ELI5; Why was quicksand such a common film trope when it’s not a problem that people commonly run into in real life?
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short answer: It worked in one movie, scared some kids, and was reused over and over again until it was more of a joke and not scary any more, so was dropped.
Long answer: [RadioLab’s got your covered](https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/quicksand).
Why a trope becomes popular is impossible to answer with great authority. However, Daniel Engber theorizes that the extreme popularity of quicksand in films in the 1960s was connected to the feelings of sinking despair and getting stuck by a misstep associated with the Cold War and Vietnam War.
Depends where you are, its common in areas with loose soil and a wet climate, think swamps, jungle beaches. Dosnt really happen often in places like the Sahara
People in jungles face it regularly. Maybe you live in the wrolg climate
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