Talk:2155: Swimming - Revision history

NiceGuy1 at 03:11, 8 June 2019

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NiceGuy1 at 03:05, 8 June 2019

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These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For at 00:27, 3 June 2019

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Observer of the Absurd: Lemmings

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Lemmings

162.158.155.86 at 20:54, 30 May 2019

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Boatster: Deep water IS better for swimming

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Deep water IS better for swimming

162.158.214.28 at 03:19, 30 May 2019

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162.158.106.102: Lemmings (video game)

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Lemmings (video game)

Ianrbibtitlht at 16:07, 29 May 2019

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Daemonik at 14:38, 29 May 2019

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 ::I would guess it is to the {{w|Lemmings (video game)}}, I put in wikilink assuming that that is what is meant.  Not sure though.  [[Special:Contributions/162.158.106.102|162.158.106.102]] 18:05, 29 May 2019 (UTC)I thought this was a global warming reference at first glance. it works pretty well as one. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.214.28|162.158.214.28]] 03:19, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
 :::Quite right.  As someone old enough to remember {{w|Lemmings (video game)}}, one of the tools to keep your lemmings from dying from a fall was an umbrella. [[User:Observer of the Absurd|Observer of the Absurd]] ([[User talk:Observer of the Absurd|talk]]) 21:53, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
-:::As someone who played and loved the Lemmings games back in the day, at first I actually wondered at the claimed connection for a second until it clicked. For the uninitiated: the titular creatures simply walk. Blindly, unendingly. If their ground or floor ends (such as if there were no water here and they were walking to the right past Megan), they simply fall, and if they fall far enough (about the height of 3 lemmings, a LOT shorter than this cliff), they die with a splat. The point of the game is to assign jobs and abilities to them to survive / save everybody. One ability is to give them an umbrella, which they use on any significant drop to land softly and safely. Another ability is the reverse, to climb, such as if they were walking left from the umbrella they could climb to Megan. Assigning both makes the game call that particular lemming Athlete. :) If this were a level of Lemmings, the solution would be to make the first one a Miner (dig diagonally downwards, from where the beach would be, off panel) then give umbrellas to anyone who walked past him before he got deep enough to cut off access to the cliff edge. Eventually there would be a gentle slope down to the lower shelf. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 03:05, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
+:::As someone who played and loved the Lemmings games back in the day, at first I actually wondered at the claimed connection for a second until it clicked. For the uninitiated: the titular creatures simply walk. Blindly, unendingly. If their ground or floor ends (such as if there were no water here and they were walking to the right past Megan), they simply fall, and if they fall far enough (about the height of 3 lemmings, a LOT shorter than this cliff), they die with a splat. The point of the game is to assign jobs and abilities to them to survive / save everybody. One ability is to give them an umbrella, which they use on any significant drop to land softly and safely. Another ability is the reverse, to climb, such as if they were walking left from the umbrella they could climb to Megan. Assigning both makes the game call that particular lemming Athlete. :) If this were a level of Lemmings, the solution would be to make the first one a Miner (dig diagonally downwards, from off panel, further up the beach than the height of the cliff) then give umbrellas to anyone who walked past him before he got deep enough to cut off access to the cliff edge. Eventually there would be a gentle slope down to the lower shelf. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 03:05, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
 When I saw this, one element of it immediately reminded of a 26th/May [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48360832 BBC article] that just barely preceded the comic's appearance. So maybe part of the fear is actually that of pellebaphobia. (Pelle''batho''phobia, even?) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.155.86|162.158.155.86]] 20:54, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

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 ::I would guess it is to the {{w|Lemmings (video game)}}, I put in wikilink assuming that that is what is meant.  Not sure though.  [[Special:Contributions/162.158.106.102|162.158.106.102]] 18:05, 29 May 2019 (UTC)I thought this was a global warming reference at first glance. it works pretty well as one. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.214.28|162.158.214.28]] 03:19, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
 :::Quite right.  As someone old enough to remember {{w|Lemmings (video game)}}, one of the tools to keep your lemmings from dying from a fall was an umbrella. [[User:Observer of the Absurd|Observer of the Absurd]] ([[User talk:Observer of the Absurd|talk]]) 21:53, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
 When I saw this, one element of it immediately reminded of a 26th/May [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48360832 BBC article] that just barely preceded the comic's appearance. So maybe part of the fear is actually that of pellebaphobia. (Pelle''batho''phobia, even?) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.155.86|162.158.155.86]] 20:54, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

