• peanuts4life@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 months ago

    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.

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      4 months ago

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

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      4 months ago

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

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        4 months ago

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

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        4 months ago

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

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