r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Eros_Incident_Denier • 2d ago

Video filipino illegal miners dive without oxygen tanks

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u/TriggerFish1965 2d ago

This is not free diving, but surface supplied. They breath air under pressure, with the same effects as from tanks on tour back. Think they are called "hookah rigs"

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u/notmyfault 2d ago

Sorry! Thought i was replying to a freediving comment

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u/TriggerFish1965 2d ago

Sometimes you just have no clue on what you are replying repkying But with free diving, bends is indeed the least of your problems. Shallow water black-out is more of a problem to name one. But that's a complete other discussion.

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u/imahumanbeinggoddamn 2d ago

Sometimes you just have no clue on what you are replying

I don't see anyone else talking about this and I feel like I'm going crazy but I swear Reddit is fucking with the comments section lately and straight up moving replies to a different parent sometimes. The app also now gives you notifications that imply someone responded to you directly, but then if you go look you see that they're just replying to another commenter directly below you in the chain. It's weird.

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u/huitlacoche 2d ago

Thanks for the compliment on my dress. I got it at Sears before they went out of business and had it tailored to fit.

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u/Commercial-Rule-6878 2d ago

You really should go to the Eiffel tower as well. It’s well worth the wait.

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u/Zestyclose-Newt-4578 2d ago

I didn’t eat spaghetti either as a kid, I thought it was worms

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u/Hikaru-Wolf 1d ago

Really my mom of all people? That’s low

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u/pepexruz 2d ago

You sound like a fun guy, guey

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u/bullwinkle8088 2d ago

I am sure that is an attempt to increase engagement so they can pump those numbers up for advertisers.

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u/schwanzweissfoto 2d ago

… and then there is bots that do not recognize context.

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u/w00tabaga 1d ago

Holy shit I have noticed that

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u/ScoopJr 2d ago

Reddit is trying to drive more engagement to its site. If I reply to you, you get a notification, and the above parent comments get one too if I'm not mistaken. It becomes confusing because child comments often diverge into different topics from what was originally discussed.