{"id":5768,"date":"2023-06-27T21:16:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T04:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/my-mind-is-filled-with-everyday-horrors-beyond-all-imagining\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T21:16:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T04:16:13","slug":"my-mind-is-filled-with-everyday-horrors-beyond-all-imagining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/my-mind-is-filled-with-everyday-horrors-beyond-all-imagining\/","title":{"rendered":"My mind is filled with everyday horrors beyond all imagining"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, like, a couple of weeks ago there was a news story that like 14 or 17 people–including children–were poisoned by over-chlorinated water in a lazy river. They had to go to the hospital and they all had a really bad time.<\/p>\n

Someone suggested that maybe someone had an accident in the water, and the staff poured in a bunch of chlorine to clean things up the lazy way. And they added a bit too much and it poisoned everyone.<\/p>\n

My brother showed me what looked like a water park in China and there was a MASSIVE amount of people crammed inner tube to inner tube. And ignoring the possibility that someone might have COVID…<\/p>\n

I’m not sure what would be a worse situation. That you’re in a stagnate pool like in China, everyone kicking their feet and splashing around, and someone has an accident. Or if you’re in a lazy river and you’re in the middle between other people so you can’t get to the edge quickly… and you see the disaster headed toward you through the water.<\/p>\n

Both seem like hell on Earth to me. Swimming in feces would be horrible. Swimming in someone else’s feces would be 100 times MORE horrible. And to be trapped in a crush of bodies while the water becomes visibly polluted…<\/p>\n

Yeah. No thank you.<\/p>\n

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