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2026-06-24 14:03 UTC

@SuperDocteur@mamot.fr @uncycliste@hostux.social I don't think this is just a French thing - putting a theoretical Australian slant on it, I can see people going "it got a bit hot so they went for a dip in the river, bloody typical". I don't think being desperate for a reprieve from a heatwave has a nationality. Thinking back to my worst summer here, in a concrete block of an apartment with no fans, no aircon, and windows that didn't even fully shut, I might've have gone and jumped in a river too if one was nearby.

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@SuperDocteur@mamot.fr 2026-06-24 15:32

@timixretroplays@digipres.club @uncycliste@hostux.social Living in the hottest place on the french map these past days, the ppl you see jumping in hazardous wate rstreams are not desperate they are just dumb and think that it is summer fun time a bit early and that there is no harm in jumping in an unknown remote unsupervised river or waterway... But no, never would they think that they are bad swimmers unfit for livewater diving & swimming... I wouldn't do it and I'm quite a good swimmer. This is an education issue.

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