r/BeAmazed • u/GinaWhite_tt • 14d ago

Miscellaneous / Others Great moment between a father and a son.

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u/Academic-Increase951 14d ago

Meh, I don't think they are fine in this scenario, kid is with a group of actual professionals surfers and likely can swim better than most adults. It's a calculated risk but the experience level of the people around would make drowning very unlikely.

There's also lots of harmful effects in living life and growing up avoiding all risks and dangers. There needs to be a balance.

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u/CaptainAmerica_ 14d ago

This is what you call a dumbass mindset

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u/SilliousSoddus 13d ago

People commenting on how to stay safe at the beach when they clearly have no fucking idea what they're talking about.. that's dumbass.

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u/sometimesynot 14d ago

There's also lots of harmful effects in living life and growing up avoiding all risks and dangers. There needs to be a balance.

Wearing a safety device is not "avoiding all risks and dangers". When I went skydiving, I had a backup chute, just in case. I didn't avoid the activity...I just took precautions. A kid that young should not be excluded from the activity but should probably wear some kind of life jacket, just in case.

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u/bitchpleasebp 14d ago

son, kids drown in pools, let alone the vast ocean.

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u/lumpysurfer 14d ago

Wrap yourself and your children in bubble wrap and fuck off

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u/bitchpleasebp 14d ago

you're sick

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u/QuasiKick 14d ago

Having a bad day? 5 minutes walking outside helps!

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u/Academic-Increase951 14d ago

Guess we should ban kids from pools then too, and ban kids from playing sports, and ban kids from being in cars, or from Eating solid food, or drinking water. Let's put them in a bubble and feed them by feeding tube.

The thing is, this kid is probably safer doing this than the average family going to the beach with their kids wearing life vests. Guess you think families should be banned from beaches. He's in familiar waters, surrounded by a group of professional surfers, and surfing with his professional surfer dad.

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u/bitchpleasebp 14d ago

the straw man argument is so predictable, and i'm quite annoyed by it. think more critically

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u/Academic-Increase951 14d ago

You started with the straw man argument, I just retaliated in kind. If that annoys you so much then maybe some self reflection is needed.

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u/bitchpleasebp 14d ago

not how that works, bub.