← Back to context Comment by happyopossum 1 day ago Swimming at a gas station pump would be uncomfortably lethal. 5 comments happyopossum Reply pixl97 11 hours ago Ah, 12 hours later I log back in to see skimmers got autocorrected to swimmers. dghlsakjg 18 hours ago I wonder how well you would have to be able to swim to overcome the density/buoyancy difference if swimming in a pool of gasoline? rationalist 7 hours ago It depends how long you can hold your breath. I imagine many people would be overwhelmed by the fumes before they got very far. swiftcoder 17 hours ago It's a pretty drastic density difference. I think an Olympic swimmer would have a hard time staying above the surface. bregma 14 hours ago Gasoline fight!
dghlsakjg 18 hours ago I wonder how well you would have to be able to swim to overcome the density/buoyancy difference if swimming in a pool of gasoline? rationalist 7 hours ago It depends how long you can hold your breath. I imagine many people would be overwhelmed by the fumes before they got very far. swiftcoder 17 hours ago It's a pretty drastic density difference. I think an Olympic swimmer would have a hard time staying above the surface.
rationalist 7 hours ago It depends how long you can hold your breath. I imagine many people would be overwhelmed by the fumes before they got very far.
swiftcoder 17 hours ago It's a pretty drastic density difference. I think an Olympic swimmer would have a hard time staying above the surface.
Ah, 12 hours later I log back in to see skimmers got autocorrected to swimmers.
I wonder how well you would have to be able to swim to overcome the density/buoyancy difference if swimming in a pool of gasoline?
It depends how long you can hold your breath. I imagine many people would be overwhelmed by the fumes before they got very far.
It's a pretty drastic density difference. I think an Olympic swimmer would have a hard time staying above the surface.
Gasoline fight!