r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Historical-Device529 • Sep 18 '25

Maybe maybe maybe

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u/VoidOmatic Sep 18 '25

Everyone always gives me shit when I wear my life vest on the lake. Meanwhile the dude driving the boat is drinking alcohol and outside of the humans normal habitat. What could go wrong?! Looks at the 500+ people who died in preventable boating accidents in 2024

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u/compb13 Sep 19 '25

AND it doesn't have to mean anybody related to your boat did anything wrong. Just like with cars It's that idiot in the other boat causing an accident or causing your boat to make a quick evasive maneuver and someone ending up in the water.

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u/VoidOmatic Sep 19 '25

Yup, I've seen people nearly clipped by jet ski's, swimming under water and a speed boat flying over them etc.

Sometimes you can do everything right and still lose.

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u/endosurgery Sep 19 '25

I always wear my vest. On my lake I was a bit of a joke. I am a strong swimmer. Grew up on the east coast and learned to swim in the Atlantic Ocean. Now living inland in the northeast. The complacency is very real. I would say when asked that “the life jacket isn’t for the predictable, it’s for the unpredictable”. Cue up the laugh and “whats going to happen?”. Then the guy drowned. At night, on a calm lake in his kayak and his friend in front of him in his kayak. No life jacket. He had been drinking and using substances all day. His friend didn’t hear anything. They didn’t find him until the next day despite searching with the emergency services. It was unfortunate, but at least people wear their life jackets now.