Born in 83. I was convinced that at some point I'd either get trapped in quicksand, or a plane I'm in would fly over the Bermuda triangle and we would just vanish.
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You never hear about the Bermuda triangle anymore
It mysteriously vanished one day.
Quicksand got it.
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The Bermuda triangle! I'd forgotten all about it. I was legit concerned about that
Or that the Amazon rainforest would be destroyed in my lifetime
Yep, made trips to the beach all that more exciting - who's going to die in the quicksand at Seahouses this trip?!
Those videos in school as well, sorta like PIFs I guess?
Slurry pits, climbing on stacks of felled trees and building sites were other fear inducing videos.
I grew up in the sticks so mebbies the content was different to city folk?
We lost a football on Talacre beach in North Wales. It was right there, but there was a 10ft area around it that was just semi-liquid. Had to pull one of the kids out when they tried to get it. Scary stuff if you're out by yourself and there's no one to help.
I blame comics 😁 There were often some quicksand as a plot helper. Tintin for example.
Cartoons as well. I was certainly led to believe quicksand was going to be something I'd need to deal with as an adult.
So far, after a couple of decades of "adulting", I'm so far at 0 quicksand incidents.
When they happen though, I'm ready.
I saw it in Looney Tunes a lot, but only when the setting was a jungle. Or because the animator was fighting the animations.