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by dgfitz 718 days ago
Until someone else falls head-first off the balloon, smashes your kid on the back of their head, and they both drown.
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At some point, when you are figuring out increasingly unlikely accidents, maybe you should stop.
A more likely danger is that a non swimmer is drowning and grabs onto another child and drags them underwater or tries to climb on top of them. This is a known danger and is a standard part of lifeguard training in the US. Drowning persons can be very dangerous to other people and to rescuers. So a drowning child can definitely endanger other kids.
I was a lifeguard for a decade bud, I’ve seen it all.

Maybe you should stop being a dick.

Cmon, we're not considering nuclear war and drowning in the radiation soaked pool ?
Based on https://what-if.xkcd.com/29/ I tend to think that a pool would be safer than out of the water in the event of radiation being a problem:)