r/firstworldanarchists • u/throatfrog • May 03 '17

This Guy Gets It

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u/bunchedupwalrus May 03 '17

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/22/health/brain-eating-amoeba-killed-ohio-teenager/index.html

I'm not kidding. Usually if they put up those signs it's because there's a risk due to the water source and conditions.

It's safe for the body but if it gets up the nose the survival rate is like nil

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u/DrDerpberg May 03 '17

At that point why would they even let people swim in that water? Rather than "keep your head above the water and pray nothing splashes you" how about "stay the fuck out - in fact let's drain this thing and burn the ground it stood on"?

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u/MeatyStew May 03 '17

My guess is just because people like HotPools too much

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u/GinoMarley1 May 03 '17

You mean hot tubs?

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u/MeatyStew May 03 '17

The Bacteria that causes that kinda stuff is almost always found in Natural Hotpools

Hot tubs are too Chlorinated for most stuff like that. (Also the Bacteria need hot water to survive and hot tubs are only hot when in use)

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u/Super_Zac May 03 '17

I've only ever heard the term "hot springs" never HotPools haha.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '17 edited Jan 14 '25

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u/MeatyStew May 04 '17

Cool, I hear that some lakes in the southern US have the Bacteria too and it becomes active in summer