2026-09-17 16:54 UTC
@lorask@social.vivaldi.net @bloor@bloor.tw This kid in question was 3. My 4 year old has been going to weekly swimming lessons since he was 6 months old and still sinks like a rock unless he is holding a float - "teach 'em to swim" is not a reasonable answer.
Kids also move *fast* - probably most parents have momentarily lost track of their child. Usually you get away with it because the holes in the Swiss cheese don't line up.
But I don't think there's a solution - sometimes tragedies happen and that's just how it is.
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@bloor@bloor.tw 2026-09-17 17:42
@steve@mastodon.nexusuk.org @lorask@social.vivaldi.net I think think is spot on. There is a tranche of people who believe every tragedy can be prevented. So they come up with utterly insane “solutions” without properly considering the downsides. Then won’t take any rational, knowledge-backed critique. We could cut the infant mortality rate massively by banning all cars immediately. But I don’t see many of them queuing up for that.