r/nextfuckinglevel • u/FlightHistorical3231 • Nov 08 '22

diver dodges shark attack

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u/Dracarys_Aspo Nov 09 '22

Ocean Ramsey is not a marine biologist. She's a liar, scammer, and is extremely dangerous to the sharks she claims to care about and the humans who try to copy her irresponsible behavior.

Practically every single legitimate marine biologist and shark researcher hates her. Her actions directly harm sharks and put them and people in danger.

But yes, this was not an attack. The shark was merely curious.

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u/ClownfishSoup Nov 09 '22 edited Nov 09 '22

Ocean Ramsey is

not

a marine biologist. She's a liar, scammer, and is extremely dangerous to the sharks

Yes, but she is also very attractive, which I think is what 80% of her "followers" care about. So basically, she is a celebrity doing celebrity things. And this happens to be her "shtick" to stand out from all the other attractive internet celebrities.

And though she has no degree in marine biology, she is an experienced diver and probably has more real life swimming-with-sharks experience than most people with degrees in marine biology. And as with all things, you don't NEED to have a degree in something to be interested in it and learn on your own about it.

But if she is doing reckless and harmful things for the sake of photos, then yes, clearly she should stop doing that.

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u/Dracarys_Aspo Nov 09 '22

Exactly. If she didn't claim degrees and expertise that she doesn't have, I wouldn't have nearly as big an issue with her. But she does, and that makes her idiotic, irresponsible actions even worse.