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(DIR) Post #AmUhna6RmSYPHed1lo by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-29T11:35:37Z
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Which do *you* find more scary?(This isn't about which one is technically more dangerous... so, it's not about what's risker or the more rational one to choose if you had to do one or the other. This is about what causes you to *personally* feel more fear, if you feel any at all at the idea of doing either.)
(DIR) Post #AmUiSFzZSPa8meo9C4 by jens@social.finkhaeuser.de
2024-09-29T11:42:48Z
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@futurebird I said I can't pick, but that's not strictly true. I would go to space over going deep into the ocean.But from a quantity of scariness perspective, I think they're about equal. It's more the quality of scariness and the kind of imagined reward that makes the choice.
(DIR) Post #AmUj32AjnnFadXZG8u by JetlagJen@geekdom.social
2024-09-29T11:49:25Z
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@futurebird space scares me more.If something goes wrong up there, that's it, game over.If something goes wrong in the deep ocean, I know how to swim up. I know it doesn't actually work that way (lung capacity, the bends, etc) but it feels like I could try to do *something*.
(DIR) Post #AmUj7LKYVukbDJDN0y by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-29T11:50:22Z
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I want nothing to do with space. It's so hostile, the no air, the radiation, the extremes of temperature. I will take the ocean please. Or it scares me less I suppose. I think it might be more dangerous technically. But something about the exposure of space... the idea of getting lost... no thank you.
(DIR) Post #AmUjAiCHx7K10BxDe4 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-29T11:50:43Z
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@JetlagJen Same.
(DIR) Post #AmUjGPX4GEgoqrOIXg by Enema_Cowboy@dotnet.social
2024-09-29T11:52:02Z
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@futurebirdI've been underwater before, and I know that can be scary at times. But with going into space, I have not experienced anything like that, so there is a fear of the unknown. Both environments are very unforgiving of mistakes.
(DIR) Post #AmUjdmGVuFQ017n2PY by jens@social.finkhaeuser.de
2024-09-29T11:56:13Z
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@futurebird @JetlagJen Well, I had a brush with drowning, and can tell you it's terrifying.
(DIR) Post #AmUjgiCDUa7eGVBAyu by photovotary@beige.party
2024-09-29T11:56:48Z
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@futurebird Since I've been to the deep ocean and felt like it must feel a bit like being in space, but haven't been to space, I chose space. Equally exciting!
(DIR) Post #AmUk6EMX2GN1GcAkhE by 7sleepersmusic@mastodon.social
2024-09-29T12:01:18Z
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@futurebird True, space is plenty dangerous. But IMHO so is the ocean. I just figure that the view up there is better than the view down there. Might be worth the risk! 🌠 🪐 👽 👍 😁
(DIR) Post #AmUkas9RfKqhMEf85I by dedicto@mastodon.social
2024-09-29T12:06:41Z
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@futurebird William Shatner reported the same reaction when he first ACTUALLY went into space — after having built an acting career playing a starship captain. He expected to feel that he was on some great adventure, as on the show. Instead, he actually felt he was surrounded by a desolate immensity of death that made him appreciate the warmth and life of the Earth more than ever — and want to get back to it.
(DIR) Post #AmUkkxB9pOaBqXGp1c by robotistry@sciencemastodon.com
2024-09-29T12:08:40Z
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@futurebird Rationally, I'd go to space rather than the deep ocean. They're equally inaccessible and require equally specialized equipment, but the failsafes, seriousness, and funding at places like NASA mean that resources are better matched to the seriousness of the stakes.Personally, the views from space are better, but I suspect the views underwater would be more interesting, because I see fewer pictures and videos.But they're both equally scary to me.
(DIR) Post #AmUkzA2mnEMRnh84n2 by Karen5Lund@mastodon.social
2024-09-29T12:11:18Z
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@futurebird Logically space is probably more dangerous, but I grew up watching lift-offs and splash-downs so it feels more comfortable to me. One detail not mentioned in your poll: if it were to space, I want to go with NASA or ESA; if to the deep ocean, with a respected research organization. I wouldn't ride a tandem bicycle to the grocery store (my nearest is six blocks from home) with some joy-riding billionaire.
(DIR) Post #AmUmGXL1XTvCvIVcvI by justafrog@mstdn.social
2024-09-29T12:25:40Z
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@futurebird One of my recurrent not-so-happy-but-not-really-a-nightmare dreams is being on board of a civilian passenger transport, seeing Earth drop away into the distance through a small viewport.It becomes entirely invisible, and I won't see it again.
(DIR) Post #AmUmIN7UV8pjoL3Qem by virtualinanity@toot.community
2024-09-29T12:26:02Z
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@futurebird over last year have developed huge fear of drowning that I can’t explain so fast death of space feels preferable should something go wrong
(DIR) Post #AmUnoahxcFcrAu2Ww4 by martinschlegel@mastodon.online
2024-09-29T12:42:59Z
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@futurebird I feel fine when in water. I like swimming in the open ocean, in glacial lakes or in rivers. As a kid I often dreamed I could breath under water and stay down there as long as I wanted. I like diving as deep down and as far as my untrained lungs will permit. I would feel very comfortable deep down there, water is comfortable and it’s not like I could physically feel the pressure while in a submarine. Space on the other hand, cold endless emptyness.
(DIR) Post #AmUnrg2oESn8asGNRw by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-29T12:43:34Z
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@eric "There are plenty of things in the deep ocean that would love eat me" wow SOMEONE thinks he's delicious.(kidding)
(DIR) Post #AmUntaN6IJ8VZyfFSa by AMS@infosec.exchange
2024-09-29T12:43:53Z
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@futurebird Bends vs. MOOSE. Space is survivable with a barely regulated bottle of pure O2 and some fancy shapewear. And you can escape as soon as you can get somewhere safe. Deep sea means you need to breathe the cryogen coolant (He mixes) and takes days to safely escape.
