I've never learned how to swim.
I feel like a child
>>29424594
How is this possible? I went on a date with a beaner chick the other day and she said the same thing
>>29424594
Neither do niggers.
>>29424611
A lot of beaners don't know and they refuse to learn
Source: am beaner that knows beans
It's not very hard anon. It's like riding a bike, once you learn, you never forget.
Start with the donuts or other support things then try without them once you get a better hang of it.
>>29424632
Know any particular reason why?
>>29424594
Mate literally just expand your lungs it's not crazy hard
Just be willing to learn and take a buddy with you to teach you if you get scared.
My swim lesson was getting thrown off the diving board when I was 9. I used to cling onto the walls and travel throughout the rim but one day my aunt forced me to jump into the deep end.
>>29424670
Not affording pools probably
>>29424670
No fucking clue my man. I've run into really stubborn people saying it's not a necessary skill to survive like I'm supposed to buy that argument.
It's either they don't know or someone just tosses you into the deep end and saves you when you're struggling to stay up.
My best guess is that they're scared to try it again
>>29424594
>tfw I was taught to swim by being thrown in at the deep end and not helped
>tfw when I was locked in a room with a pair of shoes at age 3 and not allowed to leave until I figured out how to tie them, received a beating every hour until I sorted it at hour 4
Man up OP, just dive in.
>>29424670
idk, i've really had a reason to go near a pool of water.
My parents never taught me or signed me up for lessons
>>29424746
I know how to do the freestyle stroke and float on my back, but I've never learned how to tread water
HOW DO YOU FUCKING FLOAT
I ALWAYS SINK
>>29424736
>tfw when I was locked in a room with a pair of shoes at age 3 and not allowed to leave until I figured out how to tie them, received a beating every hour until I sorted it at hour 4
holy shit are you me
except it took me what felt like 5 hours and the knot I tied ended up being more efficient and quicker to tie
>>29425027
Inhale air
A shitloadof it
>>29425098
what about kicking? do you have to kick to stay up? how do you kick?
>>29425118
you tread water, which is basically like... gentle bobbing. kick and inhale, sink and exhale, repeat. it's pretty easy when you get used to it.
>>29425173
>sink and exhale
that sounds terrifying
>>29425212
try it out the other way around once, now that's terrifying
I can't say for certain but I think it might be like riding a bike, once you get the hang of it you never really forget. This image might help, if not that you could always watch a swimmer in motion and try to get a feel for what they're doing. If not that I guess you could go into the shallow end alone and flail about until you get a feel for how you move when you push against the water, maybe you could feel it out from there.
>>29425212
exhaling keeps water out of your mouth and nose. it's slow and controlled so you don't run out of breath.
I never learned how to swim properly. Hell, my dad never taught me how to ride a bike. I bought a used bike and one of my friends insisted on teaching me how to ride it when I was 18. It wasn't too hard.
I grew up in a somewhat dysfunctional family and my parents never taught me basic life stuff that normal kids learn.
I got some swimming lessons in highschool as part of the gym class curriculum. I learned the basics but that was years ago.
I feel that it most definitely is a life skill. Swimming, riding a bike, cooking in a forest, driving a car....
I'm 23 and I'd be too embarrassed to try learning swimming properly in a public pool. I would think people would laugh.
>>29424594
Lots of people that have sailed (fishermen, navy, explorers, merchants) never learned to swim.
>>29425433
>navy
being able to swim is literally #1 requirement to join the navy
>>29425481
>only white people in the navy
I'M IN
>>29425481
Your thinking of the seals
>>29425525
holy shit no you are fucking retarded
the navy is absolutely nigger-infested BACK AWAY FROM THE NAVY SON
>>29425345
>my parents never taught me basic life stuff that normal kids learn.
this
My parents didn't teach me anything. I at least taught myself to tie shoes and ride a bike around age 6-8, but never swimming.
I fucking pee sitting down because my parents never did the cheerio thing and I can't aim. Some people just aren't are taught
>>29425481
>>29425525
There's a picture of navy guys swimming while their ship is stopped and none of the black guys are in the water. I wish I could find it.
>>29424594
Nigger I'm 20 and I've never learned how to tie my shoes, ride a bike or swim underwater.
>>29425662
nigga, i don't drink carbonated drinks since the bubbles burn my tongue and burps burn my nostrils
>>29425696
That's just the natural way your body reacts, there's nothing to be ashamed of.
