London's New See-Through Skyscraper Pool Has Twitter Users Saying 'Hell No!'

As though Twitter users will ever have the choice or opportunity to swim in that.

Very cool!

I'd love to swim there.

[quote] believed to be the world’s first transparent pool built between two skyscrapers

Safe bet.

It would look nice as an aquarium.

Do they have earthquakes in London?

That’s a no for me. It’s giving me anxiety just looking at it.

I love swimming pools, but no chance in hell.

Perfect venue for gay pride pool party!

Between two skyscrapers and 10 stories up seems lame. At the very least 50 stories up.

Yikes

Throw a shark in it for the perfect terror trifecta

[quote] Throw a shark in it for the perfect terror trifecta

That would make an amazing reality show!

I don’t want to see that!

Well, that’s a disaster waiting to happen.

I'm no engineer but how is that structurally sound without some type of reinforcement in the middle? That said, I'm more fearful of the bed bugs in England...

No fucking way

They have to say transparent because the American Copper Buildings already have a oool in the skybridge connecting the two towers. It’s in Murray hill. I used to see it constantly from walks to Glick Park. If you’re there at the right time and the sun is hitting the skybridge just so, you can see the sunlight reflecting off the shimmering water of the pool. It’s beautiful.

I may be misremembering this, but I think they were originally going to use a clear acrylic floor on the American Copper Building’s skybridge pool, but reconsidered when they concluded that it would make the pool more of a gimmick than a heavily used amenity. The thought was that many if not most people would find the view, and lack of privacy, unpleasant.

I saw a "making of" video about this pool. It slides on teflon rather then being firmly fixed in place on either tower.

No

All in! Can I swim nude?

Ugh. I can’t even look at the pictures without panicking 😆

It’s acrylic and was made in Colorado. I’ll pass.

Must be quite the adrenalin rush. The whole time you're there swimming, your brain is screaming "WE ARE GOING TO DIE!!!" I guess that's the appeal, but it eludes me.

In fact people who enjoy these "thrills" are wired differently than we who are queasy or terrified.

Some gays are fuck in there for onlyfans

Oh yeah. They are fuck in there? I want see. Where can see?

It's all fun and games until it cracks and you plummet to your death.

This will make a great movie! Quick, get me that crazy shiksa Faye Dunaway!

Now everyone will know who peed in the pool.

Not a chance in hell

That pool is awesome! Swimming underwater gives you a sense of flying and weightlessness. To be suspended from the ground would be incredible or to swim laps. I'm coming to London, gurls, and am brining my tiniest speedo. I'd love to have just one swim in there. Where is this, Battersea?

It’s interesting that so many equate transparency with weakness. Something to hide, HMMMMMM???

I would get into the pool when lots of people were looking and get right into the middle of the pool and extrude a glorious big turd and listen to the gasps of horror from ten flights down.

London architecture looks so tacky and trashy now.

What about these ?

I hope this freakish thing wasn't done by a 'Certified Minority Owned Firm'.

[Quote]In fact people who enjoy these "thrills" are wired differently than we who are queasy or terrified.

It can also change over time. I was never a thrill seeker, but I went skydiving with a friend when I was in my 30s. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience I couldn't say no to. I was tense and mildly scared.

Now, I get queasy or slightly dizzy and get tingling sensations in the soles of my feet just seeing action sequences taped on rooftops in police procedurals. (Why do foot chases always wind up on the roof? Makes no sense.) Seeing still selfies of thrill seekers who take pictures hanging from skyscrapers or on mountain tops have the same effect.

It's such a physiological phenomenon, I'm convinced it's somehow tied to menopause. It's right about when it started to happen. Human wiring is weird.

National Vanguard sounds nice, r36.

Are Jews allowed?

Christ almighty, the writer of the article from r36 won't even use his real name. That's how racist they are.

I used to be able to do steep plunges on roller coasters. Then suddenly it became extremely unpleasant. Is it age related?

Yes, R40.

R40 - it has to be some self-preservation thing. We don't heal as fast when we age. We don't have the same resilience to bounce back to where we were before injuries. It must be survival mechanism imprinted in our DNA that allows our bodies to say stop!

That's a no from me, especially considering it's going to be full of drunk Brits pissing themselves.

no thank you

nein

nyet

fuck no

Let the show begin!

[quote]tingling sensations in the soles of my feet

I get this, as does my mom. I don't have to be up high, either, I can just look up at tall buildings or cranes and get that sensation. I've tried to describe it to people but no one knows what I'm talking about. It's an achy tingle, like my feet are telling me to step away from the edge of the cliff.

Freaks me out!!

I get it all the way up to right above my knees and the back of my scalp. It's a cross between the tail end of sitting funny and cutting off the blood supply tingles ending and my skin crawling. My lips go numb too if it's moving, like those wide scenic swooping mountain shots.

R33, scat troll

Yes r36, thank god it’s only minority companies that make structures that fail. So comforting to know!

Oh by the way, hi! I’m 1031 Canal in New Orleans. Diversity has nothing to do with my design. I collapsed!

Best reaction by far.

R11, R12, R13 - I love you all.

If the pool was built by the Chinese .....

It sucks that Shelley Winters passed before she could swim in this.

Are there any experts on here? How safe is this really?

Just wait for the cashed up chavs in those buildings to start fucking in the pool like they’re bored passengers on a plane to Málaga. Or vomiting.

[quote] I hope this freakish thing wasn't done by a 'Certified Minority Owned Firm'.

It was probably built by the same London geniuses who built the Grenfell Tower. Perfectly safe.

R55 I am sure it is safe. Then again this is the city that built a curved glass skyscraper that acted like a giant magnifying glass frying cars instead of ants…

[quote] It was probably built by the same London geniuses who built the Grenfell Tower.

The problem with that was the cladding.

It is one piece of moulded acrylic.

So it will not tear at the seams but it will shred in an earthquake.

[quote] The problem with that was the cladding.

And no sprinklers. And only one staircase to exit the building. And a host of other problems.