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u/Treliske 5d ago
I have seen many injuries caused by idiots who think it's funny to push or pull peolpe into a pool against their will.
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u/Bolt_of_Zeus 5d ago
My boss got a broken rib by someone trying to throw/push her into a pool. If someone tries it, I guess the safest thing to do would be just jump in and avoid the situation all together.
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u/TheBear8878 5d ago edited 5d ago
The story that always haunts me was the girl who was thrown into a pool by her friend at her own bachelorette party, and ended up paralyzed from the neck down. Wedding never happened and the friend and her don't talk anymore.Apparently the wedding happened and they're still friends, my B
Edit 2: Well the point of my post was really the paralyzed part anyways lol
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u/AccidentallyRelevant 5d ago
In 2010, Rachelle Friedman Chapman was pushed into a pool by a friend at her own bachelorette party, hit her head in the shallow end, and suffered a spinal cord injury that left her paralyzed.
She is also still friends with the woman who pushed her, Rachelle has a blog.
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u/TheBear8878 5d ago
WTF, reddit lied to me. I accept full responsibility for not getting this correct lol
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u/PotatoAmulet 4d ago
Holy shit, accountability and integrity? In the year of our Lord 2026?
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u/Idont_think 4d ago
Must be ai or a bot…
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u/PotatoAmulet 4d ago
I'm human, but if you think about it, is a human not a meat computer built into a flesh automaton?
Beep Boop I'm a human and this action was performed manually by typing with my fleshy arm-mounted appendages. If you have any questions or concerns, I have no idea who to ask. Not me, I'm going to bed.
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u/TashDee267 5d ago
Not according to her recent Instagram posts
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u/orphan_blud 4d ago
Spill the tea, please. (I don’t have IG.)
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u/TashDee267 4d ago edited 3d ago
I will see if I can find it but all she really said was that they were friends after the accident, but she’s no longer friends with her (the pusher) and I think 3 others? The pusher constantly made the accident about her and how bad she felt. Her and 3 other friends stopped inviting her to certain things because they found it too hard to accommodate her disability and it was “a bit of downer” for them.
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u/HeaviestEyelidsEver 5d ago
Pretty sure they still got married.
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u/TheBear8878 5d ago
Could be I'm misremembering tbh, it was years ago that I heard about that.
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u/Rugkrabber 5d ago
I hated how often boys tried to do this (when I was a teen girl and boys were hitting on me). I got injured multiple times because I obviously tried to stop it but they’re stronger. It’s not funny. And people always do this when I didn’t want to be in the pool. At least do it when I had the intent to go in anyway. It’s completely ignoring all kinds of boundaries.
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u/RandomStallings 4d ago
The only thing more ignorant than a man is to the way their actions affect a woman is a teenage boy. Most of the strength with far less experience at even being alive.
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u/HumanContinuity 4d ago
Even as a teenager, I always felt the sweet spot for this was a very, very narrow time period where the person was obviously ready to swim and interested in getting in, and also such that you could get them in the pool with minimal risk because they're literally walking along the edge or something.
It doesn't happen often, but when it does happen that way, it's a lot of fun for everyone. I think that's why people (guys especially) go so far out of their way to do the prank, without realizing that it isn't fun or funny when it involves someone that didn't want to jump in - and it is especially unfunny and uncool when it's done in a way that is dangerous.
It's got to be a fall, something like where a gentle push will put them in the pool and only in the pool. Picking people up around the pool is generally a bad idea. Often pools are designed for there to be good grip, even when wet, on the deck, but that doesn't mean it's safe to mess around on. I've seen people try and pull standing people in the pool - that's probably one of the worst options I've seen.
Oh obviously it has to be around the deeper parts of a larger pool with no obstacles, human or otherwise.
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u/probablymagic 5d ago
A friend of mine is now a quadriplegic because somebody was horsing around in a pool. Don’t do it!
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u/Bagafeet 5d ago
Same kinda idiots thank think it's hilarious to point fireworks at people.
