• edric@lemm.ee
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    5 days ago

    For me it’s the upper body. I can go gradually to waist-deep but I get the cold shock when it gets to chest level.

    • AllOutOfBubbleGum@lemmy.world
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      I just rip the band-aid off and dunk myself. Better to get it over with quickly. Also, if I’m doing something like a dive or a flip, I find that my mind is too busy on the technique to really consider the cold shock. Plus, then I get to look smugly at the others that saw the sweet move I just pulled off.

  • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz
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    The trick is to get up to mid thigh, then say fuckit and just dive in, inching in sucks.

    • moakley@lemmy.worldOP
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      5 days ago

      I think “balls” is funnier.

      It’s also specifically more accurate for me, although I’ve learned since making this that people have a wide variety of experiences when it comes to which body part reacts worst to cold water. Belly, ribs, underboob, nipples, shoulders, everyone is different.

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      There’s no way to really test to see if women experience the same level of shock when their junk hits the frost, as it’s subjective. I bet it’s still a bit of a quick jolt, though, at best as good as when my armpits hit the water.

      That said, men literally have their junk go up in them when it’s cold enough, so…

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        Ha ha well ladies have a hole to be worried about. I assure you, the cold hitting my junk has me doing to inny-outy dance many times, but you’re right that its totally subjective.

    • moakley@lemmy.worldOP
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      After looking it up I got “le passage des couilles”. My French is rusty, but, “passage of the balls”?

      Is it a pun or something? Either way, that’s amazing they have a whole phrase for it.

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      5 days ago

      Not sure what the law has to say about steps into a pool. Nale have any advice on that? Maybe this is one you CAN just fight your way through.

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    5 days ago

    I miss those days, now it’s the lower-back on step 4 that really scares me. Never get old.

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    Well that depends entirely on just how difficult that first step actually was, and how long your legs are.