I think the pulp jungle adventure revival of the 80s and 90s (Indiana Jones, TaleSpin, Jumanji et al) convinced children the threat of quicksand was both real and imminent - ThreadSky

antlervel.vet • 4 days ago

I think the pulp jungle adventure revival of the 80s and 90s (Indiana Jones, TaleSpin, Jumanji et al) convinced children the threat of quicksand was both real and imminent

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Omg we did huh. Why? How did that happen?

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crashbanzai.bsky.social•4 days ago

Blazing Saddles

auntmarilee.bsky.social•4 days ago

I watched a lot of Gilligan’s Island reruns in the 80s too.

storyslug.bsky.social•4 days ago

It mostly convinced me that I want a seaplane

miniver.bsky.social•4 days ago

https://youtu.be/YdFN6agkNnQ?si=VYghyQXRIPEBeSWd

runewuff.bsky.social•16 hours ago

I used to think quicksand was something that only existed in movies LOL

avesmaria.bsky.social•4 days ago

TaleSpin was soooo good.

redhot91.bsky.social•4 days ago

Can confirm. Was always afraid of it as a child 🤣

epstmlgy.bsky.social•4 days ago

I also remember being told how to escape it multiple times as a child, which sort of suggested it was going to matter

catfort.fightins.online•4 days ago

"stop, drop, and roll"

"get parallel to the quicksand and grab onto a log or branch."

they really did teach us this

catfort.fightins.online•4 days ago

oh shit, to be clear, stop drop n roll is for when you're on fire, which was another scenario elementary school was keen to prepare us for

ghostlips.bsky.social•4 days ago

honestly i'm tired tho, new rule for quicksand is stop drop & roll

epicharis.bsky.social•4 days ago

quicksand and the Bermuda Triangle feature much less prominently in my adulthood than kids' media suggested

posadistache.bsky.social•4 days ago

In Australia at least we also had endless repeats of the classic looney toons

mrnagrom.bsky.social•4 days ago

my kids are 5 and 7. they 100% think quicksand is real.

rickbaumhauer.bsky.social•4 days ago

I think it goes back further than that - I remember an episode of "The Brady Bunch" from the early 70s featured quicksand, and it was also in "Gilligan's Island" in the 60s. I saw both in syndication in the late 70s.

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