(DIR) Post #AmUqtBnBykGVD8N4CW by Dave3307@beige.party
2024-09-29T13:17:26Z
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@futurebird I’m a retired Submariner and spent a significant portion of my life underwater. A long time ago we were in port and I was watching the news and they were showing the interior of the ISS, it looked very similar to a submarine. The Venn diagram of people who are able to work in both environments may not be a circle but there’s going to be significant overlap.
(DIR) Post #AmUrPdHtHuipkhCTkO by jmax@mastodon.social
2024-09-29T13:23:12Z
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@futurebird Ocean scares me more because being crushed hits harder viscerally.
(DIR) Post #AmUvtYdHYjBxoqjMqu by goku12@fosstodon.org
2024-09-29T14:13:22Z
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@futurebird On the contrary, you could get hopelessly lost at sea (MH370 anyone?) with no hopes of being spotted by radar or optics. It's not possible to rescue you in the deep sea, even if they find you (how to dock under pressure?). And it could crush your body into pulp in an instant (which wont happen in space). It's not just the technical risk - the ways in which the ocean can kill you is truly horrifying, compared to space.
(DIR) Post #AmUwe71s0PfdoqQkr2 by tirrimas@beige.party
2024-09-29T14:21:43Z
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@futurebird there's...STUFF...in the ocean 😳
(DIR) Post #AmUwlAouJFYNbTjaSW by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-29T14:23:14Z
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@tirrimas So you won't be alone! Much better.
(DIR) Post #AmUy1FxT4dq47tyHOy by bovaz@mastodon.online
2024-09-29T14:37:24Z
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@futurebird The ocean is scarier for me. We know there's nothing in space, while we know there stuff in the ocean. And things to me are by default scarier than nothing. And we can "see" farther in space.
(DIR) Post #AmV0jbCvd8gkgETV1E by shauna@social.coop
2024-09-29T15:07:41Z
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@futurebird they're both hugely scary to me, but I also really want to go to space (it's space!!) and that enthusiasm cancels out a little bit of the scary
(DIR) Post #AmV6ZJg4YD8b8oaQxE by faassen@fosstodon.org
2024-09-29T16:13:09Z
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@futurebirdInteresting that most people say under the ocean rather than space. I picked space as more scary.To me the ocean is full of life, and while I know rationally that this living environment cannot support me without equipment it's still part of my home world emotionally. Space is not that, and as far as I can see inimical to life. Hypothetical living alien worlds are another story again though.
(DIR) Post #AmV6v2SVFbeC6nb7JY by faassen@fosstodon.org
2024-09-29T16:17:07Z
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@futurebirdOh I see your emotional response is similar to mine!I wonder whether it has to do with the perception of nature as hostile and wild, so the absence of it seems safer? I have weeds all over my garden and snails but also tomatillos and flowers, ang a bit of chaos can appeal to me, so nature isn't so scary.
(DIR) Post #AmV8nzTGA1faiuibgW by twipped@twipped.social
2024-09-29T16:38:08Z
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@futurebird as long as your sub doesn’t implode, if it breaks down you can still be rescued.If a space ship breaks down, you’re fucked.
(DIR) Post #AmVC8x80MlDZOvSp5E by venya@musicians.today
2024-09-29T17:15:36Z
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@futurebird I saw The Abyss when I was 12.
(DIR) Post #AmVS7EjnWPTIhgLRWy by acm_redfox@jawns.club
2024-09-29T20:14:36Z
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@futurebird In both cases you are completely dependent on a pressurized suit or tiny ship to protect you against an environment where you aren't meant to survive. slight difference in how fast things can go bad, maybe.
(DIR) Post #AmVWaRlqXmKDL6UGNU by dgoldsmith@mastodon.social
2024-09-29T21:04:34Z
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@futurebird The pressure differential between inside and outside is much higher in the deep ocean than in space (many atmospheres vs. one or less). The most worrisome parts of space travel for me are launch and reentry. I'm not too worried about the travel itself — the trajectories are planned out meticulously.
(DIR) Post #AmVgZLdQrzZ7YtfMdE by nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social
2024-09-29T22:56:34Z
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@futurebird What about Subnautica? 😁
(DIR) Post #AmVgtm0wVCbfAQP12e by queenofnewyork@newsie.social
2024-09-29T23:00:10Z
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@futurebird Water for me, because the claustrophobia is immediate. I suspect space would end up also being bad, because I’d still be in a small space, but just the concept feels more open.
(DIR) Post #AmVkW4HPL6TkgR3WLI by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2024-09-29T23:40:45Z
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@futurebird Vacuum can only give at most an atmosphere of force.High pressure water scares me.
(DIR) Post #AmVq9Jmc8EH5pZBgfp by Red_Shirt_no2@c.im
2024-09-30T00:43:55Z
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@futurebird It’s really hard to be sure, but I lean toward being more scared to go to space. I think it’s because I feel that if I died underwater, I’d still be “home”.
(DIR) Post #AmXDVNXnudsHhXyW1o by Knef@livellosegreto.it
2024-09-30T16:40:18Z
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@futurebird Dying in space feels somehow more poetic than dying on the bottom of the ocean. Becoming stardust and all that.
(DIR) Post #AmYEeDy1BSotiUyhs0 by xilebo@norden.social
2024-10-01T04:27:48Z
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@futurebirdThere are a lot of stories out there about horrible monsters, eating your space ship.They are much more likely to live deep in the ocean.There is a lot of really spooky stuff down there.
(DIR) Post #AmYIR26YNNkwyiw5Ka by ang6666@mastodon.social
2024-10-01T05:10:16Z
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@futurebird There is no Jaws in space.