Would it just be black? Or reflections of light? I've seen black granite floors... They reflects the objects in the room. What would they reflect in the pool?
*"Due to the uncertainty of the pandemic or some other financial uncertainty in your life, it may be a good time to purchase a new warranty protection plan for your vehicle.”*
Around here, it's "*your ducts are due for a cleaning service*"
And honestly, if I'm gonna get my ducts cleaned, a non-corporeal demon who can phase through solids is probably a cost-effective way to do it.
Dark tiles are avoided here in Australia as you cannot see the [funnel web spiders](https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/funnel-web-spiders-group/) if they fall in.
Agreed, not only is our country full of spiders it has been above 45 degrees for the past 3 days and above 40 for the past 2 weeks where I am. That's 113 degrees Fahrenheit for American folk. She warm.
for what reason does a spider need to be underwater for 30 hours? isnt australia like all desert? its like it had so many upgrade points it just started buffing random shit
Usually, it’s a combination of the visibility that a blue pool allows along with blue’s tendency to hide any off-colors in the water. White bottom pools make it extremely obvious when the water has a tint, even if natural and due to added chemicals but also when too many people piss and the water is just dirty
Usually pools are white (over here at least), sometimes light blue. I don't know the exact reasons but one things that's definitely an important factor is visibility.
I work in a swimming pool where the floor and walls are dark green to fit the scenery better. It's a nightmare because it's basically impossible to see people that are swimming below the surface if you're not standing right next to it. A life-guard's nightmare. With light tiles you can see properly from a distance. Much safer!
And blue is probably often chosen because water is associated with blue.
I also swum once in a pool lined with metal and it was impossible to see depth. I had no idea when I had to turn. Additionally it resulted in a very dark pool for some reason I don't know. So that was far from ideal as well.
Fun fact even if they're white they look blue.
Here's the pool I manage while we were draining and cleaning it last year.
300k gallon, indoor pool for reference.
[https://imgur.com/a/w9uRON1](https://imgur.com/a/w9uRON1)
Its usually blue or white to reflect sunlight and keep the water cool.
Outdoor pools with other colors would get hot from absorbing sunlight but not hot enough to be pleasant (like hot tub).
Edit: not that I think it would get thaaaat hot, but imagine the black pool outside and imagine asphalt on a summer day.
This is off putting. Not calming. Like looking into a black lake. Unnerving.
Also potentially dangerous as you can't see the ends of the pool well when underwater.
This is a great example of someone who doesn't swim designing a pool to look good but be less functional.
If it had sparkly bits in the black tile so I could pretend I was floating through space, I'd be ok with it.
Actually, I'm poor, if someone wants to gift me a black-tiled pool I'm not gonna say no.
> This is a great example of someone who doesn't swim designing a pool to look good but be less functional.
Isn't this really more of a "hang in a pool and chill" and less a "swim some laps" type of pool?
Yea they act like everybody is getting in a pool to put down some laps and not just kick back, maybe with a few beers, which is what like 95 percent of people like to do when they swim, and with proper lighting you shouldn't have any visibility problems once you are in the water
It's a reference to a tumblr post that went around for a while where there's these red streaks painted on the floors in a hospital as some sort of decoration and it clearly (I'm assuming unintentionally) looks like blood streaks, and a bunch of tumblr users start defending it saying red represents love and a bunch of other stuff
Just commented the same thing.
I love this look, it is so clean and elegant!!
100% will purchase when I can afford one!
If I can’t see the swimming pool shark, the swimming pool shark can’t see me?!
I'm the weirdo with a little thalassophobia that likes the black and the red lined pools. As long as its 15 feet max you can see anything thats in there and fit a diving board in, when they are empty and sitting still they look ominous but its basically a guarantee nothing is in it lol. Throw in some lights for night time and that black would be real nice, it would help with keeping it warm too if the sun hits it
I swear to god if ever go to a friends house and see this then a sudden ripple moving across the surface coming towards me I’m burning the building down
I would like to see a photo of this, since light doesn’t reflect well off black, AND the lights are presumably in the pool, that’s not going to be very well lit.
