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A rip is a dangerous current on surf beaches
https://www.9news.com.au/national/venus-bay-rescue-teenage-boy-saves-two-girls-from-rip-victoria-beach/257942b4-7f3d-4ec0-b4b3-c51b0cdb7020
hoopsnek
Bro's a hero.
dixxienormus
You know that high tide is the turning point. Use your phone to check when the rip tide starts and have sex in the dunes until it's safe to surf again.
AngurProne
13 year old Tom Walsh saved the day. His name is Tom Walsh. He sorta looks like a mini Cumberbatch.
Fitzapollo
Good on him and good on the decision to put out those stations.
Unrelated, am I the only one that found that article phrased oddly in regards to the friend? Like.... The headline is like "two girls were in danger and dude saved them" but then the rest if the article is like "Dude saved this chick! also some other girl was apparently there." I'm obviously exaggerating slightly, but honestly not much. Not really saying it is bad, just.... odd.
CorgisButtsDriveMeNuts
Dangerous rip?
PushPullMagnet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjU7tXZH_1o
Fistouille
The only situation someone looks at me like this, it's my cat when I have food
redsmerf
Derfboy
He's about to have a neat day.
bigdix69420
Damnnnnnn that look
littlecoatfatguy
Bro, bro, she is TOTALLY gonna hold his hand.
NicolasKevinMac
IcemanChilled
Good lad, his parents should be proud, they've raised a good one there and the world could do with a few more like him.
DeadeicPrints
Lol. Already a hero and a Casanova.
epistlero
I need subtitles, what language do they speak in Australia?
itdoesntmatternoneofthismatters
It's like English, but upside down.
Gustave13
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/feb/15/arkansas-native-chokes-panther-survives/
5meoDMT
Gustave13
I was trying to find that image with the text, which is how I remembered it
stuart1965
it made me think of this ad
galmata
same haha
Carlillo
"¡Que Maravillaa!"
MrWobblyHead
I wouldn't have guessed that he's only 13. Looks older.
nizbit
I have saved a few from a dangerous rip by smoking the whole bowl :)
drunkill
Venus Bay is no joke, it has a huge undercurrent and very tumbly waves.
executivedisfunction
Not diminishing the dangers of that bay, but "Undercurrents" are a myth. There is the wash back of any shore break, under cutting your feet when the incoming wave is pushing you the other way. Outside the shore break, there is no current below the surface waters that matters. All water waves actually start by sucking back, then building into the incoming crest. Large tubing waves are the most obvious, but all act similarly. All strong shore breaks on steep beaches are dangerous.
5meoDMT
lljkstonefish
"Things to do"
"Die"
Niagaran
Lot of people sexualizing children here.
PopkinSandwich
classic imgur
BipedalHumanoidWithSlightlyDifferentNoseRidge
HashMaster9k
BipedalHumanoidWithSlightlyDifferentNoseRidge
Volunteer Lifesaver.... Growing up on the SW (or any) coast encourages being a strong swimmer. The ocean kills the unwary and uninitiated.
seenunseen
Iceman0624
Goddamn high elves
IjustsaywhatIthink
I never seen this movie; and truthfully, I have no idea what it is but this clip always makes me chuckle.
steve1378
That kids about to drown in pussy.
SankariSuomi
At 13?
lljkstonefish
Stranger things have happened to far uglier and less heroic people. I'd say there's a chance.
tantallous
he's a lifeguard, probably wont be drowning.
gemaeuer
that's the spirit
nomorehate
Where's the hair twirling family video?
wolfgee1966
AngurProne
That's not what was intended, pretty cool tho :)
Imapancakenom
Holy shit that's cool
lljkstonefish
The instructions weren’t clear enough. I got my hair caught in the ceiling fan.
ItHappenedInThe20thCentury
I'll allow it
figuringeights
That's impressive
wolfgee1966
It was posted yesterday, had to save it
Manhoarder
Gaddamn, they are 13??? At 13 I looked like 9, these two look like they're 17
CarpathionWargasm
It's all the stuff in foods man!!
FelixGoldenrod
Aussie boys mature faster so that they can fight off the spiders
3Davideo
Environmental endocrine disruptors are no joke. :/
FractalB
Anime main character be like:
5meoDMT
They're 15. The boy is 13.
PourMeAPuppersPlease
anotherdeadaquarian
nice, brah
blessedarethecheesemakers
I’m not your brah, haole. Nah, jk. Nothing but love in da aina.
SirRichardOfHead
Tubular!
evilspock
Rip tides kill people regularly. But if you know how they work, they can be dealt with. Don't fight them - swim parallel to the shore until you're out of it, then in.
Not to minimize his risk or theirs. Good chance he saved two lives, with his own at risk, desperate swimmers are dangerous.
Knifesmith
This. Also, rips are generally pretty obvious. Taught the kidlet to recognize one at a pretty young age, and the above knowledge of how to deal with them. It's really the panic and exhaustion that kills people.
CommanderXirlos
Yep, even kids who live in rural areas here in Australia are taught about rips in school by surf life savers travelling around. Almost everyone down here knows how to swim and how to get out of rips.
