Tell that to the Lachrymose leeches!
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Decoy321@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This rule isn’t actually necessary, it’s an old wives tale. You won’t get cramps or anything from doing so unless you’re horrifically overeating.
llamapocalypse@lemmy.world 6 months ago
slightperil@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Now that’s the kind of deep cut I’m here for! Watch out for exploding doorknobs too.
Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I didn’t wait one time and swam in the ocean soon after. The vigorous exercise got my blood pumping and when I got back on land, I immediately began feeling severely nauseous. There was no place to go and it was a fairly crowded beach so…I quickly began digging a hole and got about a foot down before unloading my entire lunch, then burying the contents for some unwitting kid to dig up later.
Joking aside, vomiting while still swimming could have been disastrous, so I got lucky on the timing.
I think this warning is true but only applies to actual swimming, not just being in water.
MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That’s just weakness leaving the body.
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 6 months ago
I think it’s because people would puke in the pool and they didn’t want to keep cleaning it up, so you wait 30 minutes to help prevent that.
QaspR@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Apparently the worst that can happen is (provided you are swimming vigorously) that the extreme exercise may inhibit digestion slightly.
nodsocket@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Wrong. I have nearly died on several occasions because I didn’t wait the required 30 minutes. The second time I waited 28 minutes because I miscounted and that was all it took to earn me a trip to the ER.
Decoy321@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Ah, I see. You gotta wait 30 minutes otherwise the pirate skeleton will kill you.