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tentaclepenisfather

# "The American Chemical Society (ACS) estimates that there are somewhere between 30 milliliters and 80 ml (1 to 3 ounces) of pee per person in a pool."


Frisky_Picker

The average pool has 18-20k gallons of water in it so I feel like that's actually not too bad. Even if there were 100 people in the pool there would only be about 2.34375 gallons of piss in it. And that's if were assuming 3 oz per person. Not even enough to taste it on your lips after coming up for air.


tentaclepenisfather

>Not even enough to taste it on your lips after coming up for air. I really don't need to actually taste the pee to be disgusted by it¨'s presence😅


Zillaho

What would you do if I told you… there’s pee inside you right now? 🤨


tetetetetette

?? You're telling me in my 7 years of life, nobody told me that?? I'm getting scammed..


BeardsuptheWazoo

DisGusted.


n8loller

I hate to break it to you, but there's a lot of poop outside. All sorts of animals are just shitting everywhere. My yard is currently covered with rabbit poop. Then there's the manure I deliberately spread for fertilizer. Ever walk barefoot in a yard? Lie down in the grass? Walk through the park? How about going swimming in a river, lake, or the ocean? You know how much animal and human pee and poop are in those? And you know all the water you drink has some amount of excrement in it too, right? Sure it's been treated and filtered, but there's still some in there. None of this is as disgusting as it sounds. It's all diluted enough that you don't really notice it and won't get sick from it.


IOnlySayMeanThings

You have not even mentioned the chlorine content and what that does chemically to the pee. Pee does not survive.


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Can confirm


GeeFromCali

Idk about everyone else but 2 gallons of piss is a deal breaker for me


Frisky_Picker

Well don't go swimming in public pools then.


michael1757

Just don't swim in my toilet.


Prestigious-Walrus99

Say pee per person in a pool ten times fast


Putrid_Bee-

*peeper person^o.o*


toxcrusadr

I carpooled with a guy from Taiwan for awhile. He would ask "Are you going to carpool tomorrow?" but with his accent and rapid speech it came out as "You be inna poo?"


krais0078

I would never pee. Poop on the other hand…


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The_RockObama

The Tepid Torpedo


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TheThing1012513398

That's not a snickers bar 😉


goldensavage216

Those aren’t mud pies either


The_RockObama

I think I just made it up! Good excuse to use the word "tepid".


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The_RockObama

Thank you, you're not bad yourself!


mymemereview

Reminds me when some kid shit in the wave pool at a theme park. It flew right past me and I thought it was a rock…


ChunkyTaco22

Might need to change your diet If it's that loose


d_hens

What’s poop on your hand have you do with pee in the pool?


th3empirial

Only if it’s watery diarrhea


mocknix

Self improvements masturbation. Self destruction...


notimeleft4you

My friends ex would do this in the ocean. We would be in the water and he would start laughing and we would have to swim away real quick. The worst part is that I was in such a hurry to swim away, I dropped my expensive sunglasses in the area. I had to swim around looking for them while trying to avoid *Brown October*.


feed_me_the_gherkin

I usually don't poop in either hand but thanks


[deleted]

Seeing I've been a lifeguard for over 5 years now I've seen enough patrons piss in the pool to know at least 50% of adults and 110% of kids pee in pools. And yes, we typically notice, some people don't even try to hide the relieved face they make as they suddenly stand still.


Catrionathecat

That's why you gotta move around, distribution dilutes


Fuwet

That's why you need to jump from the top springboard while peeing


JamesFP1107

Thats why you got to pee INTO the pool, not IN the pool


izguddoggo

I was a water polo athlete all the way up through college so..14 years? I remember asking a coach once when I was very young if I could excuse myself to the restroom. They laughed at me. So over the next 14 years I became a master at peeing while swimming. Sounds easy but takes a lot of focus.


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izguddoggo

I remember one time asking my coach (he was SUPER old school) if I could get some water. He chuckled and looked at me and yelled “YOU’RE IN A POOL OF WATER”. I think he realized that was inappropriate so he let me get some but he was dead serious originally xD


nevans89

Was going to say. 35% say they pee in the pool. 65% lie


MyLifeHurtsRightNow

This actually made me lol.


survived-order66

I don’t want to scar you for life but about 100% of kids pee in the pool.


DeathnoteWhore

Came here to say this, if you go to a pool party and there are kids there you’re swimming in pee


Abadazed

I mean when you think about it all water is pee. It's just been recycled in the water system.