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 :In most open water, there is no chlorine, but there is definitely some urine and blood and probably also fish sperm. It SHOULD be more diluted, though ... -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 22:15, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 ::I find it ridiculous that some people are grossed by the supposedly urine (or, God forbid, sperm) contaminated swimming pools yet fine to drink water coming from open reservoirs containing (highly diluted!) duck poop, fish stuff, slimes and molds etc. Some even have spilled millions of gallons of perfectly fine water after some guy peed in it, even if it was wide open to any flying source of poo ([http://time.com/66459/portland-reservoir-pee/]) -- [[User:Malgond|Malgond]] ([[User talk:Malgond|talk]]) 08:27, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 : haha. I live in Australia. I love swimming at the beach. But my rule is, as much as possible, always swim with someone bigger, slower and further out. The first two are not as easy as they used to be!![[User:Boatster|Boatster]] ([[User talk:Boatster|talk]]) 13:43, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 : also " nudge-tested by snakes" W.T.A.F!!![[User:Boatster|Boatster]] ([[User talk:Boatster|talk]]) 13:45, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

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 :Thank you, herobrine. My question exactly! [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 16:07, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 ::I would guess it is to the {{w|Lemmings (video game)}}, I put in wikilink assuming that that is what is meant.  Not sure though.  [[Special:Contributions/162.158.106.102|162.158.106.102]] 18:05, 29 May 2019 (UTC)I thought this was a global warming reference at first glance. it works pretty well as one. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.214.28|162.158.214.28]] 03:19, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
 When I saw this, one element of it immediately reminded of a 26th/May [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48360832 BBC article] that just barely preceded the comic's appearance. So maybe part of the fear is actually that of pellebaphobia. (Pelle''batho''phobia, even?) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.155.86|162.158.155.86]] 20:54, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

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	::I would guess it is to the {{w\|Lemmings (video game)}}, I put in wikilink assuming that that is what is meant. Not sure though. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.106.102\|162.158.106.102]] 18:05, 29 May 2019 (UTC)I thought this was a global warming reference at first glance. it works pretty well as one. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.214.28\|162.158.214.28]] 03:19, 30 May 2019 (UTC)		::I would guess it is to the {{w\|Lemmings (video game)}}, I put in wikilink assuming that that is what is meant. Not sure though. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.106.102\|162.158.106.102]] 18:05, 29 May 2019 (UTC)I thought this was a global warming reference at first glance. it works pretty well as one. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.214.28\|162.158.214.28]] 03:19, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
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		+	When I saw this, one element of it immediately reminded of a 26th/May [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48360832 BBC article] that just barely preceded the comic's appearance. So maybe part of the fear is actually that of pellebaphobia. (Pelle''batho''phobia, even?) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.155.86\|162.158.155.86]] 20:54, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

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 Back when I was teaching beginning swimming for adults, I would tell them that the deep end of the pool was better for swimming because there was more water under them to support them. Some of them found that the idea inspired confidence . . . others, not so much. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.214.100|162.158.214.100]] 17:22, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 : My wife is learning to swim at the moment (she's 50, never too old to learn!) and has this specific issue about being able to touch the bottom. She was told by her instructor about the deep end being "better for swimming" and definitely falls into the "not so much" category you mention![[User:Daemonik|Daemonik]] ([[User talk:Daemonik|talk]]) 14:38, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 What is the Lemmings reference mentioned in the explanation? [[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 12:18, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 :Thank you, herobrine. My question exactly! [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 16:07, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 ::I would guess it is to the {{w|Lemmings (video game)}}, I put in wikilink assuming that that is what is meant.  Not sure though.  [[Special:Contributions/162.158.106.102|162.158.106.102]] 18:05, 29 May 2019 (UTC)I thought this was a global warming reference at first glance. it works pretty well as one. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.214.28|162.158.214.28]] 03:19, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

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	:Thank you, herobrine. My question exactly! [[User:Ianrbibtitlht\|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht\|talk]]) 16:07, 29 May 2019 (UTC)		:Thank you, herobrine. My question exactly! [[User:Ianrbibtitlht\|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht\|talk]]) 16:07, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
		+	::I would guess it is to the {{w\|Lemmings (video game)}}, I put in wikilink assuming that that is what is meant. Not sure though. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.106.102\|162.158.106.102]] 18:05, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

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	What is the Lemmings reference mentioned in the explanation? [[User:Herobrine\|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine\|talk]]) 12:18, 29 May 2019 (UTC)		What is the Lemmings reference mentioned in the explanation? [[User:Herobrine\|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine\|talk]]) 12:18, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
		+	:Thank you, herobrine. My question exactly! [[User:Ianrbibtitlht\|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht\|talk]]) 16:07, 29 May 2019 (UTC)