posted by gut

Was just reading today that 9(?) people have died in Florida the past week due to drowning from unusually strong rip currents.

Sounds like that may have been the case.  If a 35-yr old pro athlete can succumb, not something you want to mess with.

In some cases, the beaches were double-red flagged, meaning closed to swimming and punishable with up to a $500 fine.

A lot of people don't know what to do if they get caught in a rip current. It is easily manageable if you don't panic and swim with the current you will come out just fine. 

posted by brutus161

A lot of people don't know what to do if they get caught in a rip current. It is easily manageable if you don't panic and swim with the current you will come out just fine. 

Unfortunately most people panic (it just happens), and then fail to swim parallel to the beach until they're out of it.  Always good to have a boogie board or some flotation device with you at the beach in case you have to go out and help someone. 

posted by QuakerOats

Unfortunately most people panic (it just happens), and then fail to swim parallel to the beach until they're out of it.  Always good to have a boogie board or some flotation device with you at the beach in case you have to go out and help someone. 

That too, but the worst thing someone can do is to try to swim right back to shore. Guaranteed problem right there. 

Panic is real when that water takes over.

Alan Arkin has sadly passed away at the age of 89. pic.twitter.com/Hqsp1nwBFK

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) June 30, 2023

posted by justincredible

Alan Arkin has sadly passed away at the age of 89. pic.twitter.com/Hqsp1nwBFK

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) June 30, 2023

Loved that guy.  His role in Glenngary Glenn Ross was my favorite one of his.

Sue the Sex Lady, 93

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/sue-johanson-obituary-1234781598/amp/

Nothing like flipping through the channels in college drunk as hell after the bars to come across a then late 70s woman wielding a dildo

Tony Bennett, 96

posted by queencitybuckeye

Tony Bennett, 96

Crazy…we are in Nashville and had our tour at the Grand Ol Opry and in the Acuff House beforehand and as we are walking in my wife sees that Tony Bennett just died…..it was the very first display in the Acuff House.

Sinead O'Connor - 56

posted by brutus161

Sinead O'Connor - 56

Really weird because I thought she died a few years ago. RIP

Just heard that song if hers on the way home today.

posted by Ironman92

Just heard that song if hers on the way home today.

Not many know that "nothing" was a cover of a Prince song

posted by Verbal Kint

Not many know that "nothing" was a cover of a Prince song

Yep…I always listened to the countdowns back in the day and they’d mention that fairly regularly 

posted by Ironman92

Yep…I always listened to the countdowns back in the day and they’d mention that fairly re

Are you ok Mitch?

Yep….auto fill seems to do that on this site when it’s the final word of a post.

Someone shamed a bunch of celebrities for not speaking up in support when Sinead flipped out and got sort of blackballed.

I remember when she ripped-up that photo of the Pope....I imagine if she did that in today's environment, the Left would praise her for it, and all the late night hosts would be lining up to hear her thoughts.

Randy Meisner, 77.

posted by gut

Someone shamed a bunch of celebrities for not speaking up in support when Sinead flipped out and got sort of blackballed.

I remember when she ripped-up that photo of the Pope....I imagine if she did that in today's environment, the Left would praise her for it, and all the late night hosts would be lining up to hear her thoughts.

I'd think the Right would have to love her. I mean, they're all about calling people "groomers" nowadays and she ripped up the picture in order to protest against those sorts and how the church was covering up their acts. Sounds like a perfect match!

Paul Reubens - 70

Cheems, the meme dog (the one on the right).

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cheems

Pro wrestling legend and hardcore icon, Terry Funk, 79

Damn, bad two days for pro wrestlers....Windham Rotunda, also known as Bray Wyatt in the WWE, 36

posted by BR1986FB

Damn, bad two days for pro wrestlers....Windham Rotunda, also known as Bray Wyatt in the WWE, 36

Any word on his cause of death

posted by sportchampps

Any word on his cause of death

Supposedly had a heart condition, then caught COVID which triggered a heart attack. That's what I initially heard. This is the second member of the Wyatt Family faction to die as Luke Harper (name in the faction) who wrestled as Brodie Lee in AEW, Passed in 2020.

Bob Barker, 99