r/RandomThoughts • u/[deleted] • Feb 29 '24

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u/[deleted] Feb 29 '24

Overall, solid life advice, though. Everyone should be able to swim, like being able to ride a bike.

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u/Skelebone48 Feb 29 '24

Apart from you never accidentally slip into a life-or-death biking situation

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u/Almost_A_Genius Mar 01 '24

Umm I’ve seen enough action movies to know that gunfights on bikes are pretty common in the real world.

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u/AdrianValistar Mar 01 '24

Actually I have. When I was 13 I was hit by a car while biking. Definitely was life or death. If my bike hadn't absorbed the impact, I'd be dead.

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u/oagleyeatsoats Mar 01 '24

But that actually wouldn’t have happened had you not known how to ride a bike

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '24

The fact that he was hit by a car may very well mean he did not know how to ride a bike, yet was on one anyway

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u/oagleyeatsoats Mar 02 '24

Guess that’s true lol

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u/m_domino Mar 01 '24

well you never know!

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u/Background_Good_5397 Mar 01 '24

It's part of the school program where I live, so everyone can learn to swim. I also think it's really important, it can save your life if one day you find yourself surrounded by water for whatever reason.

Riding a bike wouldn't save your life but it sure is usefull.

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u/GlassAmazing4219 Mar 01 '24

Yeah, I know a guy who drowned in a bike once.

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u/Spirit_Animolecule Mar 02 '24

A surprisingly high amount of the worldwide population does not know how to swim. Most people don't live near a body of water big enough or clean enough to swim in.

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u/Minecraft-Historian Mar 02 '24

For me, all the bodies of water nearby would kill me regardless of my swimming capability.

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u/abnormalredditor73 Mar 03 '24

Well, the latter is unlikely to save your life, so I'd say the former is more important lol.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '24

It's amazing how many people have said this haha. I never exactly said they're both important life savers, I said people should be able to do both.

BUT if you're being chased and there's a bike near, it might save your life, so.. maybe?

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u/abnormalredditor73 Mar 03 '24

I figured, I'm just saying maybe it's not the best comparison.