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[–] peanuts4life@lemmy.blahaj.zone 57 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The whole premise of this meme is a bit silly. If there was a corpse floating near the beach, I think most people might wait for the corpse to be removed, and perhaps even a reasonable cause of death to be determined, before entering the local area. The same is true for pools.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 35 points 4 months ago

"Smithens, the corpse is growing near me again. Use the pool-skimmer to push it into the deep end"

[–] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 22 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Ah, so corpse count AND proximity are both factors? Along with knowledge of the presence of said corpse?

[–] oxideseven@lemmy.ca 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

And corpse size and species. The variables are piling up... This is gonna be a difficult study

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This can be simplified to the individual's understanding of how quickly they could be touching a corpse.

[–] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

Corpse size still plays a role. You wouldn't want to touch a dead tadpole, but you may not even notice.