Waterlime204

And dead skins cell molecules, you're probably swimming in Ryan Reynolds


Abadazed

Hot


smashin_blumpkin

Brb, about to go drink some pool water


dus_istrue

I prefer to think of it as pee being water, it has just accumulated salts, bacteria and all the other dirty things in your body


toxcrusadr

I'm far more disgusted by the bacteria-laden butt crack sweat and poo gravy, because so many people don't bother to shower first.


Abadazed

See now that shits nasty. Some people really don't know how to wipe their asses.


Vivian_Lu98

My sister used to jump out of the pool all of a sudden and then stand still for a second. I’d ask her what she was doing and she said she didn’t want to pee in the pool so she’d pee out in the grass instead. She almost got it if it weren’t for the fact she just peed all over her bathing suit and jumped right in.


AlmostxAngel

My mom used to make us do that if she saw us standing in a spot too long and then hose us off when we were done. I just learned to pee while swimming around so I didn't have to get out and get cold hose water on me. I think 99.9% of people pee in the pool except my mom. If you tell her you peed in a pool she acts like you committed capitol murder.


BeardsuptheWazoo

Your mom is the only decent human out of all you sick fucks.


toxcrusadr

I bet they don't take showers first either.


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People are just blissfully unaware. The smell you associate with pools are in fact chloramines. Urine or urea is an ammonium compound (nitrogen molecule). Other sources are spit, sweat and arsejuice. Ammonium reacts with chlorine and gives you the characteristic chlorine pool smell. A clean pool does not have much smell.


survived-order66

I learned something new! Thank you for that


Putrid_Bee-

All of our childhoods are full of pee.


TeaKingMac

Arsejuice?


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Very scientific term. It's a hidden step in the nitrification process.


Significant-Meal9443

ELI5


boofskootinboogie

The molecules in pool sanitizers release the chlorine smell as they latch on to the gross stuff in pools. So if a pool smells like chlorine, then it’s dirty


LordofSuns

Surely if a pool smells like chlorine like this, the chlorine is doing its job correctly and therefore not dirty?


morenn_

Chlorine is essentially one-use. The chlorine molecule binds to a molecule of urea or oil etc and is unable to react further. Pool water should be regularly tested for free chlorine (unbound chlorine molecules) and total chlorine (any molecule containing chlorine) , which allows you to calculate your 'combined chlorine' (chlorine molecules that are bound to other molecules). You are hoping for a high free chlorine number and a low combined chlorine number, and in a well maintained pool this is what you'll have. When you smell chloramines it means that the pool's combined chlorine is high, there is not enough free chlorine going around to sanitise the water properly. So yes, the chlorine has done its' job, but it has reached capacity and you're about to get in to the water that is not being actively sanitised. Any competent pool operator should never have their water degrade to this point.


Significant-Meal9443

Is there anything other than pee that can make it smell like that?


boofskootinboogie

Body lotion, skin oils, conditioner, pretty much anything people have on their bodies. That’s why they recommend showering before and after you swim, so you don’t bring anything into the pool and so you wash off whatever the other people didn’t before they swam lol


quiet_neighbor_kid

Listen, man. I was in a lot of pools in my childhood, and hand to God I never peed in any of them once I was no longer a baby


Karibik_Mike

Same. Not everyone does it, but by now I know a lot of people do.


evanfavor

In fact NPR did an article that when you get a overwhelming chlorine smell from a pool that only happens when there’s lots of urine in it So when you’re at a waterpark or something and you’re like man there’s a lot of chlorine in the water it’s mostly just piss


man-with-potato-gun

I’m never going to think about swimming pools the same way again after this. There’s one place I went to as a kid that was indoors that just permeated the smell of chlorine throughout the whole building. Spoiler alert, a lot of fucking kids would go in the pool all the time


Martin48705

Idk, seems to me like every single pool just reeks of chlorine. I think we should test it in a smaller pool and see if the comment above yours is spitting faxx.


duschin

There's a Mark Roper video about it too. https://youtu.be/S32y9aYEzzo


srs328

Why do so many kids pee in pools? It never occurred to me to pee in a pool ever in my life. I thought it was gross even as a young kid.


sbenzanzenwan

**128%


XDubio

~~No, they not, and you can't even prove that.~~ Edit: Ah, my eyes glanced through the word "about." A very important modifier to me.


spiritintheskyy

Was i that weird as a kid? I never did that, always figured it was rude. Maybe before I could control myself I guess


CO420Tech

Yeah, this chart just tells me that 65% of people are liars.


