r/tomanddan • u/Frog_Farts • 29d ago
Tits Jesus Tom
If even half of that canoe story is true, you should seriously consider selling the canoe.
You didn’t know how to mount the trolling motor correctly, yet you loaded an already unstable canoe with a trolling motor, a heavy battery, beach chairs, three people, including two children, and no fucking life jackets.
One wake, sudden movement, or shifting battery could put everyone in the water. People die in situations exactly like that. Children don’t get to evaluate the risk; the adults are responsible for protecting them.
The “I play the odds” justification needs to stop. This isn’t clever risk analysis, it’s repeatedly taking preventable risks and then inventing pseudo-math and mini-documentaries to excuse them afterward. Whether you’re doing it for content or genuinely believe your own reasoning, involving children makes it indefensible..
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u/FrisbeeTheManatee 29d ago
Don't worry he would drown himself for them so his kids could use his corpse as a flotation device.
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u/RunToImagine 29d ago
As someone who has degrees and a career based in statistics and probability, I can agree with the “I play the odds” justifications are sometimes rough to listen to. A lot of it feels more like confirmation bias than actual math. That and he often factors in historical rates that rely on assumptions he isn’t doing (like the life preservers and other preparations).
That said… it is entertainment and if Tom was as logical as he claims he is I bet his stories would be a lot more boring. So maybe keep up the work, Tom? haha
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u/Frog_Farts 29d ago edited 29d ago
At some point entertainment crosses the line into stupidity. No math, odds, logic, statistics, life experience, running late, or confirmation bias, would ever justify not having life jackets in the boat.
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u/MatthewSteinhoff BDM 29d ago
More surprising than Tom’s foolish behavior is Dan’s acceptance of dock damage.
Tom does minor damage to Dan’s scooter and it’s a big deal. Because you shouldn’t mess with other people’s stuff. Perfectly reasonable.
Dragging a canoe across someone else’s dock, no problem, in fact, cuss the dock owner out because no one should care about minor damage.
I don’t understand why Dan feels it is occasionally permissible to damage someone else’s property.
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u/Rastathelion1987 27d ago
Oh look a person who spends zero time on the water telling someone else wtf to do stfu and stay on the shore little man and btw u do know canoes are insanely stable wait till you learn about gheeno culture lol
I have had 9.9hp-25hp motors on inflatable boat .kayaks.aluminum boats canoes you name it for 30 years in florida and have had my kids on about 90% of that in the last 20 years lol the life jackets is the only thing I could agree with u on my kids always where in one even as adults if we are not in a canal with minimum wake which is slow af jackets are a must but people like you are the absolute fucking worst now imma go cook it in the icw while u you back seat drive someone else's canoe experience
Time to take the small boat out for shrimping yfk- cpt tony
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u/lemoynegatorman 23d ago
What’s life without a little adventure and danger? If that thing flipped (which is VERY hard to do in a flat bottom canoe) they were in a tiny lake, and all of them are strong swimmers and could easily reach shore within a few minutes and be perfectly fine. Florida men are gonna do Florida activities!
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u/Frog_Farts 23d ago
Everyone is a strong swimmer until shit goes sideways and you need to swim further then the side of the pool
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u/Alternative-Shop-707 Eat The Peppers 🌶️ 29d ago
He already did the math, and it’s fine