I imagine it's hard to get away with an "I told you so" when you're trapped in a tin can at the bottom of the sea.

This went viral overnight and I woke up to a thousand strangers telling me to "get a backbone" and "this is what's wrong with this generation" (??)

@TheThomason I'm the same way a lot of the times. But my survival instinct is quite strong. Like. People can talk me into going to a Rollercoaster park. And I might get in line with friends and psych myself up. But when push comes to shove. 99% of the time I will not get on lol

@TheThomason Why uw’thathekile umdala kanje??

@TheThomason Oh of course, next you’re gonna tell me you’d jump off a bridge if your friends did

@TheThomason Another tally on the pros list for just staying home

@TheThomason "Guys I don't know about this whole door-bolted-from-the-outside thing." "C'mon!" "Oh alright."

@TheThomason Take it as a lesson

@TheThomason Perhaps my “down for anything” attitude is not good

@TheThomason I once let friends take me a mile into a wet cave (had to swim to enter it, waist high water throughout) where there were literal skeletons because I wanted to be a good sport. No idea how I am still alive

@TheThomason Because your group often plans 250k trips too right? I know. it could happen to any of us, phew 😮‍💨

@TheThomason Only reason I’ve been hang-gliding is some guys I encountered needed one more person to get a group discount. Happy to report that Pamukkale looks very cool from above.

@TheThomason My poor judgement moment: boarding a sketchy af Air Canada plane cause 2 airline staff+the 7 other passengers seemed fine with it Half into our one hour flight we turned around cause the plane somehow took off without mechanical inspection, and we didn't pass when we got back 😭

@TheThomason oh god. everytime i do something because everyone else wants to this is literally how i imagine it ending up. this is what i needed to be like, yeahhh maybe i should set better boundaries and say no!

@TheThomason I’ve been thinking the same thing. Scares me to think I prob would have gone along with it 😔

@TheThomason Peer pressure Vs Sea pressure. A true battle of wills

@TheThomason @DoubleEmMartin The $250,000 piece tag wouldn't give you pause?

@TheThomason Maybe mom was right. Maybe its best not to jump off a bridge just bc your friends did it. 😭

@TheThomason Same, I need less go along to get along and more “Oh hell no!”

@TheThomason @DarylTractor Social norms often override the value judgements of attitude (Ajzen, 1998). Learn to rely on your own instincts to be safe.