AgainstMethod
Exhaustion comed faster for some people than others, though. A kid especially may just not have the legs to get out of it.
evilspock
It's easy to get out of a rip tide - IF you do the right thing.
The tide is taking you out. Don't fight it - swim perpendicular to it, ie. Parallel to the shore. No hurry, take it easy. You only need to go a short distance - often tens of yards - to get out of the rip tide. You can then easily swim to shore.
The key is to (1) recognize the situation, and (2) not panic. Being a comfortable swimmer always helps. Don't panic, don't struggle and exhaust yourself.
crapybarra
Yeah kids, trust @evilspock
evilspock
Excellent advice! Trust nobody. Question Authority. Even my own. ESPECIALLY MY OWN. i've been known to give bad advice on occasion for the lulz.
See if what yer old buddy @evilspock says matches the advice of others, and trust the consensus opinion so long as it matches common sense.
https://scijinks.gov/rip-currents/
Johnsky
Oh yeah, dudes got it made.
LegenDeer
sorry can't upvote your comment anymore, score is 69.
mercswar
Im downvoting only because it is 70 and it needs to stay 69
BeardedViking
It's at 83 now, you can go ahead and upvote. Know that you didn't ruin the nice.
mercswar
Dang thx for the notice
Jamesstin
What made? Idk if y'all understand this but as someone that had fairly regular sex at that age, it shouldn't even be joked about. Just as an example I started having sex at 12.5 and within a year, id have 5+ ACEs
aguacatedeldiablo
No one was implying that. "Kid's got it made" != "Kid's gonna get laid". But having said that, while I agree it's not something to root for, for exactly the reasons you state, it's unwise to assume everyone would have the exact same experience you did.
Efreeti
ACE?
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I think he’s referring to adverse childhood experiences scoring system. But idk really
Jamesstin
And just to add to that neither of my parents drank or used drugs. My folks were married, moved once when 4 and lived in the same house until adulthood, father was gainfully employed, etc etc. saw porn and such but had no interest in it but it definitely got me confused about how relationships work especially convoluted because I'm gay AF. If only I was able to Enlist with my friend and go to "boot camp" like I had planned prior to the sex with "my" gf"" at the time. Lol women ruin everything!jk
exoticbeige
Going to do a public service here and let you know this is oversharing, by like, a lot
WaffleProfessor2
Please never comment again, this whole thing was painful and stupid to read.
Matrelith
Didn't ask.
barrocoyote
Cool story bro
WhoReadsPeoplesUsernamesAnyway
Lol I love how everyone on here is super inclusive, respectful and pro everything LGBTQ as long as it's transported in meme style. The second a real person who might have gender, sexuality and identity issues throughout their live openly shares something personal - even if it's kinda weird and out of context - it's just *BAM* fuck you and get downvotes for writing stuff we don't know how to deal with.
BeardicPerformance
It’s probably a reaction to the over the top “sex bad” vibe you’ve got here followed by the unnecessarily sexist “women ruin everything comment” that you then topped off with some ridiculous whining about how you’re being more persecuted than LGBT folks.
uglykittybun
You're doing the Key&Peele bit where you say a bunch of weird jumbled personal information and then make it a personal attack about yourself and your identity. Per the punchline of the bit; "Oh I'm not being persecuted, I'm just an asshole." You're not an asshole either, but you are being a bit weird.
Aurentis
We're not your therapist and didn't consent to be your support system. You're trauma-dumping and we are, collectively, refusing to take it. Even though you've tried to deny us that choice.
bluntforcedrama
That is not what is happening here.
ticktockbent
Downvotes aren't harmful, they just indicate a general opinion that the comment is not really appreciated. Nobody here can stop this person from suddenly oversharing, but nobody asked for their life's story either. Much like we can't stop them from posting, you can't stop them from indicating that it's not appreciated by downvoting. Voting down a comment does not indicate a lack of acceptance or inclusion.
DeathLemons
Its the battering ram of completely out of context, way too personal information that was vomited straight into the eyes of the rrader. Don't try and relate what has happened here with anything else.
GoblinTit
Imgur is an echo chamber. The second you start to say something the collective doesn't like, you're going to get downvoted and shit on. The good news is, it's all Internet bull shit.
WhoReadsPeoplesUsernamesAnyway
Agree. I notice, at least to me, it's pretty shocking to see how many people get drawn into tribalism without even noticing and then often start to accuse others of the very same behavior. Not here necessarily but more often than not over the past years I've been on here.
tallyhoho
That's incredibly quick thinking and to stay calm under that kind of pressure! Kids only 13 and ready for his super hero training
maststick
The cynic in me says he spotted them because 13year old boys tend to enjoy looking at 15 year old girls, and a desire to be a hero (especially to said girls) will improve any man’s stroke
huffnpuff72
According to the link, he's a volunteer lifesaver. He's had training. Plus, any 13yo in volunteer lifesaving is likely to have a parent who does the dame and has been training the kid since he first got his feet wet.
tallyhoho
I was premed and never blinked an eye at cadaver dissections or any of my friends many drunken mishaps taking them to the er but I slammed my thumb in a windowsill and immediately passed out from the sight of my own blood spraying across the room. Anytime else I'm cool as a cucumber but I'm useless to help myself at all
Eldis
Epigenetics also pays a part. Just about everything a person does during their lives leaves some inheritable genetic markers. There's a reason the kids are usually talented in what their parents practised!
