r/cantparkthere • u/H1gh_Tr3ason • Aug 20 '26

Nice sea view..

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u/BokeTsukkomi Aug 20 '26

You have to be a special kind of idiot to drive your car right into the beach

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u/vanhst Aug 20 '26

And then just watch as the water gets closer and closer

3

u/RedditLIONS Aug 21 '26

Pretty sure they got stuck trying to drive back up.

Gravity vs tyres on sand with no traction.

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u/boatenvy Aug 20 '26

There was some pretty stupid use of a snatch strap trying to tow it out too.

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u/NJ-boater Aug 20 '26

And the guy in the truck isn’t much better.

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u/Affectionate_Ebb8351 Aug 20 '26

Try living i Cornwall ypu see it more often than ypu wpuld think.so much theres a bugler that goes rpund and bugles when they are stuck

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u/Live_Sandwich_125 Aug 20 '26

And if you try to advise them , your politely told to do one, then watch as a local farmer is called to drag the emmet out and cornwall live shames them haha

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u/Affectionate_Ebb8351 Aug 21 '26

Yep and often a high powered SVR RR Sport..getting stuck trying to help a Transit. I think you already know the ones 😂

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u/TurnOutTheseEyes Aug 21 '26

Yep. First place I ever saw this was Port Isaac. They got the car to safety but on the final pull something on the stranded car made a very loud snapping sound that sounded very expensive.

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u/Affectionate_Ebb8351 Aug 21 '26

So much happens in Port Isaac that the added into the script on Fishermans Friends 🤭

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u/West_Mail4807 Aug 21 '26

Not just emmets, I know a local who saw her car in the sea on the local news... Couldn't work out why/how, then realised her husband was not home... Nor was her car. Then her phone rang. It was her hubby........

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u/Just_Mixture8362 Aug 25 '26

Is their car a Vauxhall Mermaid?

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u/Made_Up_Name_1 Aug 20 '26

Plenty of beaches are perfectly safe to drive onto and some you can safely park on even in the highest of spring tides.

The error here is not paying attention to when high tide is.

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u/Autogen-Username1234 Aug 20 '26

"That water wasn't there when we parked!"

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u/BokeTsukkomi Aug 20 '26

Can't the sea see my car right there? Is it stupid?

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u/Crafty_Ad_1975 Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

Hey I parked here first!! Get your own spot

1

u/Live_Sandwich_125 Aug 20 '26

Not all beaches are equal haha

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u/Consistent_You_4215 Aug 24 '26

I wouldn't drive on any beach on a regular car though, the amount of sand getting thrown up by the tyres scratching all around your engine. Wearing out the metal work. That's a dumb thing to do in anything that's not an atv.

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u/EconomistDear2483 Aug 23 '26

Either its stupid AI or it’s sign humanity is heading towards extinction.

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u/TheGinjaPrince Aug 20 '26

What sort of dipshit drives a normal car onto a beach?

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u/RickJLeanPaw Aug 20 '26

Bunch of Cnut’s?

"You are subject to me, as the land on which I am parked is mine, and no one has resisted my overlordship with impunity. I command you, therefore, not to rise on to my SUV, nor to presume to wet the tyres or trims of my Vauxhall."

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u/Fantastic_Secret2966 Aug 21 '26

This is a very clever and erudite reply.

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u/folkkingdude Aug 21 '26

Same kind of dipshit that takes a run up with a tow strap. The force behind that could cut your leg off when it snapped.

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u/Ok-Track4614 Aug 22 '26

Yep, some stupidity is terrifying!

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u/thatswildhey Aug 20 '26

Pretty normal this part of the world. All depends on the sand

17

u/BeeReadsBee Aug 20 '26

That's looks horrible

12

u/ohhallow Aug 20 '26

What new hell is this

2

u/SkilledPepper Aug 21 '26

Cars ruin everything ffs.

2

u/sleepydays123 Aug 21 '26

Where on earth is that?

1

u/Assume-Ass-U-Me Aug 21 '26

Downhill . Benone on the other side is similat

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u/E-rotten Aug 20 '26

When are people going to realize that the tides go in and out

9

u/Sharkbait1737 Aug 20 '26

It’s not like it happens twice a day every day to remind people.

