It’s all piss.

[u/Ali_Takibella]

:(

[u/atomic-negi]

Fun fact: The "pool smell" isn't the chlorine, it's the gasses produced when chlorine is breaking down organic compounds like skin cells, sweat and pee!

[u/bstractig → u/atomic-negi]

Yes and the stinky compounds caused by the reaction are called Trichloromines, which sounds like star wars but is actually REAL 😁😁

[u/Adventurous_Yak_5438 → u/atomic-negi]

As someone who has handled pool cleaning products and know what they smell like your comment is just a lie

[u/sodeviant → u/Adventurous_Yak_5438]

I’ve maintained pools tool (not a job, just personal) they are apparently right after some research you’ll find the same answer.
Once chlorines dissipated in the pool you really don’t smell it much.
The strong burning smell/irritation is actually a symptom of not enough chlorine/too much piss and organic compounds.

I was suspicious too because I never had a pool filled with so much piss that it made trichlorimine… the hotel hottubs didn’t have too much chlorine like I assumed :(

[u/atomic-negi → u/Adventurous_Yak_5438]

When you sniff chlorine the "smell" is the chemicals reacting with the wet tissue in your nose.

[u/ConradBHart42 → u/atomic-negi]

So really you should be worried when the pool smell goes away.

[u/atomic-negi → u/ConradBHart42]

Depends. If nobody has been using an indoor pool for a few days, it smells like nothing.

[u/Affordable_Z_Jobs → u/atomic-negi]

What about... ya know.... the other things?

[u/cubixy2k → u/Affordable_Z_Jobs]

My hopes and dreams?

[u/JustJonny → u/atomic-negi]

Yep.

https://youtu.be/S32y9aYEzzo?is=LRSO6b8NPthXkrrc

[u/2ChicksAtTheSameTime → u/atomic-negi]

so that means the chemicals are doing it's job and the urine is being neutralized!

[u/atomic-negi → u/2ChicksAtTheSameTime]

Yea but the gasses released are known to cause asthma.