• Smuuthbrane
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    934 months ago

    Corpse size has a lot to do with it. I wouldn’t swim in even a large pool with a dead human in it (knowingly), but one dead fish or rodent or dozens of dead tadpoles or bugs? Not an issue.

    Heck, most household swimming pools have dozens of dead bodies in them, but they’re 99% insects.

    • @[email protected]
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      554 months ago

      The whole premise of this meme is a bit silly. If there was a corpse floating near the beach, I think most people might wait for the corpse to be removed, and perhaps even a reasonable cause of death to be determined, before entering the local area. The same is true for pools.

      • @[email protected]
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        344 months ago

        “Smithens, the corpse is growing near me again. Use the pool-skimmer to push it into the deep end”

      • Smuuthbrane
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        224 months ago

        Ah, so corpse count AND proximity are both factors? Along with knowledge of the presence of said corpse?

        • wia
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          4 months ago

          And corpse size and species. The variables are piling up… This is gonna be a difficult study

        • @[email protected]
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          94 months ago

          This can be simplified to the individual’s understanding of how quickly they could be touching a corpse.

          • Smuuthbrane
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            64 months ago

            Corpse size still plays a role. You wouldn’t want to touch a dead tadpole, but you may not even notice.

    • @[email protected]
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      234 months ago

      Ah no, a dead fish indicates that the water isn’t healthy. You should shy away from it.

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          44 months ago

          What about a clipped fingernail? There’s some kind of acceptability threshold here as well.

          Speaking of which, what percentage of poo would be acceptable? Does it matter whether or not it’s family?

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            34 months ago

            Fingernails aren’t flesh; there’s no such thing as a dead fingernail because there’s no such thing as a live fingernail. It’s like shed hair floating in the pool; kinda gross, sure, but not dead body gross

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            34 months ago

            Similar to corpses, it’s not the %, it’s the accessibility: “How quickly could I be touching a corpse / poo right now?”

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            4 months ago

            How distantly related we talking here? Siblings/parents or cousins? We’re not the hapsburgs, no incestuous shit eating in this pool, no sirree.