W.O.S.

As I grow older and older (age wise. facially, I still look maybe 17?), I’m realizing that it’s easy to divid people, objects and ideas into three simple categories:

• Waste Of Time
• Waste Of Life
• Waste Of Space

Fortunately, I fall into none of these categories.

Unfortunately, the world’s largest pool happens to fall into the last one. Some idiot at the San Alfonso del Mar Resort in Chile decided to win the Guinness title by building the largest man-made saltwater lagoon which is….right next to the real ocean. Oh, and filled with filtered SEA WATER.

Sorry to say, but this is officially also the largest WASTE OF SPACE ever, aside from myself trying to play Rock Band. (I know I just stated that none of these categories apply to me, but let’s be honest.) Here’s why this is stupid:

1. The whole point of swimming in a pool as opposed to the ocean is that you can enjoy swimming in chlorine-scented, NON-SALTY water so when you accidentally splash water into your eye, you won’t scream in pain. This pool is filled with salt water pumped in from the neighboring sea.
2. Another point of swimming in a pool as opposed to the ocean is that you go to the pool so you don’t have to go to the beach. But what’s the point if the beach is right there? TELL ME. WHAT IS THE POINT.
3. To the people in the little raft in the second photo of the article: do you know how stupid you look, SITTING IN A RAFT IN A LARGE POOL? Like a total Waste of Life.
4. Finally, the biochemist who helped design the pool stated, “As long as we have access to unlimited seawater, we can make it work, and it causes no damage to the ocean.” Really? Why didn’t you just save the water, the man-power, the resources, the money (apparently it costs £2million to maintain per year) and just direct people to the beach next door?

I’m done.