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PingouinMalin t1_jdjmjni wrote

17 year old me tried to save a young kid from big waves by going in. Caught his hand, tried to pull him towards me thinking he'd be good, then a wave promptly separated us, was swept on the beach and there was nothing I could do about it.

Kid was saved moments later by pro rescuers. Big respect for them cause man, it's effing hard.

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jeangaijin t1_jdjju5p wrote

Me too! In the early 1970s we used to access the storm sewers in our town of Rutherford, NJ and could walk all the way out into the Meadowlands ( this was before they built the sports complex and Giants Stadium). Probably was well over a mile. It just curls my hair to think of it now. We got caught when a cop heard us talking while we were at a sewer grate. He bent down to take a look, saw us and then his hat fell off. My brother’s friend grabbed it and took off laughing. Within a couple days they had put a big gate over where we used to walk in!

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St4on2er0 t1_jdjewer wrote

Or ya know, teach your kids reality. If fecal matter and a rat filled maze don't keep them out, then they probably wanna pet the alligators anyway, and they belong down there. Or hear me out, we just take the Futurama route, and we keep our mutants down there. Unless they get a day pass because we're not monsters.

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