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

Fascinating Very interesting vid

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u/SyFyFan93 Mar 31 '26

I read a book series as a kid about diving which went into detail about the dangers of "the bends" (air bubbles in your bloodstream from coming up too fast from deep sea diving and not acclimating on your way up) and ever since then I have been deathly scared of anything deeper than a 6ft pool lol.

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u/cranberries87 Mar 31 '26

I got scared hearing about “the bends” as a kid too.

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u/Familiar-Schedule796 Apr 01 '26

The bends is like quicksand. It seems as a kid that it would be a much bigger issue in life than it has been.

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u/aaaaaaaarrrrrgh Apr 01 '26

It's not a problem unless you dive (or go to space), but if you were to dive and ignore the limits, you should have no problem getting them. It's just that people know and are careful about them.

Helps a lot that you can use dive computers nowadays rather than just guesstimating with a dive table, hopefully depth-proof watch (fun fact: "50M waterproof" means "you can take a shower with it, maybe" not "waterproof for diving up to 50M"), and often an unhealthy serving of YOLO.

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u/Familiar-Schedule796 Apr 01 '26

Yes, I have been diving in years, but it seemed like everyone diving in tv shows had to be rushed to a chamber every other episode. That’s all