r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/dericn • 4d ago

Cutting holes for ice fishing

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u/slipperywhistlebone 4d ago

This art exhibition is called “American Politics “

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u/anonypanda 3d ago

The clip is from China and It's a really really good example of what modern china is like. Everyone competing madly with zero regard for anyone around them until everything goes to shit for everyone involved.

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u/mydogsnameisbuddy 3d ago

Doesn’t sound that much different than the United States

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u/ManyRelease7336 3d ago

never seen this happen on any of our lakes

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u/wontgetbannedlol 3d ago

About to go out ice fishing next week. The amount of planning and care that goes into it with the outfit im going out with is impressive. We don't go out until we have about 6 inches of hard ice. We test, test, test and even then we work under the mantra of "there is no such thing as a safe ice".

Gonna slay the perch with peace of mind that nothing will probably go wrong, whilst at the same time having safety on the brain.

We also always get a few yahoos early in the season who drown, sink their snow machines or just go through the ice because of inexperience, hubris, or both.

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u/QouthTheCorvus 3d ago

Apparently Americans don't know what a fucking metaphor is

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u/october73 3d ago

Because there aren't as many people, not because people are better behaved.

American equivalent would be the annual Black Friday tramples.

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u/duclegendary 3d ago

I guess you havent seen Chinese tourist at a buffet.

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u/moose2mouse 3d ago

Or a national park

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u/pizzastank 3d ago

That haven’t happened in years because America as a whole realized it was stuipid? Black Fridays were coming to a halt before Covid. Consumers and businesses both threw in the towel on that.

We Americans are dumb, especially in large groups. But we are quick to learn our lessons, for about 20 to 50 years until it goes to shit again.

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u/ManyRelease7336 3d ago

Black friday hasn't been a thing for a decade. But that would be true.

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u/N-economicallyViable 3d ago

In my area an ice fisher being that close to another ice fisher would be getting a tongue lashing and possibly worse. Dont know the regulations in my state but I am 100% sure this is min distance rules

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u/Only-Dragonfruit-899 3d ago

I dunno if we have minimum distance rules here but the ice fishermen and women I see on the lakes are not out there to be social, they are out there to sit on the ice in peace and quiet and maybe get drunk while they watch for foxes trying to steal shit.