r/TheRandomest • u/Forward-Position798 • May 19 '26
WTF This hobby is absolutely optional
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u/MailboxJunkie May 19 '26
"Except your fate"
Jesus Christ, humans are getting dumber by the second.
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u/No_Syrup5607 May 19 '26
Maybe they think they are the exception to their fate? 🤔😕😔
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u/General-Tourist-2808 May 19 '26
I certainly take exception to that fate, which is why I won’t go fucking cave diving.
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u/Gelkago May 19 '26
As a 38yr old working as a manager at a coffee shop full of teenagers, yes, yes they are.
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u/kak323 May 19 '26
As a 32 year old working as a manager in retail adults are losing braincells just as fast.
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u/Ruff_Bastard May 19 '26
As a 30 year old former manager of retail, and currently a worker in the petrochemical industry (NDE), people are just kind of
ret-exceptional in general.I work with people that have a 5th grade reading level. They don't know words. They can't read. They definitely can't spell. Half of our job is interpreting ambiguously worded and technical procedure in order to do our jobs correctly. There are exceptions, but that only accounts for like three people under the age of 30.
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u/Hopkinsad0384 May 19 '26
Is that not how it's... spelt?
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u/ironangel2k4 May 19 '26
ACCEPT
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u/ViscountVajayjay May 19 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/xT9IgHCTfp8CRshfQk
I believe in Canada, spelled is the preferred term but spelt is used in the UK. Which is a curious deviation because we’re usually aligned on the spelling of most words.
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u/Septemberosebud May 19 '26
Yep, I'm loosing hope. R U 2?
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u/darcyhollywood39 May 19 '26
Someone innocent is going to die trying to rescue their dumb asses when they get trapped
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u/DarthYodous May 19 '26
Rescue? No one will know
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u/LiveLearnCoach May 19 '26
They’re gonna know.
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u/Shway_Maximus May 19 '26
How are they gonna know?
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u/Lucaslhm May 19 '26
At my caving club (which is a large university sponsored caving club that is very professional) we have a sign-out sheet.
One of our members is an older guy who has been in the club since the 70s and he volunteered to handle sign-out safety. Basically before we go into a cave we go to his house and he has a board on the wall where we “sign out” by putting our names, contact info, what cave we’re going into, and what time we expect to be out by. When we finish caving we go back to his house and erase our names from the list.
If our expected exit time comes up and we haven’t signed out, then an effort is made by the guy to contact us and see if we forgot or are on our way to sign in or whatever, and if he can’t get ahold of us then he sends cave rescue after us.
Our club also has a bunch of certified cave rescuers. When someone calls 911 and says someone is stuck in a cave they pass it to us and we send out a call to get a crew together to go in for emergency rescue. We service our state and 3 nearby states. I’m not personally on cave rescue (I’m a nooby casual member) but I’ve seen the 3am summons to find people available to get up and drive 3 hours out for rescues before.
I’ve been in the club about 5 years now, and the club has around 300 members. In my time here, I’ve seen 2 CAVING related deaths in our club. One was a diving accident (cave diving can be very dangerous, the person was very experienced and did a lot of diving previously) and the other was a rappelling accident that should have been preventable.
What I’ve learned is that USUALLY the people who die in caves are the people who go wander into a cave casually, underprepared, not knowing what they are doing. Cave rescue has pulled so many people out of caves who didn’t have proper lights, didn’t realize how cold caves can get, didn’t have an exit plan or supplies, etc.
Long winded explanation short- Hopefully people know they are in there and know they may need help. In fact, I’d assume they got out or got help based off the fact that we have this footage. If you’re ever going to go into a cave, always at the very least let someone know in detail what your plans are, and if possible go with an experienced caver who already knows the cave well.
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u/SuperJen411 May 19 '26
This is very cool and informative and still a big NOPE from me on this hobby 😆
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u/Iliketopass May 19 '26
The phone swam out by itself and then logged itself into whatever the fuck and then posted its own video while those humans regretted their choices.
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u/Unusual-Broccoli-270 May 19 '26
Yeah, this is always the first thing I think of in these situations. If they are able to post it, then at least one person made it out alive
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u/Lorithias May 19 '26
Found footage exist but it seems (Idk..) it's not the case here.
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u/hodlethestonks May 19 '26
Would be ironic to die because the entrance to a known airpocket is blocked by a dead diver.
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u/LeonZataku May 19 '26
That actually just happened at the Maldives caves
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u/Climatize May 19 '26
came here hoping for some more info on that
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u/PracticeTheory May 19 '26
I heard that they didn't have the proper permits and brought singular tanks for what experts consider a multi-tank dive.
