r wrote:

*I* got bit by a shark. Getting bit by a shark is MY thing. Step off ham.


i think a fear of being eaten alive is fairly common.


I doubt that. Millions and millions of people swim in the ocean each year and more people would if they could afford a beach vacation.

Yeah but millions and millions of people are fucking stupid. My favorite example of this is a man who got his leg et off by a shark in the Caribbean and then sued the resort he was staying at for not warning him of the dangers of swimming in the ocean.