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> I find it hard to wrap my head around a liberal European country letting a river stay so contaminated it's dangerous to swim in, at least in this century. Yo
by wnevets 3y ago
> I find it hard to wrap my head around a liberal European country letting a river stay so contaminated it's dangerous to swim in, at least in this century.
You may not want to look up if swimming in the Thames is safe.
- worik 3y ago>> liberal European country letting a river stay so contaminated > You may not want to look up if swimming in the Thames is safe. The Thames is in England They said "liberal European...". As much as (some of) the English might hate it they are European...
- adastra22 3y agoThe UK is geographically situated on the continent of Europe.
- pyuser583 3y agoEurope is not a continent. It is a peninsular sub-content of the Eurasian landmass. Like India.
- wnevets 3y ago> Europe, second smallest of the world’s continents. https://www.britannica.com/place/Europe https://www.britannica.com/place/Europe Continents are more about how humans want to group landmasses rather than a hard scientific definition.
- nsteel 3y agoBut it's not banned. You can officially swim at a bunch of places, including the disgusting inner London Docklands area, as well as the dock2dock event. I think the idea is that it's fine providing you don't swallow any of the water... Everyone I know who's done it (mostly from my tri club) has gotten ill afterwards.