Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
slate.com
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed.

  • Atomic@sh.itjust.works
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    1 hour ago

    The point is that people who haven’t seen someone drown, may not know what drowning looks like, with the exception of media depictions.

    There, fixed that for you.

    Drowning does not look like the splashing depictions in media. So that’s not an exception. Because that’s not what drowning looks like.

    Way to prove the headline communicates it effectively when you just made that exact mistake.