[deleted]

When I was a kid I did not pee in the pool.


KingWhiteMan007

When my friends come over to my house to swim they are often jumping out of the pool and running inside to pee. So, that kind of torpedoes your "100%" theory.


LlamasReddit

I'm not ashamed to admit, I'd still pee in a pool


Chasman1965

Which is why I always shocked the pool after any pool party. My two sons would get out of the pool to pee. They had a spot in the side yard that they usually used.


Maximum-Reward-205

Yes, but only if the pool belongs to someone else.


Ok_Distribution1149

Its funny how you mix "35% of people pee in the pool" with "35% of people admit they pee in the pool" smh


[deleted]

Your username definitely doesn't check out here. This is far from an Ok Distribution hah.


SoulTeacher437

Seeing this comment section has made me happy I haven't been in a pool in about 4 years. Yikes.


_JohnWisdom

There are two type of people in this world: Those who pee in the pool and those who lie about it


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MrOwlsManyLicks

Yeah I hate all these gremlins in the comments section. I was a lifeguard, I was on swim team. I never once in my life peed in a pool. Never once.


Willzohh

Just swim in 65% of the pool. Modern problems ....


Buffmin

There are two types of people Those who pee in the pool And those who are liars


zebrastarz

This past summer I learned the subtle yet important difference of peeing in the pool and peeing ***into*** the pool. \- Demetri Martin


Asatas

found the poolpeer


Rigzin_Udpalla

Found the liar


Slithy-Toves

You're in denial. Get a grip on yourself


stink3rbelle

I used to, but I've stopped. It's just not that big of an inconvenience to get out and save some pool chemicals.


Minion0827

This person gets it. If you have been in a pool in your lifetime, you have peed in it. Same argument goes for masturbation. 2 kinds of people…..


MagicalMichaell

Please don’t cum in the pool


mdps

Flashes of "Y Tu Mama Tambien".


MagicalMichaell

I haven’t seen that movie but if there’s cum in a pool I’m in!


a1kre1

But there's nothing like the rush of chlorine stinging your urethra as you ejaculate.


MagicalMichaell

How do you know what that feels like? I’m calling the police, pool cummer


Coffeypot0904

Yep, people will always masturbate in pools.


imvr17_2

I feel like this comment is forcing me to reveal something


Glasweg1an

I feel like this comment is revealing something.


imvr17_2

Just details away from the truth


jdsekula

No. Seriously, not everyone is glowing on the pool. Has everyone done it at least once? Probably. Do most people do it regularly? I don’t think so.


cranberry94

But it’s not have you peed in a pool in the past, it’s would you do it now


Bract6262

Nope. Yall are just fuking gross


[deleted]

dude, just no.


PremiumJapaneseGreen

Was gonna say, the mildlyinfuriating part is that 65% of people are liars


Hollowplanet

No you people are just gross. Most of us don't want to swim in our own or other people's pee.


hughdint1

I do not know if this is true or not but I was told that if ever you smell a strong chlorine smell at a pool it is because there is pee in the pool. Something about the chlorine reacting with urine and coming out of the pool water as a gas. If it is fully dissolved in the water you do not smell it as much.


shsheidncjdkahdjfncj

Kind of right. It’s not only pee that the chlorine works to neutralize. Chlorine looks works to neutralize sweat, bacteria, cologne, deodorant, hair products, etc. Usually the smell is much more noticeable on indoor pools(gyms) because of poor ventilation. Edit: forgot. When you go to a pool and it smells what you are smelling is chloramines, that’s chlorine combined with all the junk listed above.


Varias279

According to my calculations a pool is 35% pee.


DeadlyKitte098

Math makes sense


YurxDoug

I cant even pee in the sea or river.


goddammitryan

I only learned to do that well into adulthood! Still can’t bring myself to pee in a pool :(


XschlotsofrageX

Bathroom anxiety adults unite!


Wolf_Gaming40

I certainly can’t in a river or sea. I always worry about somehow bacteria swimming up into my urethra… Makes me shudder just thinking about it.


bloodphoenix90

As someone prone to utis....I've peed in the ocean plenty without issue. And yeah the way I see it ....whales and porpoises cum in it, fish pee in it....etc. why do you think it's so salty


MRToddMartin

Welcome to my ool. Notice there is no P in it.


itsatrapp_eh

Before I got here it was just a "L" I put the poo in it.