TwiceBurnt
Epigenetics used in this context sound like diet eugenics
Eldis
One of the defining factors of eugenics is that genes are impervious to change and that people of different ethnicities and backrounds are hard-wired to be good or bad at given things based on racist stereotypes. Epigenetics is literally the opposite of that, noting that the life of a person greatly influences genetic heritage.
It'd do you wonders to not jump into conclusions from misinterpreting well-expressed nuance.
Goshitsnicehere
If you live near the ocean, you get used to how rips work and you get used to the local beach. Half the local kids probably use the rip to get out behind the breaks.
tallyhoho
I'm sure. I've been in the ocean my whole life and love diving but riptides still scare me since I don't live next to the ocean. It's a powerful force not to be taken lightly
applesforjuice
I grew up about as far from the ocean as possible, in the Rocky Mountains. I was remote enough & at an altitude that leaving my house meant preparing, and understanding what nature I was visiting and needed to respect. Most mornings were -20°F, I saw bears more days than I didn't, and a mountain lion training her cubs lived in my backyard and liked to sit on my windowsill. If he lives near the ocean, he either knows and respects the dangers or he dies.
tallyhoho
It's crazy because there are people who have absolutely trained for emergencies and then one happens and they freeze. I'm not sure if its a hard wired thing or what but most people aren't able to react quickly and clearly in crisis and you'll never know until you're faced with that moment which kind of person you are
applesforjuice
That's absolutely true. I was more talking about recognizing that you aren't stronger than the earth. We survive because we prepare and respect and pay attention to the environment we're visiting. He recognized a riptide and knew how to navigate it and not fight it. Fight or flight reaction would just make him another corpse if he acted without understanding the situation. Jumping in might say something about who you are but staying cool and remembering what to do does too.
muffmunchies
It's fight/flight/freeze response, I believe it's something each person has a natural tendency towards one of the three and I imagine it's challenging to change such an instinctive and adrenaline pumped mindset to reprogram yourself. I mean military is a fine example of that variety and ability to reprogram the response.
5meoDMT
It's great being Australian cos most people I know are fearless about spiders and snakes and surf and stuff. It's drunk guys called Dane in Thai beer singlets that you've got to be more worried about
applesforjuice
I'm not afraid of rattlesnakes, bears, or elk or mule deer that could kill me accidentally bumping me. I respect them and don't get in their way. It's not about being fearless it's just understanding how to share the environment with them peacefully. I have a healthy fear of mountain lions, snakes, bears, etc. I'm not scared, I've looked them all in the eye, acknowledged I'm in their home, and moved on. I've also leaped away from a charging buck who didn't see me but would've killed me easily
astrangehop
Ah yes. Didn't your prime minister go swimming and just never make it back one evening?
lljkstonefish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Holt_Memorial_Swimming_Centre
DeepSpaceNetwork
Some say that quick thinking under pressure can be a result of ADHD. But you still need to know what you're doing in dangerous situations such as this of course. I once saved my little cousin from accidentally strangling herself with some toy while the entire family was watching in frozen horror. What this boy did in a complex situation with his own life in danger is on an entirely different level of course.
tallyhoho
I can see this, my husband is a crazy scatter brain but emergency situations like weaving through a 10 car pile up accident at 65 mph he's steady as a rock. It's like super focus mode activated
ahorseelbowdeepinme
Why on earth does this comment have so many downvotes
tallyhoho
I have no idea I'm laughing. It was just my experience with my husband but obviously not meant to be scientific proof of anything
ahorseelbowdeepinme
I have diagnosed add (didn't have the "h" back then) and can 100% concur that this is a superpower it gives me as well. I think some people are just weird
DeepSpaceNetwork
Adrenaline makes brain go BRRR 😉
ELKronos
The studies that look at this usually use a paradigm where the participant is playing to the strengths of non-linear thinking, such as generating novel ideas under taxing constraints - such as limited time. It seems a bit of a leap to suggest this extends to this situation. This doesn't involve generating a novel idea is all. Some people are just quick to react in a crisis, and the article mentions he's a lifeguard so I'm sure his training is the likely explanation.
DeepSpaceNetwork
It's surely speculative. But I've read that many ADHD people end up working in emergency services as they can react quickly, which also doesn't need novel ideas.
ELKronos
Oh, do you have a source for that? I think my issues with the experimental studies I mentioned is they don't have ecological validity. There is no expectation it would generalize. So if you had some sort of naturalistic study examining how people with ADHD excel at working in those situations I'd be interested in reading it
DeepSpaceNetwork
I haven't seen a study, it's just "talk". ADHD is one of the things where nobody knows anything for sure, everybody is just guessing, and the best source of knowledge are the people who actually have it. It has just been proved in a study that meds do actually help better than therapy (without meds). People with ADHD could have told you that before lol.