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dukeimre t1_iyo3i3q wrote

It's interesting - you'd think he wouldn't be embarrassed to say that he was drunk, right? And yet he denies it: "He'd had drinks on the Valor, but was not inebriated, Grimes told ABC. He doesn't remember leaving to find a bathroom, he said."

Possibilities:

  • He was ashamed to say that he was blackout drunk.
  • He was so blackout drunk that he has forgotten being blackout drunk.
  • Someone slipped him a roofie.
  • He was doing something else that was really risky (like climbing over the railing) or that he might see as shameful (like trying to commit suicide), so he chose to lie.
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Pog1983 t1_iyppoah wrote

He likely hit the water pretty hard. I was in the Coast Guard for 10 years. I helped pulled one or two people out of the water during my time. That fall is pretty long. He may have TBI. Also, all of your other suggestions could be true as well...

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useless169 t1_iyo4l3m wrote

He could have been roofied, you are right! That was my first thought anyway.

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SternLecture t1_iyrob1g wrote

Same. I just want to believe he was telling the truth about not drinking for some reason.

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TheBovineWoodchuck t1_iyuj6ku wrote

>Grimes was at an onboard bar with his sister before walking off

My hunch is that someone was trying to roofie his sister, but put it in his drink by mistake.

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gottahavemyvoxpops t1_iyoxgig wrote

Yeah, I'm thinking it's the last option. He was in the water for 15 hours. If he were blackout drunk, the adrenaline would have worn off long before the alcohol did. He would have got sleepy and drowned. Same with the roofie.

I think the suicide or dumb stunt option is more likely. And I don't think it's necessarily that he's ashamed to admit it. It might be that he feels (or has been advised) that there could be legal ramifications for what he did, as far as the rescue operation goes. Or even something as simple as the cruise line banning him from future cruises might be on his mind. (He said he wouldn't mind going on another cruise, since he didn't really get to go on this one!)

So it might be a situation where he doesn't want to say anything so not to put himself in any legal or civil trouble. "I don't recall" is a classic answer from lawyers/politicians under oath, and that's essentially what he's saying here.

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snausagesinablanket t1_iypa4ji wrote

>He was ashamed to say that he was blackout drunk.
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>He was so blackout drunk that he has forgotten being blackout drunk.
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>Someone slipped him a roofie.
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>He was doing something else that was really risky (like climbing over the railing) or that he might see as shameful (like trying to commit suicide), so he chose to lie.

He was wanking and fell in when he lost his balance.

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Heliolord t1_iysjh4f wrote

Wanking while balancing on a guardrail is the ultimate danger wank.

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chris14020 t1_iyp7ia5 wrote

I'd muuuch prefer to say I had a few too many drinks than I was sick of living and fucked it up, or I was completely sober and just clumsy as fuck.

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billman71 t1_iys2lsk wrote

The guy fell how far into the water? Then treaded water for around 23 hours... I'm thinking this rules out the likelihood he was plastered drunk or roofied at the time.

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Kamata22 t1_iyuxavr wrote

Something else: Dramamine for seasickness + plus alcohol. Lots of cases of people just walking over the side due to Dramamine induced hallucinations. It isn't reported very much.

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