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[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (11 children)

But you don't sink all the way into it

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Unless you panic and thrash about. The force required to pull your leg out is more than the force of buoyancy keeping you up. So if you are up to your hips, and you just try to step out, you will keep sinking. Once your chest is under, it will be hard to breathe and the panic gets worse.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Could be. I have never encountered quicksand but I have heard that you don't really sink past your waist.

[–] onion@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most quicksand probably isn't that deep, so you'll end up standing on a more solid layer

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Exactly. I doubt there is a 2m deep pit of quicksand I need to be worried about

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