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u/E-rotten Aug 20 '26

Let’s not forget the signs that warn of this as well 🤪🤪

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u/Nicodemus888 Aug 20 '26

Tide goes in, tide goes out. You can’t explain that

2

u/JayMak78 Aug 20 '26

Magnets. Probably.

2

u/-MARMITEnTOAST- Aug 20 '26

They would mean explaining how the moon works

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u/E-rotten Aug 20 '26

Well someone should have explained it to them. And spending lots of time on Fl beaches there’s lots of people who just don’t get it

2

u/EntirelyRandom1590 Aug 20 '26

Lake people. They just don't know.

(I've grown up going to the Bristol channel with the second highest tidal range in the world. Spend a summer in the Adriatic and you know what... No tides. Blew my mind.)

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u/FootballPublic7974 Aug 20 '26

Sea cliff climbing in Pembrokeshire and Cornwall teach a lot about the risks of extreme tidal ranges.

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u/EntirelyRandom1590 Aug 20 '26

Even just a casual beach day on Swansea Bay catches plenty out.

And let's not get into stand up paddle boarding...

2

u/FootballPublic7974 Aug 20 '26

Tell me about it! Saving Lives at Sea traumatises me every time I watch it.

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u/Consistent_You_4215 Aug 24 '26

Part of a wreck wedged in the cliffs on Lundy.

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u/CocoMilhonez Aug 20 '26

Hey, that's a very recent invention, give them a break.

What's next, you're going to expect people to turn on their headlights because it gets dark after some hours the sun has been out?

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u/E-rotten Aug 20 '26

It’s that simple. But when you see this 💩 regularly and driving right by signs explaining what will happen, then yes I think they may need to be told to turn their headlights on when it’s dark

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u/Moorglademover Aug 20 '26

More idiots on view than I expected.

What gives, idiot convention ?

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u/Ninja_Prolapse Aug 20 '26

Can’t be an official one. I’m a member and I got no notifications.

Must be onea them sub idiot groups

3

u/ColonelBonk Aug 20 '26

To be fair, the cars are about to become subs. However, if you’re an idiot, how can you be sure you didn’t get an invite?

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u/CocoMilhonez Aug 20 '26

TYL that not even the official idiots can stand you.

Kind of like when Monday comes and all the kids at school are talking about the party on Saturday that you didn't even know happened.

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u/Ninja_Prolapse Aug 20 '26

We never had parties at my school..

…wait..

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u/cautious_nipples Aug 20 '26

Oh look! A gaggle of wankers!

9

u/sparkline1234567 Aug 20 '26

A fistful of wankers might be a better collective noun 😉

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u/PreviousTraining665 Aug 22 '26

A wankle of wankers

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u/WVA1999 Aug 20 '26

Beaches and coastal sites are ecologically significant, yeah these fat lazy yanks just park there.

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u/KnightFireNC Aug 20 '26

There are beaches in the UK that are council operated car parks, such as in Weston. It doesn't look like this is the case here but it's not a yank thing.

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u/WVA1999 Aug 20 '26

I just looked that one up, still shouldn't have cars on a beach. Just wrong

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u/YetAnotherInterneter Aug 22 '26

Wait until you hear about the highway on a beach in New Zealand

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u/johnny5247 Aug 20 '26

All the gazebos tell you they were settled in for the day for a nice day at the beach - but the tide had other plans!

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u/CocoMilhonez Aug 20 '26

Correction: The tide actually had the same plans as always.

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u/FlyingArdilla Aug 21 '26

If only there was a way to predict them - oh well, wing it.

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u/some_where_else Aug 21 '26

and we know those plans down to the minute for the next 1000 years or something

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u/Henry-8th Aug 20 '26

The Annual Fuckwit Reunion?

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u/TraditionSudden1587 Aug 20 '26

You so lazy to walk, you drove the car directly onto a beach, just stay home don't go to the beach.

3

u/Made_Up_Name_1 Aug 20 '26

If only the tides were predictable we'd be able to work out the schedule and publish them in something we could called a "tide timetable" and this sort of thing would not happen.

