• Decoy321@lemmy.worldM
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    11 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.

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      11 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.

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        11 months ago

        Now that’s the kind of deep cut I’m here for! Watch out for exploding doorknobs too.

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      11 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.

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      11 months ago

      Apparently the worst that can happen is (provided you are swimming vigorously) that the extreme exercise may inhibit digestion slightly.

    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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      11 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.