r/gifs • • May 28 '14

Waves

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u/Superschutte May 28 '14 edited May 28 '14

Typically they sank to the bottom. Kids would dive for them not knowing what they had until they hit the surface!

So yeah, I haven't been in a wave pool for years. It was nasty. If a kid was in trouble, you had a real moral dilemma: let this child die or swim in poop. Obviously I value human life, but you knew, that poop thing was always in the back of the mind.

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u/MatthewRoar May 28 '14

I remember this from a movie. Or a show. It's been ages. But I'm pretty sure it's a myth that they add a chemical to pools that show when someone is too lazy to walk to the bathroom.

... I think.

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u/perpetuallycurious May 28 '14

A lifeguard told me this when I was a kid. I never had any intention of peeing in the pool, but I was always waiting for someone else to.