Looking for a Hot Tub?

Alex · 10-16-2009, 10:09 AM

Generally true. More so for hot tubs than swimming pools though I'm not generally fond of swimming in chlorinated water.

1. The size of hot tubs is such that generally if there are other people in it with me, they'll be inside my preferred personal space. And if it is crowded enough that touching other people is mostly unavoidable then I really don't want to be in there.

2. If I had a large whirlpool bathtub in my bathroom, I'd not invite people to come take a soak with me in it. Not sure why putting the bathtub outside changes that dynamic.

3. A hot tub just doesn't provide enough perceived dilution of all the crap (literal and figurative) that may be coming off of other people. In a full size swimming pool it doesn't so much bother me that someone in there is probably taking a tinkle. It's more bothersome in the much more confined space of a hot tub.

4. I'm a whale so generally avoid situations where I'll be taking my shirt off. It is harder for me to accept that nobody cares what I look like when we're all sitting in a circle forced to look at each other.

5. To reiterate: dilution, dilution, dilution. I want my communal liquids to be homeopathic in their dilution of human detritus.

6. It's not 1978 any more.

10-16-2009, 10:09 AM	#10
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Generally true. More so for hot tubs than swimming pools though I'm not generally fond of swimming in chlorinated water. 1. The size of hot tubs is such that generally if there are other people in it with me, they'll be inside my preferred personal space. And if it is crowded enough that touching other people is mostly unavoidable then I really don't want to be in there. 2. If I had a large whirlpool bathtub in my bathroom, I'd not invite people to come take a soak with me in it. Not sure why putting the bathtub outside changes that dynamic. 3. A hot tub just doesn't provide enough perceived dilution of all the crap (literal and figurative) that may be coming off of other people. In a full size swimming pool it doesn't so much bother me that someone in there is probably taking a tinkle. It's more bothersome in the much more confined space of a hot tub. 4. I'm a whale so generally avoid situations where I'll be taking my shirt off. It is harder for me to accept that nobody cares what I look like when we're all sitting in a circle forced to look at each other. 5. To reiterate: dilution, dilution, dilution. I want my communal liquids to be homeopathic in their dilution of human detritus. 6. It's not 1978 any more.
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