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 1 day ago
Scrollone@feddit.it 1 day ago
Never dig a hole that’s deeper than wider. Then you should be safe.
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
I’d rather see multiple comments giving the same safety advice if it means people are more likely to be able to see it.
Telling kids “you’re only allowed to dig a hole that’s at least as wide as it is deep” is likely to go over a lot better than “you’re not allowed to dig a deep hole because it’s unsafe”
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Doesn’t work that way with wet sand that can change density with water movement.
Fedizen@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Digging is also loved by dogs. I wouldn’t be surprised that digging is one of those things that sets off dopamine receptors.
EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Instant visible progress, obstacles but not major ones (usually), engagement to move, a way to burn energy, distraction from something bothersome…
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 23 hours ago
Digging holes builds character.
Canconda@lemmy.ca 23 hours ago
What a whacky amazing movie
Broadfern@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The irresistible human urge to build (or dig) things together.
We’re tall, bipedal ants and I love us for that.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
This tracks. I hate doing work by myself, but doing it with others is satisfying.
quips@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
Genuinely might be an evolutionarily selected disposition. Could totally see there being an advantage there.
masta_chief@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
Excellent Jacob Geller on this exact phenomenon:
His video essays are so good they make me wish supposedly “one of the best in the country” school systems that I went through didn’t condition me to loathe writing so I would have some practice and skills to write things myself.
sanbdra@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
There’s something funny about how simple projects like this instantly turn into a group activity. One person starts digging and suddenly everyone wants to contribute.
tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
It’s clear what is required. There are no blockers to contribution. It’s satisfying to be engaged in, and progress is rapid and measurable.
Just about the opposite of any other project you might be involved in
assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Good way to die horribly
Jumi@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
But at least we got to dig a hole
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 hours ago
MrMetaKopos@slrpnk.net 21 hours ago
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
That lego figure clip was probably the most underwhelming way to show the dangers of collapse.
billwashere@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Pretty as long as the hole is wider than it is deep they should be fine.
obinice@lemmy.world 1 day 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!
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Just guys being dudes
Bullerfar@lemmy.world 1 day ago
All boys think about… Them holes…
craigers@lemmy.world 1 day ago
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Some bad advice here applying a “no deeper than wide” rule to beach conditions. Wet sand with shifting density won’t behave like regular earth, and a pit at the beach is going to behave differently than a trench in regular dirt. If someone said they’re going to stick you in a 6’x6’x6’ pit surrounded by unstable wet concrete and let it go with you in the middle you’d probably say this wasn’t the best safety advice.
Fedizen@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Its also likely to just hit the water table at the beach.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
One of my Spring tasks is to dig out a stump in my backyard, I’m not looking forward to it. I wonder if the neighborhood kids would be interested in helping.
Zannsolo@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Digging a big hole in the sand = fun. Digging a hike in hard root riddled dirt = $20+ an hour
Fedizen@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Put a small fence around it and call it the “IRL minecraft zone” Charge 1 dollar to rent a shovel
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 day ago
We are biologically wired to enjoy holes. 🤷♂️
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Giggity
MrMetaKopos@slrpnk.net 21 hours ago
affenlehrer@feddit.org 1 day ago
Dangerous
webp@mander.xyz 1 day ago
You go in the hole
Landless2029@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This is my hole
Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 1 day ago
Holesome.
postnataldrip@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The Milkshake
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 day 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 1 day ago
This boy holes
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I guess they paid the troll toll
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
Also don’t bury people even waste deep below the high tide water line. There are some frantic videos about that too if you go searching.
Slovene@feddit.nl 22 hours ago
There’s also a segment about that in an anthology horror movie where Leslie Nielsen gets revenge on his wife and her lover.
m.imdb.com/title/tt0083767/
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
Oh, that’s a very good point!
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 day 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.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
The biggest danger with snow caves is that they absorb pretty much all sound, so you can’t hear the screaming if it eve partly collapses.
We always build our kid igloos without roofs for this reason.
tino_408@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
A lot of beaches in Cali ban holes deeper than 2ft