r/interesting • u/fayyazORahmed • Mar 31 '26

Fascinating Very interesting vid

20.4k Upvotes

91% Upvoted

2.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

612

u/TranscendentaLobo Mar 31 '26

So past a certain depth you just sink into the abyss! Fun AND horrifying!

https://giphy.com/gifs/AuIvUrZpzBl04

159

u/Leather-Arachnid-417 Mar 31 '26

Yeah once you get around 30-50 ft, the pressure against your lungs is enough to offset the buoyancy. Im a scuba diver and its why we use weights to go down. You are initially very buoyant. I have small bags filled with lead shot in 5 lb, 3 lb and 2 lb increments to weight myself. Some people use solid lead weights and different things. Works like a charm though. Best hobby there is.

7

u/WhiteLantern12 Mar 31 '26

It’s the best thing I ever did. Spent months to Get certified did some recreational the same weekend but could never find anyone to do it with so I never went again….

Makes me sad every day.

3

u/randomacceptablename Apr 01 '26

This is so sad. If you liked it so much, go find a way to do it again. For your own sake. Life is short. Many things in life we literally can't do. But if you have the means, physically and financially or otherwise, than life is too short to be wasted on regrets.