see the bottom. Actually the same happens at the beach where I live but that is because the water is so cloudy, slopes off steeply though, especially at high tide. So usually can't stand up except right at the shore line. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Dwayne@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago ... And there's a community for it https://lemmy.world/c/thalassophobia permalink fedilink source parent
