• pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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    I’ve seen quicksand happen at the beach now twice. It’s crazier when you realize it’s not a thing, and then it’s a thing again. The one person called the park people because they thought it should be cordoned off, but conditions have to be just right.

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      Learning about buoyancy in relation to quicksand is a helluva thing. You panic thinking you’re going to sink and drown but then you stop not even half way and realize it’s just more annoying mud but at the beach.

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        It was in the dry sand part, not the water, but I get your point. The first person was just walking along and then one of their legs sank to their crotch.