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What does it mean?
The speaker finds humor in the statistical fact of being water.
In plain terms
We are mostly water so we could drown easily.
What can you take from it?
Literal facts can be twisted into existential jokes.

Where it applies

  • casual conversation
  • existential thoughts
  • water

Putting it to work

  • staying grounded
  • finding levity
  • checking facts

Questions to consider

  • How much do you fear the obvious?
  • What risks do you take for fun?

Another view

Metaphorical risk does not equal actual danger.

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