Hurray for Clickbait... I mean Buzzfeed....

[BoundForElsewhere]

Deep Sea Divers Are Sharing Their Diving Horror Stories And This Is Exactly Why I'm Afraid Of The Ocean

 

[kelemvor]

I didn't get very far. The very first story on that list is obviously fake.

I was 18 meters down when my air went bad. It had a weird metallic sugary taste to it, and I started losing consciousness. I pointed myself up and pulled my BCD (buoyancy compensator), and about 6 meters from the surface, I blacked out.

I know I hate it when my air goes bad. It always seems to be mid dive when the stuff turns. Someone should start a white house petition to emit preservatives into the atmosphere so this doesn't happen in the future.


Actually, this one is probably true. I've heard that when a diver exceeds their depth rating they will emit a chemical known in the state of California to attract sharks and put them in lunch mode at the same time.

When I was 15, I took the family boat out and dove the reef myself to clear my head. That was mistake number one. I was down at a depth of about 90 feet when I was only rated for 60. While diving, I spotted a 3.5-meter mako shark coming right at me. For those who are unaware, makos are basically the cheetahs of the ocean, and they only have two speeds: curious (harmless) and lunch (very much harmful). This guy was in lunch mode. So I hovered, as I had been trained to do since there was no way for me to escape it.

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

I couldn't finish it, either. It was like watching one endless commercial for TMZ.

 

[azstinger11]

The funny thing to me is that while buzzfeed is absolutely click bait garbage, buzzfeed news is actually really solid.

 

[Vicko]

I finished it, some were actually plausible. But feeding your arm to the sharks wins the gold.

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

The funny thing to me is that while buzzfeed is absolutely click bait garbage, buzzfeed news is actually really solid.

You mean Huffington Post?

 

[azstinger11]

You mean Huffington Post?

No, the actual buzzfeednews.com , though I’d guess a subsidiary some of their content gets up cycled to them. Like all new agencies they have their faults and biases, but at least they are upfront about them. Just won a Pulitzer for their Uyghers reporting.

 

[Plungee]

# 23 to me seems like a rip off of Chris and Chrissy Rouse tragedy on U-853. 200 ft down - Son trapped under part of wreck - coast guard helicopter not leaving the deceased father to possible save the son etc.