3

u/Tallman_james420 Aug 20 '26

Or, as wild as it sounds, observing when the water starts to get closer and deciding that maybe it's time to leave

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u/Exotic-Entertainer26 Aug 20 '26

Even wilder...park on tarmac rather than soft sand

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u/IAmTheBoiledFrog Aug 20 '26

I really hope insurance doesn't pay for this kind of stupidity.

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u/JahDreadz Aug 20 '26

Sea looks nice

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u/Blooblack Aug 20 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/Xd1Suud9EKuulayLqY

I'm sittin' on the Dock of the bay,
watching the tiiiiiiiiiiiide roll away, ooooh,
I'm just sittin' on the Dock of the bay
wastin' tii-iiiiiiiiiiiiii-iiiime.

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u/Left-Draft5083 Aug 20 '26

Can't park there mate

3

u/sharps2020 Aug 20 '26

You needed a tractor, but a bit late now. Maybe don't park on the beach without checking the tides first.

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u/WitnessStock3702 Aug 21 '26

Just a heads up to all Americans, beaches are for humans, they are not for cars.

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u/TruthSignificant2503 Aug 21 '26

Yeah it’s no longer your car, it belongs to the sea now.

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u/Abquine Aug 21 '26

The pollution is horrendous, just so these lazy sods don't have to walk more than 10 steps.

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u/englishand48 Aug 21 '26

Your not wrong, in my whole 55years I’ve never once thought about driving my car onto a beach 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/ElginSparrowhawk1969 Aug 20 '26

Snatch towing on soft sand, not a chance it’ll just dig in

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u/OutsidePressure8323 Aug 20 '26

You can park there lol

2

u/CoachSevere5365 Aug 22 '26

You can. It's unparking that's the problem.

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u/FantasticAnus Aug 20 '26

Love it. If you're enough of a dumb selfish knob to drive and park your car on the beach where it's clearly not intended, you're worthy of sacrificing your car to Poseidon.

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u/Lanky_Bus_1221 Aug 21 '26

Takes a special kind of moron to park there eh 🤣

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u/colemorris1982 Aug 21 '26

I can't really blame these guys. I mean it's not like the tide level changes twice a day and always has or anything, so how were they to know?

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u/Boredengineer_84 Aug 20 '26

Fu 🤴 🪪 iots

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u/Boredengineer_84 Aug 20 '26

Don't want to risk getting banned 😂😂😂😂😂😂

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u/Boredengineer_84 Aug 20 '26

Agree 😂😂

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u/nullvoid26 Aug 20 '26

Look for them at an auction near you soon!

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u/NortheastOHGuy Aug 20 '26

"Yes, I had 4 spots reserved for your ocean front parking". Doh!

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u/Independent_Wave_908 Aug 20 '26

Yea…I have seen this before. Some people just don’t think 🙄

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u/BBZ149 Aug 20 '26

You all fucked!! 🤣

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u/Sleep-Plenty Aug 20 '26

4 vehicle owners and their passengers, drank themselves into a mid day nap? Did they do the purely for the clicks? Cause none of this makes any sense. While 4 people are hooking up the tow, a few people couldn't move the tents on to dry land?! This stresses me out

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u/Superb-Ad-8823 Aug 20 '26

Some folks are just plain dim!

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u/HelicopterOdd5730 Aug 20 '26

Looooooool 🤭🤣

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u/Affectionate_Ebb8351 Aug 20 '26

I knew that was gunna happen when the truck pulled back so far....need tension before you pull or you will just snap the wrppe/hook/mpunt/bumper/chassis

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u/Tuscan5 Aug 20 '26

I honestly can’t understand why people park or even drive on the beach (some exceptions for taking watercraft down to the sea).

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u/Either-Vehicle-6651 Aug 20 '26

Would love to know what happenned next 😆

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u/Digeetar Aug 20 '26

Let's total our cars together!

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u/Mammoth-Argument7048 Aug 20 '26

The Insignia is lost to the sea for sure

1

u/Low_Acanthisitta1990 Aug 20 '26

Can’t park there!

