My whole life I’ve been told that if you fall asleep in the bath then you’ll drown, or something. But is this true? I’m a grown ass adult I think I’d just wake up if my head fell under water

  • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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    1 month ago

    But do we have some real stats around it?

    Because like OP, I’ve heard it my entire life and have never heard of someone drowning in the tub without being drugged up or really ill.

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      1 month ago

      Yes some stats would be nice. If it were really that dangerous to fall asleep in the bath I think it would be negligent to let children take unsupervised baths, yet kids do all the time (at least I did when I was a kid). I think thats because most people intuitively know that drowning is not super likely