Soft drinks are toxic waste anyway, drink delicious juice instead.
>>29425662
are you me?
anyone here dont know how to swim? how to tie his shoes? or how to ride a bike?
>>29425662
I dated a chick who was 23 and I had to teach her how to ride a bike and cook an egg
it's retarded as I know if the roles were reversed and I as a male had to be taught this shit would never happen, women would run
>>29425775
I only wear boots with zippers because I don't know how to tie shoelaces.
What kind of shoes do you wear?
>>29425055
So how do you do it then?
>tfw never learned how to ride a bike
>>29425855
pic related
and my whole city is a giant beach
i lvie in a town full of normies. i ahte this tropical hell
>>29425892
>tfw never learned how to skate
I can't learn to swim because I refuse to ever remove any of my clothing in public. I won't even wear short sleeves out of the house.
>>29425862
Turns out there's a name for it, "Ian's Knot"
Basically what I did
>>29425696
same, drinking pop even triggers my tear glands sometimes and I start lacrimating
I'm mexican and get shit for not being able to swim because hurr crossed da river hahaha.
I'm fat so at least I can float but I panic too easily so I'd sink if I really was drowning.
My father didn't learn to swim until he was in his early-50s. Go book an adult-learning class. There's no shame.
>>29426062
It's one of the most humiliating things I can imagine.
You can easily avoid having to swim or ride a bike, that's what I've done all my life. Driving a car is expected of everyone though, you can hardly function in modern society without one.
Is anyone else terrified of this? I mean you could fucking die or kill someone if you screw up just once. You have to constantly know what's going on around you, always know exactly what to do in every situation, never get confused, never doze off, etc. Even if I managed that for a while I know one day I'd just forget which pedal does what or mistake a plastic bag on the road for a cat and swerve into an orphanage.
Doesn't help that the road safety ads in this country here are fucking terrifying.
who /naturalswimmer/ here?
I've learned to walk underwater too. Feels great.
>>29425696
>tfw know how to do an olly
>>29425027
It's pretty easy. A human's density is less than water's with full lungs. Therefore you will float with full lungs.
I still dont understand forward stroke. I can move fine, but how the fuck am I supposed to move my head to breath?
>>29426191
so just breath in air? that's literally it?
>>29426191
You also usually have to be on your back to maximize surface area. Like a leaf.
>>29426211
Keep you air pretty full (never exhail) and like>>29426218 said, be on you back with your legs and arms spread out. You might have to wade with your hands too.
>>29424632
What about swimming across the Rio Grande for America?
>>29426241
Sorry, I meant to say never exhale FULLY. As in keep your breaths shallow.
>>29426198
dude there is no such thing as proper swimming, ignore such retarded techniques.
>>29426265
I feel out of breath just imagining doing that
>>29426134
I doze off while drive all the time, people just move out of the way and honk at you or if they are pedestrians, they yell at you.
Once when going downhill, I hit the gas instead of the break by accident but luckily no one was near by.
>>29426198
>he sunk for the "stroke" meme
Just walrus it. Unless you're a hairless twink diving into pool water anything teachers teach do fuck all in an emergency.
>>29426278
But I cant swim as far because I always need to stop and breath. How do I avoid that?
>>29425055
Oldschool feels here. Kids these days don't know 'bout the original 'alternative parenting techniques' man.
>>29426143
>walk underwater
my senpai, sinking to the bottom is one of those moments you don't want to end.
That's why I'm glad I grew up in Australia. I did swimming all through primary school and even had a pool for a while. Haven't been swimming in 10 years but theoretically I should be fine
>>29425027
As others have said, fill your lungs. But you also have to try to stay as low as possible. Don't expect to have your entire head above water while just floating, depending on your body type you may just have half of your head above it. So the key is that if you want to just float, lay on your back, and only have your face (not head) above water so you can breathe.
Me neither. I don't live anywhere near water and I don't ever plan to. Fuck water.
>>29426355
like I said, overworking the body with difficult breathing is retarded. Its a meme pushed by pool babbies.
Watch YT clips of scandi ocean swimmers or seal swimmers ( not military ). They're going self paced.
>>29424594
I don't understand why people who can't swim don't just learn in shallow water. You can't drown.
>25
>Don't have a drivers license
I am such a fucking manchild
>>29426618
21 and trying to force myself to take lessons now
Why did the car meme ever take off, fuck this shit
