![]() ![]() Now that I’m armed with all this new information, I can laugh and appreciate the cheesy quicksand entertainment in movies and videos, instead of being scared out of my wits. ![]() Also, keep in mind, most quicksand pockets that form are only a few feet deep. But as long as you move slowly, you’ll be fine! There is almost no threat of death. You may eventually have to roll or swim to solid ground. Just remember, when in quick sand, use slow movement. You’ll eventually be able to very slowly wiggle your way out. Just move very, very slowly and keep your cool and your patience. Also, spread your arms and legs far apart to increase your surface area, which again, should allow you to float. The authors of The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook suggest that you move as slowly as possible to reduce viscosity. Unless you fall in face first, you have almost no chance of getting sucked in to drown, as a matter of fact, as in water, people are naturally buoyant in quicksand. If you should find yourself stuck in quicksand, the first rule is, don’t panic. But no, the actual properties of quicksand are not quite those portrayed in the movies.†According to that website, “If you believed what you saw in movies, you might think that quicksand is a living creature that can suck you down into a bottomless pit, never to be heard from again. confirms what the article in Science Illustrated concluded. The density of quicksand, at 2 grams per cubic centimetre, is twice the density of a human (1 gram per cubic centimetre), so you may be stuck, but you won’t be sucked down to die! It is only enough to trap a person at most. girl bathes in mud, staining her stomach and the rest of her body with mud girl bathes in mud, staining her stomach and the rest of her body with mud. They concluded that, “…a person will sink into it but only about halfway up their body.†Even though there is a certain degree of downward pull, it is not enough to engulf a person. Yes, this definition does still sound a bit creepy and spine-chilling however, the magazine article goes on to explain that in 2005, the University of Amsterdam ran several tests with quicksand. So when an object applies pressure to the surface of quicksand, the particles become unstable and flow downward, causing the object to sink.†For all those that may also be carrying this fear, this article is dedicated to you.Īccording to Science Illustrated, “Quicksand is essentially sand that has become oversaturated with water, losing the friction between grains that normally allows it to support weight. Only this week when I read my Science Illustrated magazine did I learn the truth about quicksand. Ever since I saw some scary movie as a child, I’ve thought quicksand would be the most horrific death that anyone could endure. badvibes, dr.Have you ever had one of those childhood fears that you carried with you to adulthood, only to find out later that it was never true? I’ve been afraid of quicksand my whole life. Users browsing this forum: a is jump, A-Ok, all day breakfast, Annie May, Average J, axelrod gunnarson, badhat, baleen, barrier, Bisexual Lightning, bobble, brent, brentwurst, buttre, Christmas Ape, conductor, creamline bling, creedence tapes, dan, darger, denvermax, dr. Return to Aguachile Alley Jump to: Who is online it's a fetish so it's kind of hard to pick apart so if the fetishist isn't projecting onto the person, they are i think refusing to help save the drowning person. it seems like the eroticism is in the act itself, the getting-sucked-in, and people either project themselves onto the person drowning or watch it from a neutral position where they aren't really positioned anywhereĮdit: there is some power relationship going on here these women are physically helpless in almost the most extreme way imaginable. i think it varies from person to person, but the videos don't seem to be outright malicious the perverse narrative of letting someone drown seems almost incidental. I wondered this too and i looked around a bit. Alaska wrote:where do you think the quicksand fetishist is subjectively positioned vis-a-vis the sinking personĪre they the person drowning? are they helplessly watching the person drown? are they refusing to help save the drowning person?. ![]()
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