Yeah, two kids were digging a big hole on the beach near me a few weeks ago, and it collapsed on them, and killed them both. They would have been better off in the water, taking their chances with the sharks.
Don’t dig holes on the beach.
The Hole
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BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 8 hours ago
Scrollone@feddit.it 7 hours ago
Never dig a hole that’s deeper than wider. Then you should be safe.
Broadfern@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
The irresistible human urge to build (or dig) things together.
We’re tall, bipedal ants and I love us for that.
quips@slrpnk.net 8 hours ago
Genuinely might be an evolutionarily selected disposition. Could totally see there being an advantage there.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
This tracks. I hate doing work by myself, but doing it with others is satisfying.
assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Good way to die horribly
billwashere@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Pretty as long as the hole is wider than it is deep they should be fine.
craigers@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Just guys being dudes
obinice@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Oof, unsupported walls in holes can kill you extremely fast. I’d never go into a hole deeper than my waist without shoring (even then, ehhhh).
Stay safe!
Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 hours ago
We are biologically wired to enjoy holes. 🤷♂️
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 8 hours ago
Giggity
Bullerfar@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
All boys think about… Them holes…
affenlehrer@feddit.org 12 hours ago
Dangerous
webp@mander.xyz 11 hours ago
You go in the hole
Landless2029@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
This is my hole
Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 10 hours ago
Holesome.
postnataldrip@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
The Milkshake
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
Be very careful, boys (and others) have been killed by collapsing sand holes. No matter how fast their friends tried to dig them out. The sand is not just cutting off your air, and filling your mouth and nose if you try to inhale, it’s also a crushing weight on your lungs, much more than avalanche snow for instance. If you want to dig a hole deeper than your chest, do it in more-solid dirt, not sand.
otacon239@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
This boy holes
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 hours ago
I guess they paid the troll toll
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Similarly, snow piles can be dangerous. Like the kind made by machines clearing parking lots that kids love to play on. Depending on how packed it is, there could be gaps a kid could fall in and get stuck, plus kids scream when they are having fun, so many adults might just filter out the sound of child screaming.
The ones at schools might be specifically made with kids playing on them in mind, but I doubt that’s the case for ones in random parking lots, though maybe I’m just underestimating typical snow plough training.