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Did you ever swim in a pool and wonder why your eyes burned?

That's not the chlorine alone. The ammonia in the piss combines with the chlorine to create chloramine, which causes the eye burning and respiratory problems associated with pool water. It doesn't even take that much piss in the first place, and once it diffuses in the water, it will affect the whole pool.

I'd say it's an excellent analogy. Whether it's noticeable or not, if one person pisses in the pool, everyone's swimming through their piss.



That’s a bit of a myth. Sweat also reacts with chlorine to create chloramine, so it doesn’t actually require any urine. Cf. https://www.premierhealth.com/your-health/articles/women-wis...




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