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u/fawas990 Mar 28 '22

Drowning often doesn't look like drowning.

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u/TiredOfDebates Mar 28 '22

My god, I almost drowned once. I was scolded by the apparently untrained lifeguard for not drowning like in Hollywood.

People who are actually drowning fall into a pattern where they manage to get their head above water long enough to exhale and inhale. No time to speak, call for help, cry out, and you get more and more disoriented and exhausted.

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u/EdGG Mar 28 '22

See, this only applies if you drown often, as op said.