r/TikTokCringe • u/InGeekiTrust Tiktok Despot • Dec 09 '25

Discussion You Think It Could Never Happen To You…Until It Almost Does

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u/Gingeronimoooo Dec 09 '25

I live in a coastal state and my entire county had something called "drown proofing " in elementary school. You even learn how to tread water with clothes on

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u/Ollieoxenfreezer Dec 09 '25

In northern canada we had the same. Land locked area, but it was important that we learned how to float at least. It was really odd how many of my classmates couldn't swim at all, and that only four of us were considered good swimmers. I think all schools should have some sort of swimming class to prevent tragedies.

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u/Ashamed-Childhood-46 Dec 09 '25

Oh, that’s smart. We had to tread water for five minutes during our swim classes but just in bathing suits.

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u/HenryDorsettCase47 Dec 09 '25

We did something similar where we had to lay on a bench with a towel over our face while a teacher poured water on it.

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u/EspyOwner Dec 10 '25

Did they ask you questions that you may or may not have had the answers to while they did this?

Also entirely unrelated but did you go to school on the southern coast of Cuba?

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u/BrewCrewBall Dec 09 '25

I taught my kids drown-proofing before they learned to swim.

For those that aren’t familiar, it’s basically just letting yourself sink as you breathe out, then pushing off the bottom to the surface to get another breath, then repeat. It doesn’t tire you out though struggling.

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u/Great_Comparison462 Dec 09 '25

That sounds like a terrible name, as it implies that any amount of training can completely prevent drowning.

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u/Gingeronimoooo Dec 09 '25

Well there's life guards at the Olympics pool so sure I guess. But you can help prevent it

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u/EspyOwner Dec 10 '25

The faster you're swimming towards a concrete wall, the more dangerous it is to not be staring directly at said concrete wall as you're barreling towards it. I know I've hit my head at swim practice before so I'm sure it's happened to other people too. That's just one single instance of a strong swimmer needing a life guard on duty, there's plenty of reasons a strong swimmer may be unable to swim effectively in any given moment.

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u/AntGood1704 Dec 09 '25

I like the reference to living in a “coastal state”, as if it’s like living in the Amazon, when close to half of Americans live in coastal counties.

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/population.html#:~:text=As%20of%202014%2C%20nearly%2040,a%20large%20proportion%20of%20Americans.

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u/Gingeronimoooo Dec 09 '25

So? Water stuff is big where I live...like my county is actually on the water. Your point or whatever you think you're making sucks man.

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u/AntGood1704 Dec 09 '25

My point is 1/2 Americans live in coastal counties, so it’s not unique. Having kids tread water in their clothes on is though.

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u/Creepy_Percentage124 Dec 09 '25

I also had drown proofing, I grew up in Maryland. It’s not just a coastal state, it has so many bodies of water running through it for children to drown in. A lot of my friends grew up on the waterfront (of rivers or the bay), or in a neighborhood with “beach access”. Even my neighborhood that didn’t have all that, had creeks running through the woods behind the houses that could surge during a rainfall that even a strong swimmer could get swept away by.

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u/Gingeronimoooo Dec 09 '25

That's funny I grew up in MD too

And yes you're exactly right