[soheil]

> Swimming near whales isn’t unsafe at all

Ha! "I was completely inside" What else needs to happen for you to think there might be an element of being unsafe? The man was swallowed by a whale, I don't care if whales are aggressive or not, if anything can swallow me whole I consider that a bit unsafe.

> This was more akin to getting stepped on by a giraffe that didn’t see you there.

So you also consider hanging out near giraffes to be completely safe knowing they might accidentally step on you?

That's a very interesting definition of safety.

I think what you want to say is that animals like whales are friendly and we shouldn't harm them. Point taken.

[void_mint]

> Ha! "I was completely inside" What else needs to happen for you to think there might be an element of being unsafe?

If a thing happens once, you decide it's categorically unsafe? Not a freak accident?

Must be rough for you to actually do anything, given the how many possibilities there are to accidentally die doing basically anything.

[soheil]

You call diving in the ocean and swimming near whales "basically anything"? Diving itself is pretty high risk and the fatality rate isn't as low as you might think. You comparing essential daily activity to recreational diving in whale infested waters as equals is a quite mind boggling.

[Talanes]

Given how many "An X Year Old Person Died in This Intersection This Year" signs I pass just going about my day, I don't think the fatality rate of essential daily activity is as low as you might think.

[soheil]

You're confusing essential with recreational activity.

[ashtonkem]

Assuming that every mile is essential is quite a leap.

[Talanes]

These are mostly recreational walks.

[void_mint]

If you think this stuff is bad wait till you hear about driving...

[ashtonkem]

Diving is risky, whales are not.

[pcthrowaway]

This is like saying people who are attacked by squirrels or crows are to blame for going outside. Did you know there are squirrels and crows outside? Did you read that one article about that one person getting dive bombed by a crow? Obviously you have only yourself to blame if you go outside.