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little_tippler · 07-15-2008, 08:49 AM

this is craazy...and somehow disgusting too.

Poppinjay · 07-15-2008, 09:03 AM

What. The. HELL.

Can you imagine all the pee in that water?

inBOIL · 07-15-2008, 03:37 PM

Now I want to see that with pressure waves.

Charlatan · 07-15-2008, 04:33 PM

I get the willies just looking at that. Imagine being one of the people in the middle of the pool. I would think they are way beyond the capacity of that pool. That just can't be safe.

genuinegirly · 07-15-2008, 04:39 PM

I'm sorry, sir, but our pool is already beyond capacity. Why don't you try the one over there if you want to swim laps. What? You just came for the waves? Oh, then, by all means hop on in.

Looks like a great way to get injured.

Craven Morehead · 07-16-2008, 11:30 AM

and then, there's this......

Quote:

Anyone seen my rubber ring? The world's most crowded swimming pool

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 8:52 AM on 16th July 2008

Someone floated the idea and they all went with it.

But once in the water, trying to swim a few lengths was suddenly out of the question.

In fact, there was treading room only when thousands of swimmers crowded into a pool in Penglai in Sichuan, western China.

Families are gradually returning to the area after May's devastating earthquake-In one of the world's most populous countries, the fact there was no elbow room in the pool was not going to stop the fun.

But despite their collection of colourful rubber rings, the swimmers couldn't float about for too long.

The resort has become popular with China's rising middle class who take day-trips to the scenic spot.

Government officials say the increase in tourists is due to it now being safe to return to the Sichuan area after the devastating earthquake in May.

Official figures say around 70,000 people died in the natural disaster, which left 4.8 million people homeless. It is the biggest natural disaster to hit China since 1976.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ming-pool.html

Bill O'Rights · 07-16-2008, 12:35 PM

'thell is that?!?

MSD · 07-20-2008, 08:22 PM

The important thing is that this inspired me to learn about how different wave pools are operated. How Stuff Works has a good article, but holy shit are they overrun with ads and pseudo-articles that are really ads these days.

JumpinJesus · 07-20-2008, 08:30 PM

Further proof that Japan is too crowded. I think the population density is something like 500 people per square inch.

Nimetic · 07-21-2008, 04:24 AM

Apparently there is a lot of groping on their trains... (Rumour has it). Just makes me wonder how it is for the girls in a crowded wave pool.

And on another note.... it looks a rather dangerous. I have terrible thoughts about some kid sinking to the bottom and not being found until end-of-day. I mean - I'd not want to be a supervisor.

ARTelevision · 07-21-2008, 05:02 AM

I would note that during my time in Japan I learned quite a lot about how human beings can cope well with population density. The Japanese do it far better (cleaner, more-respectful, and crime-free) than Americans, for example. There are deep cultural reasons for this, which are fairly well-known. It is remarkable however, to see it in practice on any typical day in Tokyo or any other densely populated city there.
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shesus · 07-21-2008, 10:19 AM

That is how concert venues should be set up in the summer.

Then, I wouldn't be pushed forward by a sweaty person into another sweaty person in front of me. And the issue of jumping to the music would be solved. Have the waves somehow synched with the music.

Nimetic · 07-23-2008, 04:48 PM

Re my comment re groping, this was a spur-of-the-moment joke. Probably not a fair one and not one intended to generalize re Japanese.

In a large group, I would expect that certain things will occur more frequently, even on a per-head basis. However I've always understood though that Japan has a documented low crime-rate overall. This too is often mentioned in papers/journals etc.

Brewmaniac · 07-26-2008, 09:53 AM

Count me out, way to many people for me!

