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    This Floating Tent Is Frickin' Scary And Twitter Is Mocking It Pretty Hard

    "WILSOONNNNNN!" —you, waking up after sleeping in this floating tent

    Hi. If you're anything like me, you probably think that camping is a beautiful way to get in touch with nature and is also wayyyyy too uncomfortable and/or scary for you to ever do it.

    So when I saw this video of an inflatable tent that you're supposed to sleep in while it floats on an ever-lovin' RIVER, I was like, "Absolutely not."

    Why camp by a river when you can camp on one?

    My opinion is shared by plenty of others on Twitter, who agree that this is a very good way to die.

    @mashable Because you will die if you do that

    Let's list the possible downsides to falling asleep in a floating tent: punctures from sharp sticks under the water's surface, drifting downriver (or out to sea) and getting lost, GOING OVER A WATERFALL or even just some slightly rough rapids...

    @mashable What a truly terrible idea. Consider this: punctures, drifting to god knows where, waterfalls...I could go on?

    ...alligators. Piranhas, maybe!

    Or particularly lazy bears.

    this is DoorDash for bears https://t.co/U9V2293o9q

    And then there are these logistical questions, which are all valid!

    @mashable 1. How do you get out? 2. Where do you park your car? 3. Where are girls supposed to pee?

    Even Elaine Hendrix — who played Meredith Blake in the Parent Trap remake — had a pretty hilarious opinion on the matter.

    Do I get royalties for this? 🏕🦎 https://t.co/bFNIxLX9eR

    THAT BEING SAID. There is a potentially wonderful use for this, which this person brought up:

    @mashable This shouldn't be marketed as a recreation thing. It should be marketed as an emergency survival kit for people in flood areas. It could fit a family and the dog too.

    And I guess it'd be a way to do a lazy river in extreme luxury? IDK.

    Anyway, the SmithFly Shoal Tent is available for about $2,000 if you're very brave and you want one. Don't say I didn't warn you.