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pidpiper t1_iwetrwj wrote

Reply to comment by Exist50 in TIL about Deaf lifeguard Leroy Colombo, who overcame childhood paralysis through swimming and saved a record-breaking 900+ lives during his career. His swimming talent and use of sight rather than sound to identify drowning swimmers allowed him to save people other lifeguards would have missed. by lemontreelemur

That is obviously good advice, but it isn’t attainable for a lot of people. People in lower income areas, and people without economic resources often don’t have regular access to things like swimming pools, or the money to pay for lessons etc. So leaving things at “fucking learn to swim” doesn’t help everyone. Although it is good advice for people able to!

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Allodemfancies t1_iwgdiyf wrote

As one of the charity-case-poor never-learned-to-swim people

Another bit of sound advice I keep to is "don't go in the water: you can't swim"

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RisingPhoenix5 t1_iwh3xg2 wrote

Out of curiosity, is learning to swim something you intend to do, or have you just resigned yourself to staying away from water?

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[deleted] t1_iwh676y wrote

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RisingPhoenix5 t1_iwh7br9 wrote

Thats so interesting to me. I have lived near lakes my whole life, so we learned to swim early, but I can't imagine not knowing it, even if I don't swim more than a few times a year. I think the knowledge is more reassuring than anything.

Congrats on not drowning though! Keep up that streak!

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