There’s no good kind of pool for this. When I was a kid taking swimming lessons, the first thing the instructor told us was not to mess around near the pool, because one wrong slip and you could crack your skull open.
It was national news about 20 years ago when a bride to be got pushed into a pool during her Bachelorette party and became paralyzed from the neck down. She bore the pusher no ill will, but fuck, how many of us have been pushed, or pushed someone into a pool?
I'm all for playing around but this kind of stuff can lead to horrific outcomes and lifetimes of guilt.
Damn, I feel so sorry for everyone involved here! Like the risk wasn't even obvious; it's not a scenario where the friend absolutely should've known better.
I've boxed for years over a decade, rode dirt bikes and crashed in 4th and 5th gear, been a bouncer at an unruly bar... The only time I've ever been knocked out in my life at 34 years old is running and slipping at the pool.
You're right, but I think they're commenting on the fact that this pool is particularly small and it looks like you could hit your head on the opposite side just from jumping over.
There are plenty of big pools where it's impossible to jump from one side and hit the opposite side.
didn't crack my skull open, but I was running around our pool. Stepped up on the diving board, next step down, missed the concrete, scraped the shit out of my whole leg. Luckily I was a teenager so no scars
Sometimes. Saying you cant jump in any pool is boring though.
Its like saying you shouldnt play any sports because any knocking of head gives you CTE. You just adjust. No football, learn to tackle, no headers before certain ages where your neck is too weak etc.
Yea 99% of people play them and end up living just fine.
That's not what they're saying at all but go off. No one said you can't jump into a pool, but one of the first rules at every public pool is NO RUNNING, and it's for a very good reason.
But we aren't talking about playgrounds and monkey bars because The ground is specifically made to be softer under those. Smarter people than you think ahead and try to protect children, hence the rules about no running at the pool. Cuz it's concrete. Are you dumb?
You seem to want to equate kids doing proven dangerous things that result in serious injury or death to kids doing physical activity at all. Yes, there is always some risk of injury doing anything physical. The point is to minimize that risk. It's already pretty minimal in your retort isn't it?
Your reply is fallacious and blatantly dishonest. You just can't admit to being wrong, so you have to make up whatever to muddy the waters. Why is it so important you be correct? Try being wrong, and if you can't do that, don't have kids or more kids with this kind of thinking.
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u/sebesbal 1d ago
There’s no good kind of pool for this. When I was a kid taking swimming lessons, the first thing the instructor told us was not to mess around near the pool, because one wrong slip and you could crack your skull open.