Ah no, a dead fish indicates that the water isn’t healthy. You should shy away from it.
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smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 1 year 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.
MonkderDritte@feddit.de 1 year ago
Bertuccio@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah, fish always make sure to leave the water before they die.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Fish tend to die by being eaten, a dead fish that nothing has eaten yet is a concern.
HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Like too much chlorine?
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Now what if it’s a severed human head?
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Or a couple of severed toes or fingers?
Hupf@feddit.de 1 year 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?
Revan343@lemmy.ca 1 year 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
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Similar to corpses, it’s not the %, it’s the accessibility: “How quickly could I be touching a corpse / poo right now?”
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
How distantly related we talking here? Siblings/parents or cousins? We’re not the hapsburgs, no incestuous shit eating in this pool.
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Hard no, leaking is gross.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What if the head was laminated after it was severed?
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
How exactly do you propose to laminate a severed head??
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What about a dead baby?
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Dead babies don’t care how many bodies there are.
deus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ah, the old Lemmy switcheroo!
peanuts4life@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year 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.
thefartographer@lemm.ee 1 year ago
“Smithens, the corpse is growing near me again. Use the pool-skimmer to push it into the deep end”
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Ah, so corpse count AND proximity are both factors? Along with knowledge of the presence of said corpse?
oxideseven@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
And corpse size. The variables are piling up… This is gonna be a difficult study
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
This can be simplified to the individual’s understanding of how quickly they could be touching a corpse.
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Corpse size still plays a role. You wouldn’t want to touch a dead tadpole, but you may not even notice.
marcos@lemmy.world 1 year ago
As it says, there’s a minimum acceptable volume/corpse ratio.