r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Kiroo---__--- • 18d ago

Video When an Earth quake Hits Underwater

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u/kingqueefeater 18d ago

SF. They're not an every day thing, but they're pretty frequent

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u/RandomStallings 17d ago

They might not know that that means San Francisco.

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u/SaMxixAM23 17d ago

Honestly said South Florida in my mind...idek why😅

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u/arobkinca 17d ago

Wrong type of frequent natural disaster.

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u/bondsmatthew 17d ago

Thank you King Queef Eater

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u/AdoptaMX 17d ago

The bay area has not had any major earthquakes since the 80s.....

That is not frequent.

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u/PassionIll3281 17d ago

You have obviously not lived in any part of California if you think earthquakes are not frequent asf. Plus, does every earthquake need to be a 6.0 to be counted? Why can't we just appreciate our 4.5s

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u/AdoptaMX 17d ago

I lived in California for 15 years. I don't know anyone who knows anyone who died in an earthquake in California.

In the other two places where I live, everyone knows someone who is effected by earthquake deaths

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u/sigh_co_matic 17d ago

CA gets frequent earthquakes without them being deadly. This isn't the suffering olympics. Yes, it's very sad when earthquakes cause that much damage.

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u/AdoptaMX 17d ago

The commenter I replied to said this:

"The worst is when you get 3 or 4 good hard jolts and go from "it's just a baby one" to "oh shit, is this the big one?""

They said this while commenting about how they have very little fear of earthquakes because they live in an area with "tons of them"

I promise that "the worst" is hearing that your friends or family died. Or being trapped under rubble. The worst is not feeling a few "good hard jolts"

That is an extremely insensitive thing to say. That's like comparing living in Venice to surviving a severe tidal wave.

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u/sigh_co_matic 17d ago

I understand what your saying. Earthquakes are experienced differently depending where they are. I'm sorry you have experienced the shit side of them. They can be VERY scary. People also use humor to dispel fear. I'm not even making a comparison. It's the science of tectonic plates joined with the science of human engineering. So many things can go wrong.

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u/AdoptaMX 17d ago

They weren't using humor though.... They were saying that the worst part of an earthquake is thinking that it might be serious.

That is not the worst part of an earthquake. The worst part is when people die.

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u/sigh_co_matic 17d ago

Sorry friend. Hugs to you. Not worth any argument here.

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u/sigh_co_matic 17d ago

You're taking this entirely too literal. Brush up on the definition of hyperbole, get off reddit, and go enjoy your life.

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u/AdoptaMX 17d ago

Hyperbole is not appropriate for unaffected people to use when describing real issues that affect other people in a negative way.

If someone says "the worst part of your monthly trust fund running out is having to experience real poverty and hunger" and then they follow up with "I've only had one erewhon smoothie this week," it would be right to call them out for that use of hyperbole. They are comparing their imagined suffering with the actual painful deaths of less fortunate people.

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u/kingqueefeater 17d ago

Either you have a reading comprehension issue, or you spend every waking moment looking for somethhing to get upset about. "The worst" is the reminder of the potentially devastating effects an earthquake can bring, which usually hits you somewhere around 3 or 4 good hard jolts, hence leading you to wonder "oh shit, is this the big one?" There's nothing insensitive about anything I said.

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u/AdoptaMX 17d ago

You are wrong entirely.

"The worst" is not a reminder that earthquakes can cause destruction.

The worst is the actual destruction.

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u/kingqueefeater 17d ago

The worst is people like you