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How come every time there's a new fear unlocked, it's adjacent to the sea. Drowning, rogue waves, being eaten by a whale, none of it is a good time.

latexr 2y ago
There is still much about the ocean we do not know. https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/oceanography/deep-ocean-exploration.htm https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/oceano...
InDubioProRubio 2y ago
Thats a very egoistical point of view - every ex-passenger of the titanic was for a moment part of a beautiful ecological bloom on the ocean floor. DeCaprio was the best crab human-carpaccio
biofox 2y ago
Here's a new one for you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_viruses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_viruses "Viruses are the most abundant biological entity in marine environments. On average there are about ten million of them in one milliliter of seawater." If enough people get seawater up their nose, it's just a matter of time before there's a crossover event :)
- 9dev 2y ago
  Shall we tell him about the Portuguese man o' war‘s 100 feet tentacles, or spontaneous methane clathrate eruptions?
- DyslexicAtheist 2y ago
  old home remedy if you suffer from a blocked nose/sinuses: "inhale" sea-water through your nose to clear it all up.
  - Sharlin 2y ago
    Nasal irrigation/sinus rinsing. There are accessories that make it more comfortable too. I think salt water in particular is just because non-isotonic water inside your nose hurts and irritates the membranes.
    - SideburnsOfDoom 2y ago
      You can get sterile saline solutions for this purpose, in case you don't want "natural" seawater. Yes, too little (or too much) salt in the water will be painful.
      - Sharlin 2y ago
        You can just dissolve a teaspoon of salt to half a litre of any warm fresh drinkable water (tapwater is fine if it’s even reasonably good quality). Should be hundreds of times cheaper than sterile solution :)
        skylurk 2y ago
        Please sterilise it first. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/what-to-know-about-another-dangerous-amoeba-linked-to-neti-pots-and-nasal-rinsing https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/what-to-know-about-anoth...
        Sharlin 2y ago
        Point taken.
        urxvtcd 2y ago
        > CDC officials, citing a 2021 survey, say about one-third of U.S. adults incorrectly think tap water was free of bacteria and other microorganisms. Nearly two-thirds say tap water could be safely used for rinsing their sinuses. > The CDC recommends using boiled, sterile or distilled water. Flesh eating bacteria? Yeah, no, thanks. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/what-to-know-about-another-dangerous-amoeba-linked-to-neti-pots-and-nasal-rinsing https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/what-to-know-about-anoth...
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- joseda-hg 2y ago
  Considering how common is swallowing and aspirating seawater is, how significant is this risk?
  - energy123 2y ago
    We have a microvirome so the mere existence of viruses is not necessarily a bad thing in itself
  - darkhorn 2y ago
    I cannot give statistics but I think viruses in the sea are for marine life and mostly they don't target humans. Also we are already inhaling lots of viruses.
    - SideburnsOfDoom 2y ago
      > viruses in the sea are for marine life Yes of course. The Wikipedia article says "Most of these viruses are bacteriophages ... Bacteriophages are harmless to plants and animals ... Viruses are the main agents responsible for the rapid destruction of harmful algal blooms" Likely next to none can infect land mammals. Such viruses would not have a way to replicate to large numbers in seawater, not in land mammals.
  - SideburnsOfDoom 2y ago
    Based on the historical record of humans at the sea, and the folk belief that seawater is healthy, not a significant risk at all. Ingesting bacteriophages could even be beneficial if you have bacterial issues.
- hermitcrab 2y ago
  If they were likely to crossover into mammals, they would probably have crossed over into seals by now.
saaaaaam 2y ago
To be fair, being eaten by a whale is a pretty old sea-based-fear. I think Jonah was knocking around the place around 2800 years ago...
harimau777 2y ago
“The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.” - Joseph Conrad
Gormo 2y ago
Cthulhu fhtagn.
marcosdumay 2y ago
As the video shows, being eaten by a whale is not something to be concerned about.
- zimpenfish 2y ago
  > being eaten by a whale is not something to be concerned about. Humpback whale, sure, what with their infamously tiny throats[0]. Killer whale? Probably a different experience. [0] I was going to link to QI here but that was a blue whale. Same kind of sized throat though.
  - sidewndr46 2y ago
    It could happen on accident, but to my knowledge killer whales have never done that to a human in the wild. Killer whales have most definitely attacked and killed humans while in captivity. It's also extremely obvious that it was deliberate behavior. Unless you work at SeaWorld, the risk is very low of this happening.

latexr 2y ago

There is still much about the ocean we do not know. https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/oceanography/deep-ocean-exploration.htm https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/oceano...

