Aug 24, 2026, 5:06 PMPeople say "Quicksand turns out to not be as big a menace as I thought when I was a child", but it's an obvious case of survivor bias.
- Aug 24, 2026, 5:06 PM
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Matt Hardy 3.11 for Workgroupstechnicaladept@techhub.socialAug 25, 2026, 6:48 AM@jmax It’s quite the talking point in my neck of the woods. https://www.yoursouthend.co.uk/concrete-it-over-ideas-shared-for-southend-lagoon-after-family-get-trapped-in-quicksand/
@stevewfoldsstevewfolds@mastodon.worldAug 25, 2026, 12:31 AM@jmax
Snow, sand and clay.
Ricardo Antifa Harvinricardoharvin@mstdn.socialAug 25, 2026, 3:20 AM@jmax 😱
Aug 25, 2026, 8:54 AM@jmax TRUE STORY:
I almost wound up sinking in quicksand and nearly lost my shoe to it!
I was playing on a big pile of sand in NWI growing up. There were lots of random piles of dirt/sand around from industrial activity in the area.
Anyways, I stepped down, my leg sank like 3 feet, my other leg was sinking, I SLOWLY pulled up my leg, my shoe got left behind, and I had to dig it out.
Quicksand is in fact real.