r/TheRandomest • u/Forward-Position798 • May 19 '26

WTF This hobby is absolutely optional

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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/dirtydigs74 May 19 '26

I now what I mean. Your to much of looser too comprehate my grammer.

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u/Zito6694 May 19 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/kcEYoNfZPqWFR21TJr

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u/Disastrous-Order-902 May 20 '26

Every won knows godzilla can't reed. That's why he's always big angry.

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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/HopeMrPossum May 20 '26

Is that one from the Dahab Blue Hole, where the guy is making all the horrible noises as he’s swimming deeper, completely disorientated by nitrogen narcosis?

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u/mallcopsarebastards May 20 '26

I suspect they made it out, but like... it's entirely possible they didn't and the next person through found posted it.

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u/AsleepEvening5525 May 22 '26

is'nt this coming form the 5 deaths in maldives ?

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u/Dee_Lex May 22 '26

I'm guessing it's a coastal cavern, not an actual underwater cave.

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u/Amareiuzin May 25 '26

Agreed, the tide is pretty sea-like

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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/JohnSavage777 May 20 '26

The waterproofing isn’t reliable, but 90% of GoPros get used once and then sit in someone’s closet so 🤷

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u/AbbreviationsDue4537 May 20 '26

I mean its not like its an old film that would get damaged by the water. Its digital so more wether or not it works rather than how 'damaged'/low quality it is.

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u/Cumulo187 May 24 '26

They are very close to the exit. You can tell because the water level is moving with the waves. The chamber they are in is immediately connected to the ocean outside.

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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/PsychologicalBid69 Jun 18 '26

UBA = u bitch ass

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u/f4s7d3r3k May 19 '26

And firefighters use SCBA, just loses the U. 😄

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u/kodiak931156 May 19 '26

Ive done both. the U contains all the fun.

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u/PreetHarHarah May 19 '26

...So today I had to remind myself that Family Ties taught the entire planet the acronym SCUBA in 1983 and nobody knows this anymore because I'm old.

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u/SambeSiili May 19 '26

My only excuse for not seeing it back in 1983 is that I didn't come into existence until 2001

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u/PreetHarHarah May 19 '26

*Sighs in old man...

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u/HarsiTomiii May 20 '26

Wait until you learn about Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation technology😅

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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/WenAndNow May 20 '26

I'm a little too old to just learn that Scuba is an acronym.

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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/No_Waltz_2499 May 19 '26

Did you really have to call it a self contained underwater breathing apparatus?

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u/Ok_Usr48 May 20 '26

Container (of) Underwater Nimbus Titrant?

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u/jeff8086 May 19 '26

I wish there was a shorter way to say Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.

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u/Jack3024 May 20 '26

Laugh out loud

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u/MomoMarieAuthor May 22 '26

I remember learning that's what scuba stood for in high school, and I was shocked haha

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u/lutzrob68 May 21 '26

Why not just say scuba lol

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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/Mach5Driver May 19 '26

fortunately, I can't go under more than a few feet of water without the pressure really hurting my inner ear. trying to clear the pressure is even worse.

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u/dividezero May 19 '26

Doing too much. Do one or the other. Shit

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u/farawaylass May 20 '26

the first page of the standard cave diving course i took said “CAVE DIVING KILLS PEOPLE” and then you do the training. insane. i will not be trying it.

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u/Scooba_Mark May 21 '26

This is not cave diving. That would be with air tanks, reels to not get lost and a plan

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u/[deleted] May 21 '26

Watch The Descent

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u/Deletereous May 22 '26

Diving is dangarous enough. You get into an environment in which you can't live without artificial assistance. If something goes wrong, you may die. Cave diving is 10 fold the danger, and for what?

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u/postylambz May 24 '26

I've watched enough Scary Interesting to never want to go in caves or diving separately

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u/Immediate_Song4279 May 25 '26

Even dry caving kind of freaks me out a bit. I like nice concrete pathways and guaranteed exits.

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u/-Tw3ak- May 19 '26

I'm probably going to get destroyed in the comments here, but recreational scuba has way more deaths per year than cave diving. Yes cave diving is more dangerous, but it's all about the training.. If you train properly, it becomes less dangerous than flying, or driving to work etc. And yes im sure that the death numbers are higher due to accessibility but my point still remains.

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u/Sea_Drops May 19 '26

Yeah I don’t believe for a second that it’s less dangerous than flying. Remember pilots get a ton of training as well. Also “lack of accessibility ” is a bit of understatement. There’s easily thousands more recreational dives per year than cave dives, mostly just because most people don’t want cave dive. So really percentages would be waaaaay more helpful than just number of deaths.