Showers soak more then pools (hackertalks.com)

submitted 10 months ago by jet@hackertalks.com to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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When I swim, if I just get out of the pool and dry off, it only takes me a minute to fully dry off.

If I take a poolside outdoor shower to get the chlorine off and then dry off, it takes considerably longer to dry off.

This confuses me - getting fully emersed in water should get make me more soaked.... but the shower seems to get me more soaked....

I often think about this when taking a shower after swimming... the paradox of water

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[-] Sylver@lemmy.world 38 points 10 months ago

My hypothesis: Getting out of the pool let’s the surface tension of the water pull most of it off of you as you exit the pool, while a shower coats you evenly in thousands of individual droplets that cannot connect with each other to become heavier

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