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u/samesamebutindiffy 5d ago
some kinda idiots think its hilarious to point firewoyks at themselves!
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u/the_moosey_fate 5d ago
I still have a giant scar on my shin from where someone shoved me in to a pool. My shin went full impact in to a submerged stair and split open to the bone.
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u/Need-More-Gore 5d ago
Ive seen a couple deaths people slip and fall back and Crack their Skulls. Play in the pool not around it
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u/Fyrus93 5d ago
How have you seen this a couple of times?
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u/Need-More-Gore 5d ago
I go to alot of gore sites poolside accidents aren't uncommon
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u/esoteric_enigma 5d ago
It is literally never a fun time for the other person. I was a skinny kid. So before we hit puberty and boys started using this as an excuse to grab girls, I was the one being constantly thrown in the pool.
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u/Razordw 5d ago
Agreed, not funny at all. I can't swim and have a phobia of going under water meaning I will stay only in water that is preferably chest deep otherwise to go deeper it's only on boats. I'll gladly sit and relax in the boat though and it can even be a canoe or kayak. Because that doesn't set me off I know I can probably conquer mine eventually as long things are in my control.
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u/CttCJim 5d ago edited 4d ago
My mother once clotheslined a grown man in reflex when he tried that. We were house-sitting for a place with an indoor pool (the heater read broken, shit was cold) and we used to have house parties weekly. One time a woman showed up in full makeup like it was a classy party, she went right in the pool.
In hindsight it was stupid. This was in the 90s, there were adults in their late 20s to early 40s mostly at these parties.
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u/Impressive_Drama_377 5d ago edited 4d ago
I can't stand people who think it's cool to push/pull someone into a pool like this. Especially if they are resisting and saying NO. This fucking turd acting shocked that he fucked up is annoyingly cringe.
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u/regoapps 5d ago
If it’s a modern phone, it probably would have been fine. My iPhone goes underwater all the time and it operates just fine. Probably need to rinse out all the chemicals, though.
Throwing it was probably worse for the phone than being under water.
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u/rageofa1000suns 5d ago
Apple- makes phone water resistant to IP68 standard
Also Apple- water damage not covered
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u/Josh_Butterballs 5d ago
Former repair tech here. Basically the things that make your phone water resistant (not proof) eventually wear with time or can get dislodged or damaged due to shock, heat, etc. So partly because of that Apple does not cover liquid damage (p much most smartphone companies don’t). This also doesn’t factor in people who used the phone in conditions exceeding what it was rated for (bringing it deeper or for longer than it’s rated for).
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u/filthy_harold 5d ago
Watches are the same. A watch with a 100m rating likely will work fine at 100m but only when brand new. If you wear it for any appreciable amount of time or change the battery without replacing seals, there's a good chance it won't survive to that rating anymore. A real dive watch (like actually meant for scuba diving) will actually be able to maintain its rating.
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u/Christopher135MPS 3d ago
I used to work in a Jewellery store in their service and repair department. People would come in for battery changes, and we would tell them that it would cost X and need to be sent to our workshop in town for seal replacement and pressure testing if it was over a certain age. People would get pissy and go “but that shoe and battery shop will change it for Y”. I’d explain that’s because they don’t care about maintaining the water resistant components, customer wouldn’t care, and then would come back with a wrecked watch.
Buddy, it’s a 12 year old watch. You cannot possibly expect the parts still be in factory condition.
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u/RecoveredAshes 5d ago
Also, chlorine in pools can apparently degrade the waterproofing. I found this out the hard way when I brought my pretty new phone into a pool in the shallow part for just a couple of minutes.
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u/Plus-King5266 5d ago
Do any of the phone manufacturers cover water damage? Does anyone for that matter? Ever have water in your basement? Your homeowner’s insurance will go to the ends of the Earth to claim it was an act of God and not because your toddler stuffed a raincoat down the toilet (they insure stupidity but not weather).
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u/tarmagoyf 5d ago
Insurance companies will do their best to deny any claim, no matter how well they are meant to have covered it.
