• fsxylo@sh.itjust.works
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      1 month ago

      Everyone is all “actually it would be impossible” like this bitch did math before telling the guy to go fuck himself.

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      1 month ago

      Only if they both had the knowledge and frame of mind to engi her flotation devices from the life vest rose was wearing. Otherwise the door would have sunk enough for them to freeze to death before rescue came. Provides they knew rescue was coming after a certain time.

      Considering one was a socialite, and the other a freelance artist, and both had just almost been killed multiple times… no, I don’t think they would have had the foresight to come up with the exact scenario that would have saved them both.

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            1 month ago

            Only if they had the knowledge and abilities (and time to come up with a plan) of two people whose job it is to come up with exactly this kind of thing.

            Sure, it was possible. That doesn’t make it probable.

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                1 month ago

                I take it you didn’t actually watch the mythbusters episode, then. If they both just climbed on the door they would have both died. They would have had to jury-rig a contraption using the life-preserver Rose was wearing to survive… barely.

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            1 month ago

            I don’t recall the full episode but a few things stood out.

            • it would be cold as hel, so properly strapping a lifevest around some flotsam seems iffy
            • isn’t saltwater more buoyant or is that old fishwife’s tale? Also idk if that test body of water is salty.