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Subject: Perhaps.....

Date: Sat 13/01/18 20:39:53 GMT

Name: jollywetfellow

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I can't speak for beach and pool parties, but "I don't want to get my phone wet" is certainly by far the most common reason women give me these days for not being willing to come into the sea fully clothed. However, they often then say "I'll come prepared next time, I'll bring a swimsuit" - which of course wouldn't do anything to solve their 'phone problem' - so I think it's often an excuse rather than a reason.

And there have always been valuables which couldn't be got wet, even before phones - when I was young and considered a day at the beach wasted if I hadn't pushed at least one woman into the sea, I always checked their wrists first since waterproof watches were a rarity then, and I often kept a firm grip of the arm with the watch on it to make sure it stayed out of the water. And in the days when credit and bank cards were just a piece of plastic with an attached strip of paper with your signature on it, they were rendered useless if the paper got wet. So if non-waterproof valuables are a deterrent to going into the pool at parties, then its nothing new....

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Re:Did smart phone ruined Beach/poolparties

By Other Anonymous - Sat 13/01/18 08:06:57 GMT

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In a way, yes for two reasons:

1. Until very recently, phones and cameras were commonly not waterproof. So going into a pool in your clothes with a phone in your pocket meant it was ruined

2. Everything gets filmed, shared, posted, archived, and can cause potential embarrassment out of context. So in the 90s a woman might get drunk at a party and go wild ending up in the pool and few people would know (or remember). Nowadays, that ends up on Instagram, shared with 100s of people, and remembered over and over

As a corollary to #2, attitudes have changed too. We all do silly and crazy things sometimes and if no one gets hurts or is forced to do something against their will, who cares? So I hope modern phones that can just dry off and keep working help us back to a great era of wetlook.

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Did smart phone ruined Beach/poolparties

By Anonymous - Sat 13/01/18 02:22:05 GMT

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I always liked the pictures of (german) Beachparty/ freibad poolparties.

Lots of girls ended in the pool clothed

These pictures seems like they have gone nowadays.

How is that possible, did the fact that everyone has an expensive phone caused the situation that nobody ends in the pool anymore ;) ?

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