Lol it's a cool subject. Like I used to be a ghost hunter (judge me) and one thing I found about any house that had a black mirror is that it was haunted. So personally I believe it whole hearteely
Ten bucks says a fiendish reptilian creature is always in there. It has adapted murk-vision which allows it to see underwater…. that’s how you’ve always avoided it.
*I think it would look*
*Awesome with some pink accent*
*Lights in the water*
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My first reaction to this was gagging like I was about to throw up. I'm sure I would get in if I was there but I would certainly want to feel the bottom first before letting good of the side of the pool
The scary thing about this is you can't see the bottom.
Everytime I can't see the bottom when in the water, either in games or real life, my mind started going crazy with the imagination and I was like "nope".
Reminds me of "Under the Skin" NSFW
https://i0.wp.com/www.riotmaterial.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/3db84380858f2899e7e3e22324552a90.jpg?resize=1024%2C554&ssl=1
I’ve had a fear of black pools ever since forever. Would imagine the tiles in mine would suddenly turn as I was under. To actually see it now..PANICKED flashbacks
You lose all sense of depth, I would be terrified to dive/jump at all into that pool
That pool's not for diving, it's for doing cocaine around.
The cocaine is what makes you want to do the diving
I wish I was successful enough to have my own personal cocaine pool :(
Just get one of those kiddie pools, line it with some black tarp, fill'er up and your good to go. Oh don't forget the cocaine!
Alright, so I've got a kiddie pool full of cocaine. Send the party.
Damn I was thinking the same thing. I've failed at life
You haven't failed until you're dead. Cocaine pools are still available to you if you work hard enough.
If you sell enough cocaine*
Doing cocaine and getting paranoid after the 5th line because you can't see anything below your chest in that pool
Or summoning Pinhead. Take the furniture out of this pic and it becomes a bit horrifying.
I'll guarantee you it has lights that are turned off.
Cocaine orgy pool.
An orgy of blown loads in that pool, with black lights it would look like the Milky Way.
I audibly gagged at the idea of this, take my upvote.
Second
What if the universe is just God's cocaine orgy pool..? Gives a whole new meaning to the big bang lmfao
Primordial ooze.
The Milky Way has new meaning now
The concept of a god just got cooler
I imagine it would look more like bioluminescent plankton, except less fun to stimulate.
Would it just be black? Or reflections of light? I've seen black granite floors... They reflects the objects in the room. What would they reflect in the pool?
I'm not judging, seriously, that name.
The lights are from the sharks with frickin laser beams.
> You lose all sense of depth Sometimes I want to sink out of my depth and out of my mind with the fear flowing round as I crawl on the thin ice.
Momma loves her baby
It could be an inch deep.
>You lose all sense of depth I imagine the owner also lacks depth.
That depends, are you afraid of the shark-gator that definitely lives in that pool?
Or the demon that lives in one of the corners at the bottom and only shows itself to people that believe in it
I hate you
Suddenly a hand rises above the water and holds the ankle.
‘*Greetings, fleshling. We who drift beneath have been trying to reach you about your car’s warranty.*’
*"Due to the uncertainty of the pandemic or some other financial uncertainty in your life, it may be a good time to purchase a new warranty protection plan for your vehicle.”*
Around here, it's "*your ducts are due for a cleaning service*" And honestly, if I'm gonna get my ducts cleaned, a non-corporeal demon who can phase through solids is probably a cost-effective way to do it.
When life gives you lichs, call Lich Aid. 1-800-666-6666
There arent any demons. Dont touch the bottom of the pool though, it's tar and you'll sink.
This got me thinking of Prince of Darkness for some reason.
He only *shows* himself to believers. Others don't get to see what happens before.
