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Comment by happyopossum

1 day ago

Swimming at a gas station pump would be uncomfortably lethal.

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.