• Prehensile_cloaca
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          16 months ago

          Yep, saltwater has more buoyancy, and the higher the salinity, the more buoyant the water.

        • @[email protected]
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          26 months ago

          Only if they had the knowledge and abilities (and time to come up with a plan) of two people whose job it is to come up with exactly this kind of thing.

          Sure, it was possible. That doesn’t make it probable.

          • Flying Squid
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            46 months ago

            “Climb on the door” seems like something within their knowledge and abilities.

            • @[email protected]
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              06 months ago

              I take it you didn’t actually watch the mythbusters episode, then. If they both just climbed on the door they would have both died. They would have had to jury-rig a contraption using the life-preserver Rose was wearing to survive… barely.

            • @[email protected]
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              06 months ago

              It would somewhat undermine the core of their narrative being a tragedy within a larger tragedy though.

              • Flying Squid
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                16 months ago

                I mean there were other ways of doing that without making it look like she just didn’t let him on the door.

        • @[email protected]
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          46 months ago

          I don’t recall the full episode but a few things stood out.

          • it would be cold as hel, so properly strapping a lifevest around some flotsam seems iffy
          • isn’t saltwater more buoyant or is that old fishwife’s tale? Also idk if that test body of water is salty.
          • Prehensile_cloaca
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            16 months ago

            Yep, saltwater has more buoyancy, and the higher the salinity, the more buoyant the water.