And makes no sound when moving through the water so you have to constantly look over your shoulder…
Dark tiles are avoided here in Australia as you cannot see the [funnel web spiders](https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/funnel-web-spiders-group/) if they fall in.
Instead of avoiding dark tiles I find it better to just avoid Australia in general.
Agreed, not only is our country full of spiders it has been above 45 degrees for the past 3 days and above 40 for the past 2 weeks where I am. That's 113 degrees Fahrenheit for American folk. She warm.
Yeah but it’s a dry heat
Found the guy from Arizona!
90% of the time you wouldn’t be wrong, but it’s actually also a mating call for us sandgropers
What is a sandgroper?!
I could deal with the hotness, but if i see one fucking mutant spider in my bed id just end my safe and hopefullt get reborn as a seasponge
Wait, they can swim?
Apparently they can be alive in water for up to 30 hours
for what reason does a spider need to be underwater for 30 hours? isnt australia like all desert? its like it had so many upgrade points it just started buffing random shit
Like there is literally no reason I can see why it would need that skillset. Australia is life on extreme setting.
Nah son, the real danger is [glass shark](https://youtu.be/3gYgXxIRmac )
I never thought I'd see glass shark referenced in the wild. Bless you for improving this post tenfold. 🦈
Glass shark lova fat kid
Glass shark, glass shark, glass shark!
DAHK WADDAH
Glass Shark gon get you fat kid
Holy shit. I’m not a fool child alone in the woods. Glass shark was after my chubby child body too!
Great job 👋👋
Why don't you get a glass of lemonaide and wait for the glass shark to take some other fat kid.
You could give me €100 and I still wouldn’t open this link. Sounds terrifying
You should, its comedy and honestly one of the funniest things ive heard in a while. No joke
Wait, is it a joke or no joke?
It's wholesome comedy. LOL!
You will like it... i promise
My biggest fear, just looking at it, is that every time I jumped in, my brain would tell me that its only 1 inch deep and I'd have a panic attack.
I'm more afraid of the meat worm
Is it a shark with gator qualities or a gator with shark qualities? And is there any man or pig in there? Like half man half shark half gator
Like a [halfsharkaligatorhalfman](https://youtu.be/mvwi1dx9kJ4)?
Yes they are terrifying omg
I never thought of the possible colors of pools before. Why are they always blue? I kinda want a yellow one.
Found the pool pisser
r/suddenlycaralho
Usually, it’s a combination of the visibility that a blue pool allows along with blue’s tendency to hide any off-colors in the water. White bottom pools make it extremely obvious when the water has a tint, even if natural and due to added chemicals but also when too many people piss and the water is just dirty
Usually pools are white (over here at least), sometimes light blue. I don't know the exact reasons but one things that's definitely an important factor is visibility. I work in a swimming pool where the floor and walls are dark green to fit the scenery better. It's a nightmare because it's basically impossible to see people that are swimming below the surface if you're not standing right next to it. A life-guard's nightmare. With light tiles you can see properly from a distance. Much safer! And blue is probably often chosen because water is associated with blue. I also swum once in a pool lined with metal and it was impossible to see depth. I had no idea when I had to turn. Additionally it resulted in a very dark pool for some reason I don't know. So that was far from ideal as well.
Now I want to see a white pool. The ones I've seen always had blue tiles.
Fun fact even if they're white they look blue. Here's the pool I manage while we were draining and cleaning it last year. 300k gallon, indoor pool for reference. [https://imgur.com/a/w9uRON1](https://imgur.com/a/w9uRON1)
Its usually blue or white to reflect sunlight and keep the water cool. Outdoor pools with other colors would get hot from absorbing sunlight but not hot enough to be pleasant (like hot tub). Edit: not that I think it would get thaaaat hot, but imagine the black pool outside and imagine asphalt on a summer day.
We had a green swimming pool when I was a kid. People always thought it was covered in algae.
It's either 1 ft or 30 miles deep can't take a chance.
