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by Ma8ee 1835 days ago
No! The only time that might a good advice is if you are stuck under water. Or otherwise exhausted all other possibilities and there's absolutely no hope to be rescued. Otherwise keep your life jacket on. For example the casualty in this [0] case would probably been alive still if he just waited for help instead.

In general, don't spread anecdotal safety advice. Someone might die.

[0] https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/Accident/detail/a...