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RubbrDinghyRapidsBro31 karma

Goes to show you how much age and body fat percentage figure into it. I used to swim for hours in 50-60 degree water as a kid (the beach, in winter) without a problem. But that's a slightly pudgy kid having a nice time swimming laps or to the end of a pier, rather than someone panicking and full of adrenaline.

Edit: but definitely don't do this. The cold shock is real, even when you're a kid. Not sure my heart could handle it nowadays. The first few minutes are intense.

RubbrDinghyRapidsBro13 karma

Anecdotal, but people do nude or nearly-nude 'polar bear' dives all the time. Depends how long he was under the water for, and how those furs helped or hindered the shock. Cold shock, Google tells me, is barely worse at 35F than at 55F, which is probably why people can do those polar bear dips and survive.

Edit 2: BIG SPOILER!

Edit: also, magic. GoT world has lots of it, and John Snow has come back from the dead before.

RubbrDinghyRapidsBro8 karma

I spent years producing reports that no one read (seriously, no one), working as a statistician in a manufacturing setting. It's depressing work.

RubbrDinghyRapidsBro3 karma

Administering databases no one uses is a change of pace, at least.

RubbrDinghyRapidsBro2 karma

How long do you go out at a time? This thread is confusing me a bit, since I've swam without a wetsuit countless times in cold water as a kid, maybe and hour or two at a time, without dying.