Even people who know better do very stupid things. In da UP we were on a winter cross country ski trip and we stopped along Lake Superior to check out the ice along shoreline (very cool btw). A few of the stupid women (one was even a big water kayaker!) that were with us ignored my warnings and walked out onto the ice. I was very adamant and really po'd them.
A few days later one of them wanted to discuss it. I let her know that she endangered all the rest of us because if they fell through shelf ice, us stupid men would feel obligated and try to save them, probably dying ourselves in the process. Falling in the water of Lake Superior in January is probably a death sentence, it doesn't take long for everything to shut down in shock.
That was my last trip with them.
I'm still annoyed by it heh. I almost sent my boss girl, you go girl friend that wanted to talk about it this article last year. Happened not far from me here in Hoosier land.
https://news.wttw.com/2022/02/24/drowning-indiana-dunes-highlights-deadly-dangers-shelf-iceMost people are idiots.