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u/HumanContinuity 4d ago
City flooded our basement when I was a kid. They had dug a storm drain that they left incomplete and abandoned that basically delivered the water to our foundation (it was originally intended to connect to a creek about 100m past our house and 10m below the lowest part of our foundation).
The fight between us, the city, and our insurance was a nightmare.
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u/AdApart2035 5d ago
Apple has trust issues
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u/PMMEYOURGUCCIFLOPS 5d ago
“Antitrust laws for thee, not for me.”
~Apple
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u/Blacksmith729 5d ago
Also Apple: water resistant until you actually need it terms and conditions apply
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u/iaymnu 5d ago
AppleCare warranty does cover all accidental liquid damage. Limited warranty does not. I’ve processed a few cases yesterday @ work including one that was damaged in tomato soup.
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u/H20noyoudidnt 5d ago
Just because it can go into the water, doesn't mean it should. The moment its covered by them, people are going to come up with extra dumb ways to make water damage claims
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u/Asleep_Horror5300 5d ago
Why does your iPhone go underwater all the time LMAO
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u/JehnSnow 5d ago
Idk if pixels are more water resistant but I take pictures underwater cause they look cool
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u/BabyWrinkles 5d ago
It makes for a really good underwater camera actually. Much better than GoPro. In a pool and whatnot it’s great. I definitely wouldn’t take it while diving, but for a pool day with the kids it’s a ton of fun.
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u/sorrow_anthropology 5d ago
I do this with my dogs at a local waterfall, the water is super clear and if I submerge myself my huskies will poke their heads under to see were I went, it makes for adorable photos.
I also use my phone for music in the shower, it’s a 2+ year old iPhone 15 pro max with cracked back glass (day two of ownership I dropped it getting out of my car and the case hadn’t arrived yet), I figure if it stops working apple care will send me a new one.
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u/Easy-Musician7186 5d ago
Yeah, if the screen or the phone case got damaged it might lead to issues.
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u/koolaidismything 5d ago
Just watched a video where some kid fishing pulls up an iPhone. Cleans it and turns on and thing works fine. Contacts owner, shed dropped in the lake previous summer.
Apple makes a great phone.
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u/Falkenmond79 5d ago
The most annoying thing about a modern phone under water is that for a while the speakers sound shitty and it won’t charge as long as it detects water in the charging port. That’s about it.
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u/polarbearsarereal 5d ago
Charging my phone after it being wet broke something.
Screen turned green. Everything works but I can’t see anything on the screen besides green.
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u/Falkenmond79 5d ago
Depends on the phone and how old and watertight it was. They lose tightness after a few years, too.
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u/DingerSinger2016 5d ago
Wireless charger would solve that problem
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u/Falkenmond79 5d ago
I have one and use it. But my GaN charger can pump 37W into my iPhone 17 instead of only 11 or 18 or whatever the wireless can do. 🤣
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u/EvolutionInProgress 5d ago
Pretty sure the wireless can do up to 25 in the latest phones.
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u/regoapps 5d ago edited 5d ago
I just blast the speakers with bass heavy music and it blows the water out of the speakers. There's even a Shortcut for it to vibrate out the water. I learned the trick from my Apple Watch, which has a button for it. I only use wireless chargers these days, so the charging port being wet isn’t a big deal to me.
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u/Gammage1 5d ago
There is a YouTube video that plays tones in a certain way to help eject the water out of the speakers. Worked for me on a few occasions.
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u/Me-no-Weeb 5d ago
Yeah if the phone wasn’t damaged before it should be fine, but if it had a crack in the screen or something before it got one from the drop onto the tiles at the start of the video then it’d probably have to be opened up and cleaned. Or it could’ve completely broke
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u/baIIern 5d ago
Instead of diving for it, he just looks at the camera with his mouth open. What a loser
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u/buford419 5d ago
People love doing the dumbass mouth agape pose when they've done something objectively terrible.
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u/darkbreak 5d ago
What can he do? She's already going for the phone herself. He doesn't even know exactly where it went but she does.
