cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/65410582
this post was submitted on 26 May 2026
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At least canals are still useful to have around for recreational watersports.
The Internet has ruined me because I can't read the word "watersports" without thinking of the fetish anymore.
Ruined?
Gooned*
from the Olde English "guined" —an easy mix-up
Well I am sure some canals are next to dogging sites
Right, that's what the canals are useful for, what did you think they meant?
Not really. Most of these old canals were only a couple yards/meters wide and dried up 100 years ago.
If they're only a couple meters wide, how the heck are they supposed to fit watercraft?
The barges were just a little less than a few meters wide. The manpower to build a 100km long canal that is 2.5-3 meters wide is substantially less than what it takes to dig one 8 meters wide in the era before steam shovels.
But are they only 3 feet deep? /s
not enough attention is being paid to the drunken stumble into the canal that drowned someone! /s
Ahh that sucks, we have quite a few of ours still