I don't know if it's a generational thing or what, but when I was a kid it seemed like

quicksand was a real problem.

Some of my favorite movies included scenes

where the heroes were just beset by the stuff.

You had that scene in the never-ending story

where the horse gets stuck in it.

Come on, turn around, you have to now!

Come on, our attacks!

Fight against the sadness, our characters.

Truly devastating.

Then you had lighter fare like Daffy duck, walking right into a quicksand swamp.

This map says turn left at the swamp.

I don't see any swamp.

Some perhaps it's fine will help.

Danger, quick-, quick sand.

Flump!

But this always seemed like a fantasy creation.

I mean, sure, quick sand is real real but it seemed wholly avoidable just stay on solid ground

but as it turns out the ground isn't as stable as I thought.

As we speak, very gradually, if you were standing there,

you wouldn't be able to notice it as if you were on quicksand,

which you would certainly notice,

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