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Fucken sharkweek

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KravtZ
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im so afraid to swim ni the ocean now like today i went water skiing and fell in the middle of it just krillin there. and ever since shark week im just shitting myself over sharks since they showed about a lot of attacks in new jersey/new york where i was. this happen to anyone else
Aug 24 2009 12:23AM
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J-Evs
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haha do true
Aug 24 2009 12:32AM
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Lanceasaurus
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I agree shark week makes you want to never go into open waters ever again. Its a shame :(
Aug 24 2009 12:34AM
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.thedude
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three words: ride the sharks
Aug 24 2009 12:51AM
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JLactron
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dont worry about them man

Aug 24 2009 1:33AM
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landonn
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hahah, have an adventure.
Aug 24 2009 1:40AM
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I_Am_Mod
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shark attacks are actually quite rare, the chance of you gettin attacked/killed are much smaller then the chance that you'd die the next day in a car accident or anything else...

for that matter: mosquito's, are the real killers....
they make millions of people sick every day and are probably one of the most lethal animals (to us) on this planet...
Aug 24 2009 1:47AM
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DDrem.
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straight up, im so down with sharks. i actually look forward to shark week every year and i want to learn more about them.
anyways, the weekend at the end of shark week, my family had a reunion at the beach on LBI, NJ where i live. we had a baking contest and i made this baller shark head coming out of water, all sculpted out of fondent like they do on tv. thats besides the point
im friends with mad fisherman around here, and one of my good friends was telling me how hes seen more sharks off the coast of the island in 16 to 17 ft of water than hes seen in the 50 yrs hes been fishing offshore. bull sharks, small great whites, hammerheads, you name it.
also, the monday after shark week, i was about to dive in and go out for a swim, right when im about to dive in through a wave, fucking shark flashes right in front of my eyes. shits real gnarly. i see small ones when i surf all the time.
bottom line is: sharks are tight, dont be the farthest out in the water, be aware, and sharks dont attack humans unless its a mistake.
every year, there are only 60-70 attacks in the entire world. out of them, only 1 in 6 attacks is fatal. you have a 10 in 6 billion chance of getting killed by a shark every year, so relax
Aug 24 2009 1:48AM
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Frank_Spinatra
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ya plus those numbers are getting even lower considering the rate that sharks are disappearing around the world.  With all the bullshit in our daily lives, carcinogens, etc, it's irrational that we fear them so much.  There's a lot of other shit in the water than can kill you too, but it's those goddamn slow motion shots of breaching great whites that scare the fuck out of us.
Aug 24 2009 2:08AM
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skieasy
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dad! come on! its shark week! ugh..

boys, this is getting serious. today, i saw you use a bicycle as a weapon. i heard my own son yell rape at the top of his lungs.

hey, i honestly thought for a second that i was gunna get raped. he had the craziest look in his eye, and at one point he said 'lets get it on'.
Aug 24 2009 4:14AM
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SKIDUBAIGUY
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Ok, look at it this way, how many people swim in the sea around the world a month, alot right, about 1.5 billion i would say, then, think of the amount of shark attacks a month. Well, its an average of three a month, so, you have a chance of 3 out of 1.5 billion of getting attacked by a shark today when you swim, your safe.
Aug 24 2009 4:23AM
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BrewskiJr
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Rant #1
I have two things to say. First, people are so oblivious to the fact that YES! there are sharks really close to the beach. Im a very big fisherman and whenever i travel to the beach i catch HUNDREDS of baby sharks and the occasional 4 footer. I dont chum. I dont use dead cut up fish for bait. Just squid. Just this summer i took a week vacation in hilton head and saw a 6 foot shark no more than chest deep chasing a school of mullet. Then the next day i saw about a 9 foot shark about 80 yards off shore. Then the same day a 4 footer splashed no more than 10 yards from where my brother and I were standing (knee high too). So yes. They are out there. Do they attack? RAARREEELLLYYY. 

Ok. Rant #2
Shark week has turned worse and worse over the years. Many years ago it used to be about the preservation of sharks and more information actually about sharks from research. Now its all about how deadly the sharks are.  Pretty much every show on sharkweek now involves someone throwing themselves in chummed shark infested waters feeding them and explaining how deadly they are. Its bullshit. Bring back the old sharkweek  where you actually learned about sharks

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Aug 24 2009 10:56AM
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Alex=God
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Sharks are sick. I see them alot surfing. They are sick animals. Its not what you wanna hear but they are the ultimate predator which makes them sick. Its sad that so many people fear them. The only 2 kinds of shark I am kinda iffy to swim with are bulls and tigers just because they are a bit more violent.
Aug 24 2009 11:08AM
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Microcosm
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Agreed! Couldn't have said it better myself. I surf and I'm sure there are all kinds of creatures swimming around me at any given moment. It's their ocean, not ours! I've seen all kinds of animals. They're definitely around, but it's no reason to be afraid of the water. And you're right, if they continue advertising how dangerous sharks are (probably because it gathers more viewers) we're going to have a problem.
+k!
Aug 24 2009 11:22AM
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KravtZ
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im not trying to sound like a dick or anything just saying how sharkweek just scares the shit out of me swimming in the ocean
Aug 24 2009 12:21PM
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thatoneguysean
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i've been watching that on demand since i got back to the states on my roommates 52 inch tv in HD haha score one for the team
Aug 24 2009 2:30PM
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Jwalk
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its such a good week but the constant watching of shark attack storys makes water alot scarier.  But I love sharks they are beautiful creatures and i would love to go shark diving with them one day
Aug 24 2009 2:35PM
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JayDope
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i was down there the week of shark week in surf city, i remember i talked to u a few years ago about LBI, i keep forgetting another NSer is down there, me and my friend who works at surf city bait and tackle went fishing 26 miles off shore in the barnegate ridge, caught a bunch of bonita, spanish mackeral, a week earlier he caught a 40lb blue fin, and he had a thrasher shark on the line.
Aug 24 2009 5:21PM
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Slinger1x1
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bro, i went fishing in hilton head for fun, like in the bay. and we were ready to head in (we rented a boat) and something caught. it was a fucking baby black tip shark.

i did not want to go in the water after that....



but in all seriousness, i won't swim in open water. like in the ocean, if im on a boat, i wont get out and swim. maybe in like certain areas, and definitely a lake, but not the ocean
Aug 24 2009 6:05PM
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musick13
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when it comes down to it, people are much scarier than sharks
Aug 24 2009 6:36PM
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jason...
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I am the same way. I'm not afraid of sharks, but being in open water just scares the crap out of me.
Aug 24 2009 7:12PM
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