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[–] anamethatisnt@lemmy.world 120 points 1 year ago (2 children)

An ultra-marathoner’s attempt to “run” from Florida to Bermuda in an inflatable bubble was cut short when the Coast Guard towed him back to land – for the second time.

https://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/25/us/bubble-man-rescue/index.html

[–] grue@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I see from his Wikipedia page that trying to run across the ocean in a bubble is kinda his thing, but seriously, the only "successful" trip he's apparently made so far is a 30 mile one from Newport Beach, CA to Catalina Island. He needs to island-hop from Florida to the Bahamas to the Antilles or something instead of trying to YOLO straight from a 30-mile trip to a 1,000-one. And he needs to quit skipping out on having a support boat.

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[–] Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago

Last I heard of this guy was last year during attempt #4 Source

[–] nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works 89 points 1 year ago (3 children)

would you not just bake inside that thing?

[–] alilbee@lemmy.world 73 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The article quotes him saying it can get to 120F in that thing. No thank you.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 102 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's 49° for the rest of us.

[–] alilbee@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or 322 kelvins for all the Kelvins out there

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Or 560°R (Rankine, the Fahrenheit-based alternative to Kelvin).

0°R = 0K

[–] grue@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (6 children)

But seriously though, who the Hell has ever used Rankine? The SI system of measurement is older than the discovery of absolute zero, so there was never a reason for that bastard unit of measurement to exist in the first place, except to be a contrarian asshole.

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The story didn’t mention him bringing edibles

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 17 points 1 year ago

It seems like it might be... implied? :-P

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 65 points 1 year ago (2 children)

coast guard should fine him for littering the sea with plastic garbage. If he wants to die in the ocean he should do it like everyone else

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Sorry, how does everyone else die in the ocean?

[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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[–] dumbass@leminal.space 24 points 1 year ago

Being seduced by sirens of course.

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[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago

Congratulations! You are being rescued. Please do not resist.

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This sounds like it could be a fun experience for a day, weather permitting. More than that is insanity.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My first thought: chilling in the bubble ... "I need to shit. Oh, oh no. Oh fuck me, no."

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

You’d think the bubble would have a poop hole.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] elxeno@lemm.ee 31 points 1 year ago
[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I imagine there must be an opening to let air in sometimes.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Only in. No out. Perfect for smellz.

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[–] PancakeTrebuchet@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

He probably shits out the hole he fishes through.

[–] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

In all my years in the industry I’ve learned to follow this simple rule: never shit out the hole you fish through.

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He should do it again if he managed to raise $144k for charity!

I mean that's how much was spent on his rescue...

[–] moriquende@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (9 children)

how on earth do you spend 144k to tow some air bubble back to the coast?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Salaries for the entire crew of a Coast Guard cutter (100+ people) for however long it took to find and retrieve him would be a big-ticket item. Plus all the fuel and other operational costs for the cutter, along with the same for a C-130 search plane, MH-60 rescue helicopter, and whatever other stuff they used.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago

Hiring a boat, a chopper or two and supporting a healthy military industrial complex.

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[–] Potatisen@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That hammock in the middle of that bubble... That sounds like an amazing nights sleep.

[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Until the waves are 100x the bubble lol

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[–] SurfinBird@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago
[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago

Just leave them.

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