Alex_Mexico
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I've peed multiple times in the ocean but not even once in a pool. Ew.
Plus theres always a nearby restroom when youre in a pool. Always. Not so much when swimming in the sea.
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NPR: Just How Much Pee Is In That Pool?
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I've peed multiple times in the ocean but not even once in a pool. Ew.
Plus theres always a nearby restroom when youre in a pool. Always. Not so much when swimming in the sea.
NoblesseOblige
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Disappointing results for urophiliacs.
BreezyLimbo
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So you're saying this article is peeposterous?
1. pee is not actually sterile
2. it's the chemicals in the pee that's the problem anyway
hydrophilic attack
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One would think that people don't pee in the pool.
Then I found out that a large percentage of gaffers pee in the shower
I'm not quite sure where I'm going with this train of thought. I think the main point is that the human race is irredeemable
Then I found out that a large percentage of gaffers pee in the shower
I'm not quite sure where I'm going with this train of thought. I think the main point is that the human race is irredeemable
Pee isn't sterile. That would be very weird. How could it be? Nothing in or on your body is sterile. That's not what sterile means.
That's actually a good thing. Save the earth and all that, it washes away immediately. Saves a ton of water since you're showering anyway, and toilets waste a lot with every flush.
Although I do have to admit I'm a bad person and never followed that advice myself.
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
I always pee in the shower. Only time I try not to is when the wife is in there with me.
Also I have been known to pee in a pool so long as it's large and the bathrooms are too far away. I'm not a monster though; I swim away from the warm cloud.
DiipuSurotu
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People too lazy to get out of the warm water to go to the restroom.
... I mean, I'd never pee in the ocean either, but at least I know the ocean's supposed to be a disgusting mess so I guess I can deal with it.
And yeah, you've got the restroom excuse. How anyone would prefer a damn pool over the nearby restroom is just beyond me.
Hmhm. Can't say I understand it at all, but that sounds like a good enough reason for some people all right
BreezyLimbo
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Has anyone tried to take a crap during a swim time
Its the worst
You run to the toilet all wet and then you have to sit down all wet and its just the worst. Then when it comes to cleaning yourself all the paper you grab gets immediately destroyed and soak and ugh.
Its the worst
You run to the toilet all wet and then you have to sit down all wet and its just the worst. Then when it comes to cleaning yourself all the paper you grab gets immediately destroyed and soak and ugh.
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
I just slipnslide on the public toilet seat bareback.
Then hope the chorine in the pool will wash away my sin.
Strangelove77
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But what about poop?
adamantypants
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TWO GALLONS
Never swimming again
Never swimming again
Earthbound64
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So, chlorine to be outlawed, all pools to be closed?
Master Of Illusion
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Upon this revelation several years ago, I've not swam in a public swimming pool since.
The ocean is different. The mix of the tides spreading the water outwards through a vast expanse and enough salt in there to kill most bacteria makes it safe in my mind (as long a fuckton of sewage hasn't been drained into the location at least).
The ocean is different. The mix of the tides spreading the water outwards through a vast expanse and enough salt in there to kill most bacteria makes it safe in my mind (as long a fuckton of sewage hasn't been drained into the location at least).
There are worse things to be worried about in public pools
um...what is he doing
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Who pees in a pool other than young children?
CherryWoodFuton
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Actually peeing in the ocean helps feed marine plant life. The urea in urine helps make ammonia which is pretty much ocean plant food
loaf of bread
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Thats only 0.05%. And urine is 95% water. So really its only like 0.0025%.
DiipuSurotu
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Everyone
Piss is nothing. We were in primary school, all lined up next to the local pool ready to get in when someone notices something already in there. A massive shit bobbing along, probably left by one of the previous school classes. Teacher hoiks it out with a net and shouts RIGHT IN YOU GET
Wait..... wait..... huh.
This was always a rumor I heard back as a kid about Water Wiz water park. "If you wiz in the water at Water Wiz it turns red." This was back in the 80s and early 90s.
That's the water park they used for the movie Grown Ups.
My life is a closed circle apparently.
There's some disagreement about whether urine is every actually sterile, but it's not by the time it comes out of you. The bigger issue isn't what you pee out initially, however, it's that urine quickly breaks down. The smell we associate with pee is because the urea in it breaks down into ammonia, and in turn that ammonia can react with the chlorine. The reason they always say not to mix ammonia and chlorine bleach cleaners is because they can react to form chlorine gas, aka that chemical weapon everyone loved in WW1.