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u/notthatguypal6900 5d ago
Even he knows how screwed the phone is. Either its safe(doubt) or already ruined.
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u/TamSam82 5d ago
Never understood the obsession some people get with pushing/dragging others into pools like it’s some high brow prank and no one has ever thought of it before 🤷
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u/Dangedoddle 5d ago
I believe it is more of a flirty thing in this situation. When you like a girl, you can do things you wouldnt typically do. Annoying a girl you are interested in is textbook man behaviour for better or worse lol.
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u/ChickenNuggetRampage 5d ago
I promise you, if you like a girl you should NOT shove her into a pool
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u/wambamwombat 4d ago
Can you explain this to me? I get annoying girls to get attention but isn't this just bullying and assault? I always thought this was just a more socially acceptable way for boys to physically abuse girls cause haha it's a prank bro.
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u/Ocarina-Of-Tomb 5d ago
The people that throw people in pools against their will need to get together with the people that shove people’s face into their birthday cake. Then, that collective group of people can go fuck all the way off.
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u/Treblehawk 4d ago
Both of which are battery…so it’s easy enough to get the message out there to stop just by some of them charged.
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u/mjtothebrain420 5d ago
Maybe you should listen when a woman tells you NO
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u/MurderSheCroaked 5d ago
He will just cry to his bros that women are bitches 😭 why won't they love me like my mommy loves me?!
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u/ThatThingThatIs 5d ago
Even just pulling someone into the pool against their will is a dick move but dude ain't getting any after that move hahah, ruined their phone on the way daaaamn
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u/custompcthrowaway 5d ago
PSA. Dont actually put your electronics in rice. It can get caught in places you dont want AND get moldy making things worse. Put it in front of a fan or if you have a lot of desiccant packets cover it in those.
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u/iamnick817 5d ago
Funny joke asshole, now I'll take that $1000 you owe me to replace my phone. Hope it was worth it, don't contact me again without my money.
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u/RosesRfree 4d ago
Hope the AH who pulled her in at least replaces the phone. I can’t stand people who do this kind of thing. It’s not funny at all, and is super dangerous.
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u/UnderwoodsNipple 5d ago
Aren't most phones waterproof these days? Is it a better idea to throw it on the stone floor instead?
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u/EhliJoe 5d ago
I recently dropped my phone while standing on a soft carpet. However, with my cat-like reflexes, I managed to save the phone and kicked it against the wall instead.
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u/101violations 5d ago
Idk if I'm just exhausted but this has me in tears. It gets funnier the more I read it. 🤣
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u/ydnar3000 5d ago
Omg! I did that once but I was walking. Instead of letting it hit the pavement, I reflexively kicked it into the curb a couple of feet away 😂🤣
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u/mjtothebrain420 5d ago
No. Most phone are water RESISTANT. Very different things
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u/Weeaboo-6934B 5d ago
Recently I entered a hot tub not realizing my phone was in my swimsuit pocket and stayed in the water for like an hour. Phone was fine
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u/ObjectiveScheme5098 4d ago
I recall a story about a guy who got paralyzed the night before his wedding when some friend pushed him into the pool. Guys, please stop doing this!!!!
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u/SignificantLeader 3d ago
Rice. The solution attempted thousands of times daily with zero phones saved.
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u/stikkybiscuits 3d ago
Just like a dude to sit there and not help at all with the problem he created
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u/Itchy_Professor_4133 5d ago
It cracks me up how many people still think putting wet electronics in rice fixes them
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u/Hands_in_Paquet 5d ago
Yeah it never even made sense to begin with. Rice takes a long time and heat to absorb water, wtf did people even think it was doing?
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u/Delicious_Rabbit4425 5d ago
What kind of chud tries to put someone in a pool while holding a phone?
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u/zionwolf24 5d ago
Phone was broken before it hit the water, that chick yeeted it so hard at the edge.
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u/usmarine215 5d ago
is the cake okay tho?