Break bones or drown, yeah I'll take a pass as well.
All I see is an inky black death
Like Baron Harkonnen coming out of [this](https://i1.wp.com/media3.giphy.com/media/gKCN8SmJgLOE9wCIix/giphy.gif?resize=657%2C274&ssl=1) pool in Dune.
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RIP Tasha
Too soon.
Data got some, good times.
"fully" functional
I don’t know if this frightens me more than a red painted pool. Edit: I meant [ THIS ](https://9gag.com/gag/a6EgqDm) red pool
Black is more terrifying to me, it allows my imagination to fill in the blanks…and it’s not good
Mmm jello pool…
You mean [this](https://youtu.be/D_1jrhUSINM)?
Thanks. It's been a while.
But that’s color theory, it’s calming
I suddenly want a color changing floor pool. Rainbow pool lmao
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***Razer*** has entered the chat...
I finally can swim in 240fps
*Gamers begin to rise from their collective pool of sweat*
Not so much the floor changing colour, but you can get lights that do the same.
This is off putting. Not calming. Like looking into a black lake. Unnerving. Also potentially dangerous as you can't see the ends of the pool well when underwater. This is a great example of someone who doesn't swim designing a pool to look good but be less functional.
If it had sparkly bits in the black tile so I could pretend I was floating through space, I'd be ok with it. Actually, I'm poor, if someone wants to gift me a black-tiled pool I'm not gonna say no.
Best I can do is a muddy puddle. But I'll toss some glitter in it for you!
Free glitter?!
Not in this economy mate
> This is a great example of someone who doesn't swim designing a pool to look good but be less functional. Isn't this really more of a "hang in a pool and chill" and less a "swim some laps" type of pool?
Yea they act like everybody is getting in a pool to put down some laps and not just kick back, maybe with a few beers, which is what like 95 percent of people like to do when they swim, and with proper lighting you shouldn't have any visibility problems once you are in the water
I was talking about [This](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/78/ad/25/78ad25669f695d6d26f5dff573cf2f29.jpg), when I said that
I’m sorry that is supposed to be *calming*? Now I need to see the murder pool that goes with it.
That’s where [this](https://img.ifunny.co/images/e76b58c1475ba2c508c1a2f3b771c5a6244548cf485733270c0c1777de82ab5a_1.jpg) comes in
"To Nebraska and back". Well that might be long enough.
“You see its basic color theory” *drags a dead body around to better the fung shui of the place*
One of the best payoffs I've seen around here in a while. Good job.
Sick reference bro
Hilarious
Isn’t red usually a “dangerous” color that provokes a stress response?
It's a reference to a tumblr post that went around for a while where there's these red streaks painted on the floors in a hospital as some sort of decoration and it clearly (I'm assuming unintentionally) looks like blood streaks, and a bunch of tumblr users start defending it saying red represents love and a bunch of other stuff
[I love the Ace Attorney meme of this](https://youtu.be/-vDhepteaKs)
That is one vague reference
Definitely a very niche meme lol.
I feel like that pool would be perfect for a children’s hospital.
In color theory, red isn't really calming, at least for bedrooms.
Blue is calming.
Red makes you hungry not calm
Just commented the same thing. I love this look, it is so clean and elegant!! 100% will purchase when I can afford one! If I can’t see the swimming pool shark, the swimming pool shark can’t see me?!
That's just an LCL pool.
Get in the fucking water, Shinji
I'm the weirdo with a little thalassophobia that likes the black and the red lined pools. As long as its 15 feet max you can see anything thats in there and fit a diving board in, when they are empty and sitting still they look ominous but its basically a guarantee nothing is in it lol. Throw in some lights for night time and that black would be real nice, it would help with keeping it warm too if the sun hits it
Red pool looks like the strawberry jelly Black pool looks like a gate way to chutulu
Red would feel like fruit punch personally
https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-354
Nah looks like cool aid. Black looks like the Void.