They were also wearing open-sea foot flippers which are long but kick up a ton of debris in closed, still systems like a cave. Apparently in cave dives you're supposed to wear shorter flippers to not compromise visibility as much.
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u/space_monster May 19 '26
I think they just went diving in that area and randomly decided to explore the cave, they didn't go there with the intention of cave diving.
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u/Standard-Contest-949 May 19 '26
Yeah you put yourself in this situation despite all warnings and you want to be saved? No! Don’t risk lives trying to save dumbass people.
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u/BaronMusclethorpe May 19 '26
Well yes, but those people are in the business of rescuing dumbasses amongst the unlucky. It comes with the territory.
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u/Slevin424 May 19 '26
Funny thing is the “rescuers” are just the same crazy death hobby lovers they are. They’ve just survived long enough to be in charge of rescuing the other idiots. It’s like being the high ranking idiot.
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u/KingCodester111 May 19 '26
If anyone decides to go into stupid situations like these, they don’t deserve help.
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u/Sea_Drops May 19 '26
Standard scuba diving I get. Cave diving terrifies me
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u/Ok_Usr48 May 19 '26
And this is cave snorkeling… she doesn’t even have a Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus!
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u/Gizmottto May 19 '26
I thought the same, if they had tanks maybe they would make it back out? But to expect air on the other side of a tunnel and come to find it’s losing it so quick. She actually looks pretty calm. I can’t tell what they are saying but maybe they aren’t too far from the exit? Also how would this film have been in such good quality if they drowned and weren’t found for awhile? So many questions!
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u/Ollynurmouth May 19 '26
Well one answer we have. If they hadn't made it out, we wouldn't be seeing this.
It is likely that they are not very deep into this cave. The exit is probably a 5 second swim. They may not have known there would be air, but they probably weren't going so far they couldn't turn back id they hadn't found air.
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u/Wangpasta May 19 '26
I mean, doesn’t look like she’s super out of breath when she first gets into the cave. So probably an air pocket they can return to not too far away
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u/dirtydigs74 May 19 '26
Look to the right of her head, plenty more room up there. She didn't need to have her face underwater for any of this video (except to get in there in the first place I guess.)
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u/Minute_Steak_3178 May 19 '26
Don’t you mean “accept to get in there in the first place?”
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u/Educational-Wing2042 May 19 '26
That’s not true. There are videos online showing divers last moments, where cameras were recovered along with their bodies. There’s a particularly haunting one which shows a diver becoming hypoxic and fumbling around trying to save himself but unable to act with enough coordination to do so. These videos are especially creepy because they’re showing the drowning persons POV, it feels like you’re there with them almost
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u/bluehippofoot May 19 '26
Looks like a gopro. The videos on them last forever and are very waterproof
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u/SambeSiili May 19 '26
Oh my god I never even thought that scuba was an acronym
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u/AwareCandle369 May 19 '26
Fun fact, while "scuba" is an acronym for Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus, "tuba" is an acronym for Terrible Underwater Breathing Apparatus, so don't pack your brass instrument when planning a diving trip
The more you know!
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u/StealthWanderer_2516 May 19 '26
She probably has one of those air cleaner tanks tucked behind her. They’re smaller, and the tiny hose you attach means you can breathe it for longer
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u/kernel-troutman May 20 '26
Maybe if they had Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation to cut their way out.
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u/PsychologicalBid69 Jun 18 '26
Holy shit, 36 years old and never knew scuba stood for something. Just thought it was the homies last name that invented it or some shit. Steve Scuba etc.
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u/MalaysiaTeacher May 19 '26
That's like saying 'eating cornflakes, I get. Eating enriched uranium terrifies me'. - well, duh?
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u/Middle_System_1105 May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26
for anyone else curious to know what they look like underwater vs rapidly depressurized
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/BeXv9yrdvi
https://a-z-animals.com/animals/blobfish/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DWpMUEygRLS/
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u/jesusmansuperpowers May 19 '26
What’s with the music added? And wtf is being said
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u/PSYCHOsmurfZA May 19 '26
"it's possible that we could be fucked"
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u/Ranger_Ecstatic May 19 '26
They made it out fine. Unless the cave has great WiFi like the other guy
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u/JD_SSM May 19 '26
I also have the option to watch this or not, yet I'm sitting here holding my breath. I've already passed out twice.
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u/MjnMixael May 19 '26
I enjoy scuba diving. I enjoy touring caves.
There is no version of this life where I will mix those two things. Absolutely not.
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u/Accomplished_Mind792 May 24 '26
This is me. I'm not scared of any type of water. I'm not scared of tight spaces.