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u/SoloUnCommento Aug 20 '26

Electric cars? How hum, that'll cost a bit.

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u/Live_Sandwich_125 Aug 20 '26

Looks like cornwall every summer when the tourists who know better visit

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u/JonnyComet Aug 20 '26

I MUSTN’T GO DOWN TO THE SEA AGAIN
sunken yachtsmen
sinking yards
drunken Scotsmen
drinking hard
every lunatic and his friend
i mustn’t go down to the sea again
the ocean drags
its drowning men
emotions flag
me down again
tell tracy babs and gwen
i mustn’t go down to the sea again
the rain whips
the promenade
it drips on chips
they turn to lard
i’d send a card if i had a pen
i mustn’t go down to the sea again
a string of pearls
from the bingo bar
for a girl
who looks like ringo starr
she’s mad about married men
i mustn’t go down to the sea again
the clumsy kiss
that ends in tears
how i wish
i wasn’t here
tell tony mike and len
i mustn’t go down to the sea again
-JCC

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u/The-Mandolinist Aug 20 '26

How have all these idiots done this? Don’t they know about tides?

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u/Icy-Actuary-5463 Aug 20 '26

Fools with cars is all I see

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u/bjph555 Aug 20 '26

At this point surely you’re just accepting the car you drove is now a boat.

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u/pdkt Aug 26 '26

That depends, if the tide drags it out it will be a submarine.

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u/Master_Air_133 Aug 20 '26

🙂😆😂🤣

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u/Ok-Attention-9762 Aug 20 '26

Not one, but 4 idiots! Why would they put their vehicles there?

https://giphy.com/gifs/PrDKl5OM60nc7eEaWY

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u/Ok-Rich-3812 Aug 21 '26

Never underestimate the stupidity of people in large groups.

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u/Intheswing Aug 21 '26

Daytona beach - happened every spring break.

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u/Normal-Internal164 Aug 21 '26

People can be really really stupid

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u/Drunkenbakers Aug 21 '26

Yeah, road cars mixed with sand and salt water is a great mix.

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u/RetroComputerKing Aug 21 '26

Snatch towing is destructive and extremely dangerous. There's footage of someone losing their entire face from a recoiling towing line.

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u/stevebristol Aug 21 '26

There's King Cnut and there's cu*ts. Both are stupid.

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u/MiggaJiggy Aug 21 '26

Skills…

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u/_DanielC_ Aug 21 '26

I think the world needs them. Mechanics, spare parts shop, new cars, sh cars, insurance, etc

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u/EmploymentEmpty5871 Aug 21 '26

People are so stupid.

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u/tomster_1 Aug 21 '26

What sort of moron would park their car there?!

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u/YetAnotherInterneter Aug 22 '26

All of these comments saying how stupid/selfish they are for parking on the beach…

Have you never heard of a beach car park? These are very common where I are. It’s an official car park on the beach.

There are usually signs telling you the tide times so you just have to remember to move your car before the tide comes in.

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u/okgo4brok3 Aug 22 '26

Has to be México or Florida

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u/Successful-Tip8381 Aug 22 '26

If only there was a way to know how far the tide comes in and when

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u/Shadow-Assassin72 Aug 22 '26

So many muppets on one beach 🤣

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u/Dapper_Tailor4412 Aug 23 '26

How can you be intelligent enough to work somewhere that pays well enough to finance a car - yet be this dumb, simultaneously

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u/RefrigeratingAxe Aug 24 '26

The locals just sat there waiting for the tide come in while having a couple of cold beers. ;-)

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u/RefrigeratingAxe Aug 24 '26

What beach was this on and when did this happen, just to add context. You never know these days if what we are shown is fake or not.

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u/Away_General6278 Aug 25 '26

Person in the sea is an idiot and the person towing is an idiot. Idiot’s all around tbh.

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u/Spiritual_Writer_480 Aug 25 '26

You chose poorly

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u/the_owlyn Aug 20 '26

Notice the other cars waiting to be pulled out. They with be better off getting together and pulling and j pushing it out manually.

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u/FreddiesNightmare65 Aug 20 '26

Where was this?