Do you know how to swim?

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IdiotMachine
04/07/2024
01:22 PM
#1
Bonus question: How did you learn how to swim?
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archizzy
04/07/2024
01:26 PM
#2
Grew up swimming. My grandparents had a large pool. From my earliest memories I was in the water. Grandpa taught me to open my eyes underwater by placing coins on the bottom of the pool. I spend my entire summers swimming pretty much every year as a kid. Either at my grandparents or at the pool near me in my town. My dad always bought me a pool pass. I can swim well.

Plus when I got to junior high we had swimming in gym class. It lasted a semester. It was at the same pool near my house I had a pool pass for. I was already a great swimmer by the time it came up in 7th grade.
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wackyteen
04/07/2024
01:27 PM
#3
i learned how to young

but i dislike being wet, i hate being submerged, i fear any water I can't stand in and I don't float, i sink.
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FolkenRawr
04/07/2024
01:29 PM
#4
I can swim well, but definitely not a great swimmer

My mom threw me in the deep end as a toddler (my step dad was in the pool)
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NoxObscuras
04/07/2024
01:32 PM
#5
No. I'm a goner if the water is too deep for me to stand with my head above water. I'd like to learn eventually though. I want to get a nice house with a pool.
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bsp77
04/07/2024
01:42 PM
#6
Growing up in Florida, I just always assumed everyone could swim. Not true living in Minnesota now.
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DKBananaSlamma
04/07/2024
01:54 PM
#8
I used to be a lifeguard in college. I'm not fast but I have great control in water and can hold my breath for a long time >_>

If a pool isn't at least 8ft deep, I ain't happy! I love not being able to feel the bottom of the pool
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Rika_Furude
04/07/2024
01:54 PM
#9
I can do more than doggypaddle but Im not a great swimmer
PsychicHippo
04/07/2024
01:58 PM
#10
Yes but I have a weird aversion to water and it's not an activity I enjoy. I didn't even learn how until I was in my teens.
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UnholyMudcrab
04/07/2024
02:02 PM
#11
I do not.

I live smack in the middle of the country. There's never been any reason for me to learn.
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Nemu
04/07/2024
02:02 PM
#12
I took swimming classes as a kid, but Im pretty sure I have forgotten. Not sure if itd kick in during a life or death situation.
Hayame_Zero
04/07/2024
02:04 PM
#13
No, and the thought of being past shallow water freaks me out
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a-c-a-b
04/07/2024
02:04 PM
#14
Yep. I grew up swimming and it's something that I still love doing as an adult whenever I have the chance.

Other than pools, I've swam in ponds, rivers, lakes and the ocean and consider myself to be a pretty decent swimmer.
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Jaguar34
04/07/2024
02:05 PM
#15
I swam for exercise regularly to improve the quality of my breathing with asthma. I swim about a mile while listening to tunes underwater
TuxedoCyan
04/07/2024
02:05 PM
#16
No. I went under when I was like 3 or 4 and took in some water in my lungs and it scarred me for life. I was using water wings at the time but they didn't keep me afloat.

I was forced to take swimming lessons in like 4th or 5th grade but I just pretended to be sick so I could get out of doing it.
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RetuenOfDevsman
04/07/2024
02:06 PM
#17
UnholyMudcrab posted...
I do not.

I live smack in the middle of the country. There's never been any reason for me to learn.
It's great for both recreation and exercise.
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Heineken14
04/07/2024
02:07 PM
#18
Yep, really well. Had a boat and a pool from a very young age and took swimming lessons as well. Just recently tore down my pool due to rust, wish I had an inground pool like I did as a kid to actually swim in. :/
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NoxObscuras
04/07/2024
02:08 PM
#19
bsp77 posted...
Growing up in Florida, I just always assumed everyone could swim. Not true living in Minnesota now.
I've lived in Los Angeles all my life. The beach is just a hop, skip and a jump away. Didn't stop me from not learning how to swim XD
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ablegator
04/07/2024
02:08 PM
#20
Swam competitively through high school. Was probably good enough to have been on a college team but did running instead.
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samsungsalt
04/07/2024
02:24 PM
#21
I was forced into doing it competitively as a kid and hated every second of it after the first year
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MrMolinaro
04/07/2024
02:30 PM
#22
Im a swim instructor, so I would certainly hope so.
KookyCouture
04/07/2024
03:52 PM
#23
Yes I learned in primary school and spent a lot of my child/teenhood at the local pool with friends
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Zwijn
04/07/2024
03:53 PM
#24
Rika_Furude posted...
I can do more than doggypaddle but Im not a great swimmer

