GrammarPolice@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agoReally hoping it's just good bladder control...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1230
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minus-squarePregnenolone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 month agoThe smell of “pool” is actually the smell of piss. Without piss chlorine has a much less potent smell. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/01/517785902/just-how-much-pee-is-in-that-pool
minus-squareDroggelbecher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·30 days agoCorrect me if I’m mistaken, but iirc it is the smell of the chlorine reacting with any pollutant, not just pee. Skin cells and skin oils will make it smell like that, too.
The smell of “pool” is actually the smell of piss. Without piss chlorine has a much less potent smell.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/01/517785902/just-how-much-pee-is-in-that-pool
Correct me if I’m mistaken, but iirc it is the smell of the chlorine reacting with any pollutant, not just pee. Skin cells and skin oils will make it smell like that, too.