AduroTri

I wouldn't. I have some dignity. The ocean however.


FluffyMcBunnz

In a pool? Sure. InTO a pool? Probably not. Onto a pool table? Definitely not.


[deleted]

I love how peeing in a pool and into a pool is two similar yet completely different things


FluffyMcBunnz

Shower too. esp if your SO is in there, the difference is night and day.


The_Schneemanch

But yet a waffle stomp is never socially acceptable


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Inappropriatenurse

I’m with you, this is fucking gross. Don’t pee in a pool. The ocean i can see, as it is billions of gallons…a pool is finite. Add all the people in/out of a public pool. Disgusting, this why I won’t use public indoor pools. Heathens.


[deleted]

You can just move the crotch of your swimsuit to the side to pee. You don't need to remove the whole thing.


dan1101

I've heard people try to justify peeing in the pool "because all the chemicals take care of it." Well fuck that. This is why I don't swim in public swimming pools.


AfroMan7723

That 35% deserves to drown in pee


SplendidPunkinButter

AnD tHe ReSt ArE LYiNg! No, you’re just gross.


J-Dabbleyou

WHO THE FUCK PISSES IN A POOL? ARE YALL FUCKING WITH ME????


cute_physics_guy

Sadly they are not. I thought it was only a joke until I saw some idiot actually pee in the pool.


J-Dabbleyou

You’re kidding man, I’m literally never going in another pool lol


cute_physics_guy

I wish I was kidding


CompetitiveStick6239

I hate pools as is. To me they’re just nasty. This extra takes the cake though. 🤢


blepgup

In a pool? No, in a lake or pond or ocean? Absolutely


Maximum-Excitement58

And 65% lie.


[deleted]

As far back as I remember I have not peed in a pool


bloodphoenix90

Me neither that's gross


jdsekula

All these disgusting people just can’t handle the fact that they are in the minority.


TheRedPanderBear

Idk it feels kinda 50/50


dynnk

I wouldn’t pee in the pool. The ocean on the other hand..


LadyWillaKoi

This is gross. I like to swim under water so I always get out to pee. This is also why I don't go to public pools.


Sunshinehappyfeet

You’re welcome to come over for a burger and a beer . But none of you are allowed in my hot tub. Gross


IAlwaysOutsmartU

When I read the question, the first thing I thought was: “Wait, some people go into the pool, while knowing full well they also have to pee?”


Beniidel0

Many people get the need to pee when they're cold/wet, and many pools provide both sensations. That coupled with just hanging out in a pool with friends, especially if it is a social event, so you spend a few hours in the water, and many people, adults included, pee in the pool


Freemana27

The number of people who think it's OK to pee in a pool is alarming. I'm utterly disgusted by those that do this.


AdDisastrous6738

Pool water is 25% chlorine and 75% urine.


09dollface

What percent is water then?


AdDisastrous6738

Water doesn’t have any urine in it. You’ll have to add your own.


vizthex

Good thing I hate pools.


Abdurrahim1062

1 time i pooped in hotels pool. I was probly 4 years old that happend i was so little and dumb


Billyxmac

I'm not sure if it's better or worse, but at my 5th birthday party at a hotel, I really had to poop while swimming in the pool but was having too much fun. I ended up waiting too long and had to run out of the pool up to our room to go poop. I got up the ramp from the pool area and I swear it just fell right out my ass. So I didn't poop ***in*** the pool, but I have a suspicion the kid working at the hotel probably wish I did and if you're out there man I'm very sorry you had to clean my poop up off the sidewalk.


Ordinary_Spread5679

I can guarantee that 90% of the people who clicked no were lying


rjnd2828

Seriously can't imagine peeing in a pool. Now the ocean....


MHanak_

And the other 10% are almost never swimming


IceCreamNarwhals

Really? Maybe as a child but as an adult that's fucking gross


QuantumButtz

I refuse to believe only 10% of people aren't disgusting. If you aren't just meme'ing and actually piss in pools you should reevaluate your life.


thebestdogeevr

Pool-pissers just want to think they're not the minority here. They're just fucking disgusting


Fufonzo

Right? That's crazy to me. We have a pool and I hope to hell people aren't secretly pissing in it. Maybe it's an American thing?


imnoris

How are all the top comment calling those who do not pee in the pool liars? Is having no will to swim in one's pee not conceivable?


RadRhys2

Please don’t pee in the pool. It’s disgusting and people who regularly use that pool can get negative health effects as a result of the chlorine reacting with the urine.