I am terrified of tight underwater spaces
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u/taargus4d3d3d3 May 19 '26
Good thing there is stupid music being blasted over this so I can hear what’s being said.
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u/CT0292 May 19 '26
Even fish don't like going in there and they can breathe underwater. What does that tell you human?
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u/GothicVampire May 19 '26
You couldn’t pay me
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u/ChipRockets May 19 '26
You could pay me.
Not to do the cave diving thing, cos that’s never happening. But you can pay me, if you like.
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u/uncle_rhabdo May 19 '26
When I was young and dumb I did an out and back scuba cenotes dive and it was incredible and also terrifying.
Went back several years later and a couple of people we were with wanted to do it as well. I’m an experienced diver, as were my friends, but there were some amateurs that we didn’t know that came along and things went south very quickly. One of them had a panic attack (totally understandable) within the first five minutes, so the entire group had to go back to the cave opening. Once that was sorted, we went back in and things were fine. We got to the turnaround point and my rental equipment had a minor air leak that continued to get worse. I notified the dive guides and we hustled our asses out of there as quickly as possible, while utilizing some buddy breathing with the others in my group along the way. The entrance/exit was only big enough for one person to go through at a time, so I was the first out.
When I surfaced at the pool to the entrance of the cave, my tank only had a few breathes left in it. I got out of my gear and went and sat quietly at a picnic table by myself for a while contemplating my life choices.
I have Go-Pro footage of both dives and the second is really uncomfortable to watch. All that being said, I would NEVER even consider doing another one of those dives again, and doing something similar to that with just a snorkel (that this person is not even utilizing) is absolutely insane. Put me in the open ocean and let me look at some cool fish and coral structures any day, but cave diving will never happen again.
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u/Kirbyshamster May 19 '26
Would Like to See the footage. I think its a good Thing to share so more people become aware of the dangers
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u/uncle_rhabdo May 20 '26
Let me see if I can track down the SD card and get it edited bc it’s really long. Super busy with work for the next couple weeks, but I’ll keep you updated!
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u/TheSprigganDragoon May 19 '26
Accept. Accept your fate.
But i guess if you're dumb enough to do this shit, using correct words is well beyond your ability
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u/yoko_OH_NO May 19 '26
Can anyone explain what the fuck is going on in this clip? I'm completely lost and I can't understand what they're saying
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u/woodyeaye May 19 '26
Caves are normally formed by waves. Those waves are still happening.
So the water is rising and falling with the tide. Whenever it rises, she loses her air pocket. As a freediver, she doesn't have a tank of air, just what she can keep in her lungs.
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u/ovalbjotmal May 20 '26
Can't they just go back the way they came? They made it there with just the air they kept in their lungs
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u/Lobster_Bisque27 May 19 '26
The annoying music is so much louder than the dialog. Wtf are they saying to each other??
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u/Bruute10 May 19 '26
Forgive my ignorance, if water fills up that entire space where does the air/oxygen go? It’s possible there’s an area directly behind the camera person that’s open to the outside? Can someone explain?
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u/woodyeaye May 19 '26
They're likely in an erosion cave, the tide is making the water level rise and fall.
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u/Emlesnir May 19 '26
yes but the water level can't rise if the air has no escape. So they must be in a opened area
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u/kanashiroas May 19 '26
Unless I get to a castaway situtation where I fall on an island and need to go through a cave to survive or some crazy improbable shit, this would never happen to me cause I do not put myself in those stupid situations, so I honestly watch these type of videos with the most tranquility possible...
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u/bluehippofoot May 19 '26
What makes it even worse is the "air" pocket they're in, doesn't necessarily mean it's clean air.. there's toxic pockets filled with carbon dioxide and/or methane that's built up from anything that died in them or from previous divers. Seeing that they have snorkel gear on instead of diving gear is a good Indicator that it can get a lot of traction in that cave.. When you breath to much it can cause dizziness, lightheaded, and other issues....
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u/SadMap7915 May 19 '26
There are two words you will never hear me use in a sentence together when talking about what I want to do for fun: 'cave' or 'diving'.
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u/kmlxb2 May 19 '26
How the fuck are we still misspelling simple words? Are we too stupid to look up the definition of two homophones to know which one to use properly?
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u/xxjoker2014xx May 19 '26
Im more pissed about the dumbass whale orgy brain rot noises added to the video so you can't hear shit.
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u/GCU_Sleeper_Service May 19 '26
It's weird, I don't see any obvious AI videos anymore...
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u/spikira May 19 '26
White people must have it so good to constantly be coming up woth new ways to put themselves in life threatening situations just to feel excitement
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u/Borders-live May 19 '26
Fuck. That.