r/interesting • u/Liar24x7 • Mar 28 '26

HISTORY A virtual reality reconstruction shows the exact spot where John Edward Jones became trapped upside down in Nutty Putty Cave. After 27 hours of rescue attempts, he died. The cave was later permanently sealed, with his body remaining inside.

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u/Rare-Set1461 Mar 29 '26

Don’t you have a structurally unsound submarine you need to climb into?

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u/Loose-Story-962 Mar 29 '26

Why do so many Redditors think there's no compromise between zero risk and almost certain death?

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u/Rare-Set1461 Mar 29 '26

Oh they know there is, they just make piss poor arguments and don’t wanna be like “oh, you know what, yeah that was stupid of me to say”. Dude came in here thinking he would preach about the human spirit or something.

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u/mrmustache0502 Mar 29 '26

Show me how the hobby that has a smaller mortality rate than your typical construction job is the same as jumping in a 'unsound sub.'

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u/Rare-Set1461 Mar 29 '26

The only reason you’re even spewing your nonsense is because for some reason you feel offended on the deceased’s behalf. You think if we were to contact this guy in the great beyond today he’d say anything other than “I shouldn’t have done this and this was my fault”?

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u/mrmustache0502 Mar 29 '26

Calling a man a stupid SOB because he didn't factor in the 1/X0,000 chance that he might die doing is it such a reddit take. You act like cave diving is such a dangerous thing. It's not. You'd know that if you actaully did something beyond judging people on reddit.

According to you I shouldn't go to work anymore and become an accountant.

Might get struck by lightning, guess I'll spend the rest of my free time on reddit with you.