InDubioProRubio 2y ago

Thats a very egoistical point of view - every ex-passenger of the titanic was for a moment part of a beautiful ecological bloom on the ocean floor. DeCaprio was the best crab human-carpaccio

biofox 2y ago

Here's a new one for you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_viruses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_viruses "Viruses are the most abundant biological entity in marine environments. On average there are about ten million of them in one milliliter of seawater." If enough people get seawater up their nose, it's just a matter of time before there's a crossover event :)

9dev 2y ago
Shall we tell him about the Portuguese man o' war‘s 100 feet tentacles, or spontaneous methane clathrate eruptions?
DyslexicAtheist 2y ago
old home remedy if you suffer from a blocked nose/sinuses: "inhale" sea-water through your nose to clear it all up.
- Sharlin 2y ago
  Nasal irrigation/sinus rinsing. There are accessories that make it more comfortable too. I think salt water in particular is just because non-isotonic water inside your nose hurts and irritates the membranes.
  - SideburnsOfDoom 2y ago
    You can get sterile saline solutions for this purpose, in case you don't want "natural" seawater. Yes, too little (or too much) salt in the water will be painful.
    - Sharlin 2y ago
      You can just dissolve a teaspoon of salt to half a litre of any warm fresh drinkable water (tapwater is fine if it’s even reasonably good quality). Should be hundreds of times cheaper than sterile solution :)
      - skylurk 2y ago
        Please sterilise it first. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/what-to-know-about-another-dangerous-amoeba-linked-to-neti-pots-and-nasal-rinsing https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/what-to-know-about-anoth...
        Sharlin 2y ago
        Point taken.
      - urxvtcd 2y ago
        > CDC officials, citing a 2021 survey, say about one-third of U.S. adults incorrectly think tap water was free of bacteria and other microorganisms. Nearly two-thirds say tap water could be safely used for rinsing their sinuses. > The CDC recommends using boiled, sterile or distilled water. Flesh eating bacteria? Yeah, no, thanks. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/what-to-know-about-another-dangerous-amoeba-linked-to-neti-pots-and-nasal-rinsing https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/what-to-know-about-anoth...
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joseda-hg 2y ago
Considering how common is swallowing and aspirating seawater is, how significant is this risk?
- energy123 2y ago
  We have a microvirome so the mere existence of viruses is not necessarily a bad thing in itself
- darkhorn 2y ago
  I cannot give statistics but I think viruses in the sea are for marine life and mostly they don't target humans. Also we are already inhaling lots of viruses.
  - SideburnsOfDoom 2y ago
    > viruses in the sea are for marine life Yes of course. The Wikipedia article says "Most of these viruses are bacteriophages ... Bacteriophages are harmless to plants and animals ... Viruses are the main agents responsible for the rapid destruction of harmful algal blooms" Likely next to none can infect land mammals. Such viruses would not have a way to replicate to large numbers in seawater, not in land mammals.
- SideburnsOfDoom 2y ago
  Based on the historical record of humans at the sea, and the folk belief that seawater is healthy, not a significant risk at all. Ingesting bacteriophages could even be beneficial if you have bacterial issues.
hermitcrab 2y ago
If they were likely to crossover into mammals, they would probably have crossed over into seals by now.

saaaaaam 2y ago

To be fair, being eaten by a whale is a pretty old sea-based-fear. I think Jonah was knocking around the place around 2800 years ago...

harimau777 2y ago

“The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.” - Joseph Conrad

Gormo 2y ago

Cthulhu fhtagn.

marcosdumay 2y ago

As the video shows, being eaten by a whale is not something to be concerned about.

zimpenfish 2y ago
> being eaten by a whale is not something to be concerned about. Humpback whale, sure, what with their infamously tiny throats[0]. Killer whale? Probably a different experience. [0] I was going to link to QI here but that was a blue whale. Same kind of sized throat though.
- sidewndr46 2y ago
  It could happen on accident, but to my knowledge killer whales have never done that to a human in the wild. Killer whales have most definitely attacked and killed humans while in captivity. It's also extremely obvious that it was deliberate behavior. Unless you work at SeaWorld, the risk is very low of this happening.