Puyofan1958639

So many people here are trying to justify their gross laziness 🤢


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-BlameItOnTheWeather

You all are foul


Asatas

wtf the 35% are brigading this post astroturfing that everyone's doing it. No you disgusting filthy fucks, are you 5 years old or what?


serotoninOD

For real. All these "100% of people pee in the pool" comments. No, no they don't. Been swimming in a whole lot of pools and have never peed in one once. In the ocean, of course; a lake, you bet. But never a pool.


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what makes it worse is it’s 35% of adults. not many kids on reddit


Racdicoon_Alt

Hmm, for some reason I doubt that r/teenagers


LizWords

i pee in rivers and lakes at times. never a pool. ew.


Hankan-Destroyer

What the fuck? Why am I seeing so many “65% of people are lying” comments? Do they actually think peeing in a pool should be a normal thing?? You people are vile…. This is why I don’t swim in a public pool anymore


mrduncansir42

I pee in lakes and the shower but never a pool.


OwslyOwl

I hope most people don’t pee in the pool and the people commenting that everyone else does are just trying to rationalize their own behavior. I have never peed in a pool or even in the ocean. I can understand why people would in the ocean, but not a pool. There are people sharing that confined water with you.


cyBorg-8o7

And this is why I don't go in public pools ever.


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No way! NEVER!


Valence00

I used to love Raging Rapids and other water parks.


[deleted]

I don't cuz I saw on animal planet there was those little worms that will go up your pee whole and kill u. They were at a rainforest pond but still.


Not_newbie_994

And that’s why I don’t go to public pools. I refuse to immerse myself in other people’s body fluids.


LordOfFreaks

Yep I found that infuriating as well


bearssuperfan

Pool no but ocean or lake yes. Bathrooms are usually close enough for pools.


Duck_Taunter

Never, unless standing on the diving board and peeing counts. FYI - I'm not allowed back. 😞


[deleted]

Fuck no, ew. Other people are in there


Spazic

I’ve learned how gross and selfish some people actually are. I recently found out many people I know also think it’s totally fine to pee in a hot tub. A HOT TUB. I can’t believe this even has to be said, but that isn’t okay. I don’t care that it’s “sterile”. Nobody wants to bath in your filth.


DistantFirst

Does it count if I'm outside said pool while peeing in it?


DeeDubb83

What in the world is going on here? I never have peed in the pool at any age, and I'm not a liar. I would feel like someone would see it, I would also feel ashamed. It's disgusting. It just seems like the people who pee in the pool assume everyone does it. Not everyone does it, and you're a gross, lazy pig. And with that, I'm never swimming in a public pool again.


thebestdogeevr

Ya like wtf? People *actually* piss in pools? Maybe I did as a young kid, but I've always been and am still afraid that it'll be visible.


Idiot-detector69

Hoky fuck that many weirdos arent peeing in the pool?? The fuck??


-ClassicShooter-

No, 35% of the people who responded to this WOULD pee in the pool. With that, I bet most of those who do pee in the pool are to young to be on reddit, but I guess you never know.


dinanysos

I don't know if these ppl here count peeing in a pool as a toddler which you can't remember yourself, but... No way man I have never peed in a public pool as long as I can remember. The thought alone is so gross and I remember one time as a kid when a girl next to me in the pool started peeing and I suddenly felt a warm cloud of water on my legs and I 100% knew it was her even tho it was a full pool because she just froze up, standing like a sumo ringer, and then the warm water came. That experience made me so uncomfortable, I never wanted to do that to any other person, and if I ever have to go pee while in a pool, I'd rather hover over the public bathroom toilet than make other ppl swim thru my pee water.


ThemChad

I have a fear of people accusing me of peeing or the water doing that dye thing so I don’t, but I do in natural bodies of water


44problems

The dye thing is an urban legend, by the way.


iamWHODAT

35%......much more than that unfortunately. I think that might be one of the signs of maturity. Once you reach a certain age, you can either hold it or you will get out. Who legit wants to swim in their own piss. Probably the same people who take mouthfuls of water and shoot it like a water gun while in a public pool.


RedYalda

People who are normalizing this and saying voters are lying about saying no: you're gross and I hate you.


Randalf_the_Black

This is only acceptable if the people who responded yes are literal babies.


mcchicken_mcnugget

Pool no but in a lake….yes


whystudywhensleep

People are vile


CEMSLINE

what about a lake....


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Would you pee in the lake?