VampireCoyote
04/07/2024
03:53 PM
#25
Yeah I can swim a bunch of different ways
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hockeybabe89
04/07/2024
03:55 PM
#26
I took swimming lessons as a kid and was able to swim the length of the pool alone, but I literally have not been in a pool in like 20+ years.
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AldousIsDead
04/07/2024
04:13 PM
#28
I'm still lifeguard certified. I love swimming.
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Jiek_Fafn
04/07/2024
04:13 PM
#29
I'm not a strong swimmer and I'm too dense to float or tread water for long. So I can like swim the length of a pool well enough, but I'm getting fairly tired from it because I'm bad at it. If I stop legit swimming I immediately sink straight down and create a whirlpool effect, so any attempt to save me also dooms my potential hero.
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Trumble
04/07/2024
04:27 PM
#31
Well enough to survive if thrown into a large swimming pool or reasonable size lake. I won't be winning any competitions though.
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UnholyMudcrab
04/07/2024
04:58 PM
#32
RetuenOfDevsman posted...
It's great for both recreation and exercise.
Sounds pretty gross
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RetuenOfDevsman
04/07/2024
05:15 PM
#33
UnholyMudcrab posted...
Sounds pretty gross
You probably should shower afterward, yeah. But for the most part it just feels like water.
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Zikten
04/07/2024
05:20 PM
#34
I haven't swam in several years. But I'm sure I still know how if I was forced to. Its not really a skill you can forget
Guide
04/07/2024
05:21 PM
#35
I got by on doggy paddling my whole life, until my girlfriend-at-the-time decided it would be a good idea to swim out 3 miles past the buoy barrier, where a shark swam past, about 15 feet beneath us. This unlocked something in my animal brain that made me swim like a motherfucker, and I've been great ever since.
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RetuenOfDevsman
04/07/2024
05:24 PM
#36
Guide posted...
I got by on doggy paddling my whole life, until my girlfriend-at-the-time decided it would be a good idea to swim out 3 miles past the buoy barrier, where a shark swam past, about 15 feet beneath us. This unlocked something in my animal brain that made me swim like a motherfucker, and I've been great ever since.
Is that the reason she's not your girlfriend anymore?
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Guide
04/07/2024
05:28 PM
#37
RetuenOfDevsman posted...
Is that the reason she's not your girlfriend anymore?

No, she decided she was too tired to keep swimming and would rather die, so I carried her back the whole fucking 3 1/2 miles.

I did, at first, swim away, then swim back, then swim away, then swim back before I realized she just wasn't swimming with me.
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VampireCoyote
04/07/2024
05:29 PM
#38
I can swim in all known directions
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Guide
04/07/2024
05:44 PM
#39
VampireCoyote posted...
I can swim in all known directions

it's true, I've seen it, dude can use Waterfall without the tm
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Joelypoely
04/07/2024
05:45 PM
#40
Yes, I live very close to two beaches
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unclekoolaid73
04/07/2024
05:52 PM
#41
Like a fish. I had swimming lesson when i was a kid and had a pool when growing up.

I love swimming.
Heineken14
04/07/2024
11:06 PM
#42
RetuenOfDevsman posted...
Is that the reason she's not your girlfriend anymore?

Yeah, that's how he got away from the shark!
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PraetorXyn
04/07/2024
11:08 PM
#43
Im not sure. I can swim from one end to the other, but if I stop, Ill either learn to tread water or drown.
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Ratchetrockon
04/07/2024
11:09 PM
#44
I can sorta do something a bit better than a doggy paddle to safety. Not even a decent swimmer though that's for sure.
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Glob
04/07/2024
11:11 PM
#45
Where Im from, everybody learns to swim as a child.
Vengeance29
04/07/2024
11:14 PM
#46
There's a poll option missing.

I can do more than doggy paddle and am fairly comfortable in the water, but I'm by no means a great swimmer.
Havik
04/07/2024
11:15 PM
#47
Nope. Never had a reason to learn and I have a strong aversion to being in water anyways.
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RetuenOfDevsman
04/08/2024
07:57 AM
#48
Vengeance29 posted...
There's a poll option missing.

I can do more than doggy paddle and am fairly comfortable in the water, but I'm by no means a great swimmer.
The poll wants you to have to insult yourself for not being an Olympian.

But it doesn't realize that it totally shot itself in the foot by also making it possible to exaggerate your capability by simply being halfway competent, so do that instead and ruin the TC's day.
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PMarth2002
04/08/2024
08:00 AM
#49
middle option, I don't swim underwater. always hated the feeling of being submerged and unable to breathe.

don't remember when i learned, but i grew up in florida, we always had a pool and went to the beach at least once every year.

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