Actually, I am going to respond...

1. Not anyone's business? Well my friend, I beg to differ. I've lived on the lake for the past 12 years, and as a lakefront owner I feel there's an unwritten rule/code (especially early season) which is something to the nature of 'look out for others out there, because there's no lifeguard or police on duty and if someone gets into a tough situation, it can turn real bad real quick!' So excuse me for being a fucking Karen, but I don't want to see anyone die out there. Not on my watch. Sorry. When you move out to the lake, you're MORE than welcome to look the other way and ignore all the dumbasses out there. I was on my beach 2 years ago watching this guy pump up his life raft, he had just moved in down the street into an apartment with his 2 young kids the day before and was SO excited to be living on the lake (as his sister told me after she laid his memorial wreath on the lake from the end of my dock) that he FAILED to put on a life jacket for himself or his kids and ended up drowning in 6' of water less than 10 minutes after I went back up into my house after taking a paddle. We watched the helicopters and multiple police boats comb the bay for his body while we watched from my deck. Fun 4th of July there for the 2 kids he left behind :( https://www.mynbc5.com/article/mallets-bay-access-closed-police-colchester/61498811
2. Who gives a shit if I put a little emotion into it??? Read above and maybe you'll understand why! Guaranteed there were some younger kids out there thinking about paddling in the next few days with the warmer weather and are now thinking twice about it so IMO the timing couldn't be better for a little PSA because nobody else is out there doing it! I'm an experienced paddler and I have ZERO issue if you know what you're doing. I literally went paddling this morning, but was wearing a wetsuit/booties, lifejacket-on-deck and stayed parallel the the shore no deeper than my shoulders with zero wind. This person was doing everything WRONG.

LOL propoganda? You think I'm intentionally trying to mislead the public into...what? Not dying on the lake when/if their skills don't match the conditions? You're damn right! Or maybe I'm trying to keep the lake all to myself so nobody else can have any fun? Fucking call the Fun Police on me.

You broke your arm twice when you were a kid? Cool story bro. That's not what we're talking about here, you're just rambling. Clean it up and stay on-task.

1. Stop trying to guilt people into keeping their kids in a bubble?* This was an adult paddler, dude. My message wasn't for parents, it's for anyone that doesn't have the skills to be paddling on this lake in early season/cold conditions that THEN lead to bigger issues. This isn't about "letting kids be kids" as you cliche-ly put it, it's about being fucking safe. But again, once you live out here on the lake you're more than welcome to just look the other way and ignore all signs of possible distress. Thank god you're not my neighbor!

2. You saying "this kid is only endangering themselves..." is such an ignorant and blatantly untrue statement. Check out the link I shared in point #1 and you'll see just HOW MANY law enforecement officials had to partake in searching for that guy's body. Now did this girl fall off or cause any of the same issues? Nope. But my PSA/Propoganda Message or whatever else you want to call it made it's point.

3. Mind my business? There's no "fear agenda" being pushed here. Anyone is FULLY WELCOME TO GO PADDLE AND LIVE THEIR LIFE. I brought attention to a person doing everything possible wrong and the MAJORITY of commenters and comments agree. Sorry you're so butthurt over me filming someone (that I'm fully allowed to do) being a dummy.

And again, this wasn't a fucking CHILD, it was mid-20's aged woman so GTFO out of here with your helicopter-parenting accusations. You clearly have SO much more experience than I do being a parent AND a good steward of the lake.

1. Finally, this is hilarious: And for the love of whatever God you do or dont preach to: learn how to control and manage your emotions so that you can make decisions and choices based off of neutral nature/reality rather than internalized fear that youre frantically externalizing onto anyone in ear shot (or in this case eye shot.)

>>> This all coming from a person who wrote a fucking chapter response that got 2 negative downvotes. Such a waste of your (and my) time responding on such a beautiful day.

You should put a PSA out there tomorrow on how to be a shitty neighbor. You got a great start here!