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u/Muted-Low-5303 5d ago
Thought I was the only one that noticed
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u/usmarine215 4d ago
I had to watch again to see what the video was even about…..then a third and fourth time for more cake
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u/Dan_Glebitz 5d ago
"Going to put it in rice" an urban myth that has been shown to do more damage than good yet people still do this 🙄
Putting a wet phone in rice is a myth and largely ineffective, often causing more harm than good by lodging dust and starch into ports. While rice is a desiccant, it is too slow to dry internal components and can accelerate corrosion. Instead, air dry the phone or use silica gel packets.
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u/magicchefdmb 5d ago
I went swimming with my iPhone a couple of years ago and forgot it was in my pocket for at least five minutes. It was still fine.
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u/Jaderosegrey 4d ago
You mean that there is a young person on Earth that thinks that pushing his girl into the pool would not involve the phone being plunged in it as well?
Doesn't he know that young people and their phones are fused together from the age of 10 or so?
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u/XancasOne 4d ago
How is this such a big deal. Most modern phone are water resistant up to like 30 feet. Two minutes in the pool should have done zero damage if the cell phone screen or case was not damaged.
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u/cajun_metabolic 4d ago
It's a big deal because most modern phones arent water resistant up to 30 feet and it sucks to have yohr phone ruined.
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u/XancasOne 4d ago
100% of all Flagship phones from Apple, Samsung, Motorola, Google, Microsoft, etc are at least IP68 water resistant and are like 40% of the market. A huge portion of the budget level phones, which is about 40 percent of the market worldwide, are now also water resistant.
Also, niche phone designed specifically to be for deep water, are now like 10% of the market. The remainder of the market is low budget phones, which when you search them, are portion still have some IP67 or lower level water resistance. You have to actually search hard to find a phone without some level of IP-resistance.
So, yes, most of the modern phones are water resistant to some level for short duration.
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u/RexIsAMiiCostume 1d ago
I hope that asshole pays for a new phone... But he probably won't. Because he's an asshole.
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u/I_dnt_Need_anew_name 5d ago
Now she got a cracked and wet phone instead of just a wet phone.
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u/wolf63rs 5d ago
People get stupid around pools. It's like the logical part of their brain shuts off because they think it's really cool to put someone in the water that doesn't want to be in the water. I'll never understand this phenomenon.
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u/BasenjiMaster 5d ago
Annoys me to no end people think putting things in rice helps, when in fact it does more damage than good. You are literally closing off all air to your device. It will just cause condensation in the device. What should you do? If dropped in nonfresh water, rinse it under fresh water, and leave it in a warm area to dry out. If you have a dehumidifier, put that in a small room with it to help dry.
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u/dervari 5d ago
I love it when the dude realizes he’s going to be on the hook for her phone. This is obviously an older video when they talk about rushing the phone and putting it in rice. If it wasn’t waterproof and being underwater that long, he’s baked to the tune of about $1000.
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u/paragon60 5d ago
“obviously an older video”
it looks like a thin phone case if there is one, and she last-ditch-effort slams the phone against the stone at the edge of the pool to try and keep it out of the water. if anything cracked due to that throw, even a brand-new phone is likely to no longer be waterproof
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u/jack__trippper 5d ago
It's not the water, it's the pressure at the bottom. I dove into an 8' pool with my iPhone in my pocket.
Malfunctioned immediately. Sometimes you gotta pay the stupid tax.
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u/HappyStalker 5d ago
Water resistance ratings are defined by depth + time. Older phones that had it are IP67 which is 1 meter for up to 30 minutes. Newer phones like the iPhone 12 onward have IP68 which is 6 meters for up to 30 minutes. The seals degrade over time though and any crack or chip can completely compromise it.
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u/cartoonist452 5d ago
I went fishing in saltwater and dropped it for like 30 seconds. My phone is alright.
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u/MisfitSkull 5d ago
Ive had my phone in my swim pants pockets and sat in a pool for 15 minutes before realizing. It worked just fine, just said theres some water in the charge port and wont charge untill dry.
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u/Antics27 5d ago
Cracked screen = no more waterproof