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> First off, every swimmer pees in the pool A friend expressed this to me once when I caught her peeing in the pool and I was honestly skeptical that "everyone
by crescentfresh 8y ago
> First off, every swimmer pees in the pool
A friend expressed this to me once when I caught her peeing in the pool and I was honestly skeptical that "everyone does it" as I would have never felt comfortable doing that. Still don't.
- barbecue_sauce 8y agoI don't do it, but I also don't really care if other people do.
- superkuh 8y agoYup. It's pretty crazy (and gross) that people think this. People don't have any trouble urinating in the proper place in other contexts.
- ham_sandwich 8y agoWhen you’re in the water that much, I think you just end up getting desensitized to it. I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Teammates going to a corner and openly declaring “don’t come over here I’m peeing.” Coaches literally encouraging it, saying it’s not worth it to get out and miss a set when you can stay in the water: “your urine is just a tiny, minuscule fraction of the total volume anyways” When you spend that much time in the water with your teammates, it’s no longer an “open secret” that eveyone is doing it. It’s simply open.
- saalweachter 8y ago"Everyone does it" does not mean "it's harmless". If you want to see other examples of ubiquitous practices that were treated as harmless and necessary to be competitive and ultimately shown to be incredibly harmful, I would just refer you to {the entire history of competitive and professional sports}.
- jaytaylor 8y agoI did swim team and high school and never peed in the pool. Getting out and dashing to the restroom was not a big deal in any way.
- matthewowen 8y agoWere you swimming in the pool, or are you a swimmer? I think that what OP means is "every person who swims competitively pees in the pool during workouts", not "every person who ever goes in a pool pees in the pool".