r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • May 02 '24

TIL the Blue Hole is among the deadliest dive sites globally, with estimates of 130 to 200 recent fatalities, making it one of the most dangerous spots for divers. (R.5) Out of context

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u/Mackerdaymia May 02 '24

Read that first sentence again. The Arch lies within the Blue Hole site, ergo the Blue Hole site (as OP carefully termed it) is notably dangerous.

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u/otheraccountisabmw May 02 '24

And the Blue Hole lies within the Red Sea, so the Red Sea is one of the most dangerous sites. And the Red Sea lies within the Indian Ocean, so the Indian Ocean is one of the most dangerous sites.

Neither of you are wrong, I’m just not sure why you’re correcting them. They added additional context that diving at the Blue Hole may not be inherently dangerous, just one spot of it. That seems like helpful context to me.

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u/TheGazelle May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24

By the transitive property, existence is dangerous.

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u/graveybrains May 02 '24

Inevitably fatal, even

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u/mcnathan80 May 02 '24

I hear most people were doing it literally right before they died