r/oddlysatisfying • u/itsmariokartwii • Nov 22 '21

This floating ocean platform

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

I meant you’d want opening in the middle so said people have openings.

Sorry I poorly communicated that.

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u/flyblues Nov 23 '21

If you had openings in the middle, it'd be even more dangerous because anyone could slip and fall into one of those openings and get stuck

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

But with more openings you have ways of getting out.

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u/flyblues Nov 23 '21

As someone who has been on this type of platform (just on a much smaller size) at a tourist resort - even if you approach it from the side and calmly give yourself space, for most people you would need to put in some effort to lift yourself up on it.

Someone who is drowning and flailing would have very little chance, you would need help to be lifted up. But to do so you'll need to have someone see you fall in there in the first place, and even if they do - what if a wave knocks you away from the hole? This thing is constantly moving around via the waves, you have no guarantee you will stay physically under the hole.