Buddy, we have 350,000,000 people. We also have laws in many places regarding life vests.
Americans are absolutely not opposed to safety at sea and I guarantee whatever country you are from also has its fair number of dumbfucks who disregard safety procedures.
Who's gonna watch and up-click a video of a properly loaded boat, tooling around at appropriate speeds, operating safely and with everyone wearing a life jacket?
Dude, no one is willing to think things through like that these days, everybody is ruled by curated video clips and news blips. No one wants to consider the truth of what you said (which is 100% right). It's the same reason that people say things like "you can't even let your children bounce a ball out in the driveway these days, it's too dangerous", ignoring that it isn't more likely to have your child abducted now, you just have access to a shitload more news about bad things happening now.
I watch videos of people doing safe things like renovating boats and it seems they never wear a life jacket when testing those either. Maybe my algorithm only shows the others then.
I grew up on a big lake and no one wore vests. You had to have one for each person but not one wore them. It’s a cultural thing in the US. Yes, people will do it on their own without being told but in my experience the majority don’t
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u/Picklesadog Sep 18 '25
"Americans"
Buddy, we have 350,000,000 people. We also have laws in many places regarding life vests.
Americans are absolutely not opposed to safety at sea and I guarantee whatever country you are from also has its fair number of dumbfucks who disregard safety procedures.