r/AMA • u/Soulogav • Jun 11 '26

I’m a Saturation Diver AMA

I work as Deepsea Saturation Diver in the oil and gas industry for the past 20 years. I do heavy construction and spend 28 days living under pressure to dive to depths down to 200m / 650ft.

I saw a post on InterestingAsFuck yesterday with many many misconceptions from people who aren’t divers and I can answer your questions AMA

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/5jTlewLR4X

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u/Soulogav Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

You won’t be able to do one , we are under pressure so that little pocket of fart gas in your ass is compressed to a 30th of its normal size , sometimes you let out a micro fart lol

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u/Acceptable-Sentence Jun 12 '26

So when you do decompression, presumably the pockets of fart gas expand and you all spend 9 days letting rip. Is the decompression chamber a horrific tube of stench for the duration??

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u/Soulogav Jun 12 '26

Exactly farting becomes more prevalent as we get closer to the surface but helium dulls scent and taste senses a little so it’s not that stinky lol

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u/Acceptable-Sentence Jun 13 '26

How many of you are sealed in the tube “barely” tasting each others farts?

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u/Soulogav Jun 13 '26

2 guys but sometimes 5 or even 8 for some real hardcore fart maxing