SliceSabre
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Its cool if I pee in the ocean/lake though right? I mean the animals are peeing in it too.
Exactly my thought but we both had to inform ourselves instead of sticking our heads in the sand.
7DollarHagane
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Meh, shower before and after, try not to worry too much about it. If you're at a place that keeps things clean and is run well you got nothing to worry about.
The treadmills and exercise equipment at my gym are probably 1000x filthier than the pool anyway. And people use those without hesitation.
The treadmills and exercise equipment at my gym are probably 1000x filthier than the pool anyway. And people use those without hesitation.
7DollarHagane
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This is probably lower than the acceptable levels for lead or other toxic chemicals in public drinking water.
There are worse things to be worried about in public pools
AIDS!!!
Ray Wonder
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Admiral Woofington
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The mindset is probably similar to why people pee in the ocean. "I don't want to get out and be cold and wet just to go pee, it's not like anyone will notice"
Unless it's a pool with one of those chemicals that colors when you pee.
buy teh haloz
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Peeing in the ocean is a whole different thing.
I can't really say I'm surprised.
Yeah, you're pretty much swimming in fish pee and shit when you're in the ocean.
Yeah, you're pretty much swimming in fish pee and shit when you're in the ocean.
The beach I go every year if you wanted to exit the sea and walk to the public toilets it would be a minimum of a 10 minute trip at low tide and probably just over 5 at high tide.
I will say pissing in your wetsuit when you've been in the cold sea for hours body boarding is a fantastic feeling.
Don't forget the semen of a thousand different species.
Moral of the story is: everything is disgusting when you stop to think about it. Wash your hands and stop worrying so much about it.
The Albatross
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I've peed in virtually every pool I've ever swam in. Maybe only a handful of times I didn't pee in the pool, like I think when going to a pool party in high school or college where I was super worried about appearances. But otherwise, it's a communal toilet toilet to me, and we're all pee brothers & sisters when we enter. If I had my way, I'd wear shoes into the pool/toilet, then wear them inside, then eat a pizza with pineapple on it, and tip 20%, all in one day.
I have a friend who has to take his dick out of his trunks to pee in the ocean. It's amazing, as when he has to go he goes to some semi-remote area in the water and stands there with his arms in the water looking out into the vast blue yonder. We know what he's doing.
You're seriously swimming in boat exhaust in the ocean, as well as being surrounded by millions of dead/decaying/dying sea creatures, and (literally) millions of tons of biological waste. In addition to this, ocean water is actually toxic for you to drink. Human urine in the ocean probably makes it more sanitary.
PLUS, when my sister was a little kid, back in like 1985, she pooped in the ocean in New Hampshire. So, yes, you're even swimming in my sister's 30-year-old poop.
I have a friend who has to take his dick out of his trunks to pee in the ocean. It's amazing, as when he has to go he goes to some semi-remote area in the water and stands there with his arms in the water looking out into the vast blue yonder. We know what he's doing.
You're seriously swimming in boat exhaust in the ocean, as well as being surrounded by millions of dead/decaying/dying sea creatures, and (literally) millions of tons of biological waste. In addition to this, ocean water is actually toxic for you to drink. Human urine in the ocean probably makes it more sanitary.
PLUS, when my sister was a little kid, back in like 1985, she pooped in the ocean in New Hampshire. So, yes, you're even swimming in my sister's 30-year-old poop.
I don't really give a shit but I do have an issue with the sheer amount of chlorine in public pools to offset the gross ass people and kids. The one in my old apartment was hardly used by anyone, but it'd burn your eyes out if you even thought of going in without goggles.
Can't wait for this summer as it shouldn't take us a month of hard ass work to get our pool open this time. I swim every day and I don't like to share.
Can't wait for this summer as it shouldn't take us a month of hard ass work to get our pool open this time. I swim every day and I don't like to share.
Enter The 36 Chambers
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I peed in a pool once. Jus to see what it felt like.
Just felt like you had to push it out a little, and the warm I felt was gross.
Never again.
Just felt like you had to push it out a little, and the warm I felt was gross.
Never again.
Teren_Kanan
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Wait, this is "news" to some of you? Sheltered childhood? Private pools? Lack of contact with the general population?
Of course people pee in the pool. Anyone who doesn't believe that most people do it are fooling themselves.
I still swim in them, and open my eyes underwater, zero fucks given.
Of course people pee in the pool. Anyone who doesn't believe that most people do it are fooling themselves.
I still swim in them, and open my eyes underwater, zero fucks given.
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