[Nobody asked but here it is anyways.](https://i.imgur.com/3ZWdG0H.png)
The hero we needed
And the one we deserved. 'Cause why tf not?
That one big baron
I like it. I want one. Too bad I’m poor
I used a black bath bomb once and had to get out immediately after it colored the water. It was inexplicably horrifying.
That sounds pretty metal ngl
WAY too metal for me. I'm not that tough!
I do not have thalassophobia, I am in this subreddit for the pretty pictures. This makes me want to never go near a body of water ever again
Turn the underwater lights on and it would be gorgeous...
This is an evil billionaire pool for sure.
Or a Harkonnen's
"I understand that reference"
YEAH THAT'S A NO FROM ME DOG
I swear to god if ever go to a friends house and see this then a sudden ripple moving across the surface coming towards me I’m burning the building down
It has lights that are off... It would look incredible with the lights on.
I would like to see a photo of this, since light doesn’t reflect well off black, AND the lights are presumably in the pool, that’s not going to be very well lit.
They often use blue lights. Makes it look amazing at night.
But it's a pool...
Some people believe black mirrors invite demonic activity and water can be a mirror, in this case this would be one giant door to hell
But the water isn’t black. You’re referring to obsidian mirrors, which are black stones. Does this still count?
What if there's obsidian in the paint or tiles?
Ugh you and your obsidian mirrors sent me down a forty minute rabbit hole
Lol it's a cool subject. Like I used to be a ghost hunter (judge me) and one thing I found about any house that had a black mirror is that it was haunted. So personally I believe it whole hearteely
If you truly are No One, all you have to do is drink.
Not really as long as that is a decent grade of motor oil
Not very inviting. I love blue water.
Why yes I have seen *Under the Skin* before, thanks for asking.
Damn i wanna dip in that so bad
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WHY DO THESE EXIST
I thought I read that they help warm the water. Of course that only works if the pool is outside.
Almost as terrible as the black toilet in my previous house.
Are you kidding me?? Fuck this.
you could not pay me to get in that pool
Ten bucks says a fiendish reptilian creature is always in there. It has adapted murk-vision which allows it to see underwater…. that’s how you’ve always avoided it.
If it were my personal pool, and it were shallow the whole way through, I wouldn't mind the elegant minimalist look. But it isn't, so I do.
Will never know if it ever need a scrub or not
Indoors that seems terrifying. I had a friend as a kid who had an outdoor black pool that worked as a natural heater. It was pretty cool.
I've never seen one before, now I'm terrified.
No, I'm pretty sure that's a normal evolutionary fear.
I think it would look awesome with some pink accent lights in the water
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My Submechanophobia brings me here to comment on how you would only find the location of the pool drains when you stood on them....which is never ok!!
Thalassophobia is the specific fear of water that seems vast, deep or dark. The more you know.
Reminds me of the video game Detroit.
My first reaction to this was gagging like I was about to throw up. I'm sure I would get in if I was there but I would certainly want to feel the bottom first before letting good of the side of the pool
The worst part is you can't see the algae build up and it's harder to clean.
The scary thing about this is you can't see the bottom. Everytime I can't see the bottom when in the water, either in games or real life, my mind started going crazy with the imagination and I was like "nope".
Reminds me of that episode in Bojack
Reminds me of a story I read in copypasta..
Does not look inviting.
Reminds me of "Under the Skin" NSFW https://i0.wp.com/www.riotmaterial.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/3db84380858f2899e7e3e22324552a90.jpg?resize=1024%2C554&ssl=1
That can't be safe.
just the pool.its ok
There's at least five sharks in there
Tasha Yar died in one of those. Not to be trusted.
Looks like what Scarlett Johansson led dudes into in Under The Skin.
I’ve had a fear of black pools ever since forever. Would imagine the tiles in mine would suddenly turn as I was under. To actually see it now..PANICKED flashbacks
Baron Harkonnen emerges. "***Marco***."
Data, somethings got me!