07-15-2008, 08:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
little_tippler Leaning against the -Sun- Super Moderator Location: on the other side	People in Waves this is craazy...and somehow disgusting too. __________________ Whether we write or speak or do but look We are ever unapparent. What we are Cannot be transfused into word or book. Our soul from us is infinitely far. However much we give our thoughts the will To be our soul and gesture it abroad, Our hearts are incommunicable still. In what we show ourselves we are ignored. The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged By any skill of thought or trick of seeming. Unto our very selves we are abridged When we would utter to our thought our being. We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams, And each to each other dreams of others' dreams. Fernando Pessoa, 1918

07-15-2008, 09:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
Poppinjay You had me at hello Location: DC/Coastal VA	What. The. HELL. Can you imagine all the pee in that water? __________________ I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet

07-15-2008, 03:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
inBOIL I have eaten the slaw	Now I want to see that with pressure waves. __________________ And you believe Bush and the liberals and divorced parents and gays and blacks and the Christian right and fossil fuels and Xbox are all to blame, meanwhile you yourselves create an ad where your kid hits you in the head with a baseball and you don't understand the message that the problem is you.

07-15-2008, 04:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	I get the willies just looking at that. Imagine being one of the people in the middle of the pool. I would think they are way beyond the capacity of that pool. That just can't be safe. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

07-15-2008, 04:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
genuinegirly Eat your vegetables Super Moderator Location: Arabidopsis-ville	I'm sorry, sir, but our pool is already beyond capacity. Why don't you try the one over there if you want to swim laps. What? You just came for the waves? Oh, then, by all means hop on in. Looks like a great way to get injured. __________________ "Sometimes I have to remember that things are brought to me for a reason, either for my own lessons or for the benefit of others." Cynthetiq "violence is no more or less real than non-violence." roachboy

07-16-2008, 12:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
Bill O'Rights will always be an Alyson Hanniganite Location: In the dust of the archives	'thell is that?!? __________________ "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony "Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

07-20-2008, 08:22 PM	#8 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	The important thing is that this inspired me to learn about how different wave pools are operated. How Stuff Works has a good article, but holy shit are they overrun with ads and pseudo-articles that are really ads these days.

07-20-2008, 08:30 PM	#9 (permalink)
JumpinJesus Junkie Location: Chicago	Further proof that Japan is too crowded. I think the population density is something like 500 people per square inch. __________________ "I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am" - Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses

07-21-2008, 04:24 AM	#10 (permalink)
Nimetic Junkie Location: Melbourne, Australia	Apparently there is a lot of groping on their trains... (Rumour has it). Just makes me wonder how it is for the girls in a crowded wave pool. And on another note.... it looks a rather dangerous. I have terrible thoughts about some kid sinking to the bottom and not being found until end-of-day. I mean - I'd not want to be a supervisor.

07-21-2008, 05:02 AM	#11 (permalink)
ARTelevision I change Location: USA	I would note that during my time in Japan I learned quite a lot about how human beings can cope well with population density. The Japanese do it far better (cleaner, more-respectful, and crime-free) than Americans, for example. There are deep cultural reasons for this, which are fairly well-known. It is remarkable however, to see it in practice on any typical day in Tokyo or any other densely populated city there. __________________ __________________ create evolution

07-21-2008, 10:19 AM	#12 (permalink)
shesus Fancy Location: Chicago	That is how concert venues should be set up in the summer. Then, I wouldn't be pushed forward by a sweaty person into another sweaty person in front of me. And the issue of jumping to the music would be solved. Have the waves somehow synched with the music. __________________ Whatever did happen to your soul? I heard you sold it Choose Heaven for the weather and Hell for the company

07-23-2008, 04:48 PM	#13 (permalink)
Nimetic Junkie Location: Melbourne, Australia	Re my comment re groping, this was a spur-of-the-moment joke. Probably not a fair one and not one intended to generalize re Japanese. In a large group, I would expect that certain things will occur more frequently, even on a per-head basis. However I've always understood though that Japan has a documented low crime-rate overall. This too is often mentioned in papers/journals etc.

07-26-2008, 09:53 AM	#14 (permalink)
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