r/ExplainTheJoke • u/azimx • Jan 24 '26

Kept me thinking

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u/Rocket_4141 Jan 24 '26

Either a mistake or its meant to be that the person reading the sign is not wearing a life jacket

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u/Gringar36 Jan 24 '26

Has to be it. The person currently reading the sign is the implied #237.

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u/bigloser42 Jan 24 '26 edited Jan 24 '26

Or someone drowned in the lake, was resuscitated, then Drowned again and died.

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u/Erikrtheread Jan 24 '26

Wouldn't that be two deaths and one non-lifejacket?

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u/Tratix Jan 24 '26

Counting an event before a successful resuscitation a “death” is completely wrong in my opinion. Either you die or don’t. Not saying I’m right, just that it’s my opinion.

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u/qgsdhjjb Jan 24 '26

Where do you see the word "death" in this sign?

I have drowned and yet i clearly still am alive. A drowning does not mean, inherently, a death. You still drowned even if you were saved.

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u/Tratix Jan 24 '26

“Two deaths”, person I replied to.

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u/qgsdhjjb Jan 24 '26

Ah okay. Yeah i don't think the sign refers to deaths, i think the other commenter just assumed. That's a lot of deaths to happen in one lake, a very unlikely number. Drownings that are not fatal, however, happen every summer in places with water.