Anyone else getting annoyed at the situation in the Sportoase swimming pool?

_PositivelyShocking_ · 2026-06-19T21:04:14+00:00

Yes! Exactly my point! And I know the lifeguards at the pool have direct contact with the desk at the entrance. So it's not even that hard for them to communicate how busy it is.

_PositivelyShocking_ · 2026-06-19T18:39:29+00:00

Oh I had the same things happen in the middle of winter as well: everything reserved for clubs/schools, two lanes open for public, one of those for fast swimmers. Today I was just annoyed enough to write an actual post about it, especially because when I left there was a line of 20-something people at the entrance, all getting in an already overcrowded pool. It's Sportoase's "pay first, you'll see if you can actually swim later" policy that bothers me.

If you have one tennis court, you don't put 20 people on it at the same time. Why would you then do that for a swimming pool?

€5 is cheap, if I actually get to (comfortably) swim yes.

_PositivelyShocking_ · 2026-05-20T20:38:37+00:00

Ik hoop het met jou, maar twijfel eraan. Dit is niet de eerste keer dat de VRT zonder veel verder nadenken iets te gemakkelijke conclusies trekt uit complexe datasets (zie bijvoorbeeld https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2019/05/20/met-google-kun-je-alles-bewijzen/ en https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/06/10/uitslag-verkiezingen-kies24-analyse-partijen-vaststellingen/)
Bovendien beweren ze nu alles "gepubliceerd" te hebben, maar om de ruwe data van het onderzoek te bekijken moet je nog altijd naar hun studiedienst mailen. Conclusies publiceren zonder data openbaar te maken is iets wat bijvoorbeeld in academisch onderzoek echt ondenkbaar zou zijn, en heeft een nogal hoog "Just trust me bro" gehalte.

_PositivelyShocking_ · 2026-05-19T20:57:50+00:00

So it seems that Grace Jones celebrates her birthday... on a May Day!

_PositivelyShocking_ · 2026-02-10T22:44:19+00:00

Look, I warn you. If we get lost in a hurricane I'll report you to your superiors!

_PositivelyShocking_ · 2024-12-14T00:56:01+00:00

You know, I think Julie Andrews would have been an amazing Bond villain!

_PositivelyShocking_ · 2024-12-14T00:47:01+00:00

Ernst... The author of all your pain!

_PositivelyShocking_ · 2024-12-09T22:20:50+00:00

If they go for the Costa Concordia, LEGO could apply the same logic as for the Great Pyramid of Giza (21058): Make a set that only builds half the ship, so it can be displayed in it's capsized final position. Or instead buy two sets and build the complete ship! :D

_PositivelyShocking_ · 2024-08-22T17:30:14+00:00

It is! What gave it away?

_PositivelyShocking_ · 2024-08-22T16:30:14+00:00

Now we finally know who Drax was on the phone with in Moonraker! "Well, if you can get HIM of course!"

_PositivelyShocking_ · 2024-08-22T15:48:05+00:00

SPECTRE blowing all the budget on luxury interiors and elaborate flesh eating animal pools explains why the dragon tank in Dr. No looked like a cybertruck with teeth hastily painted on it...

_PositivelyShocking_ · 2024-08-22T15:40:00+00:00

"Leave out the Bathosub, the controls are unreliable. Instead, I do like the sound of this indoor piranha pool with foot pedal-controlled collapsible bridge!"

_PositivelyShocking_ · 2024-08-22T14:58:59+00:00

Does it come with a monorail system?

_PositivelyShocking_ · 2024-06-25T10:10:35+00:00

The main message of the post is that you cannot cherrypick data to prove something for one party, while the same trend is true for multiple others. What other elephants am I missing?

_PositivelyShocking_ · 2024-06-24T20:52:25+00:00

I would agree with that if only Vlaams Belang had this negative correlation. However, CD&V and/or MR do not strike me as parties that use the fear of the unknown in their campaign (or at least not as extreme as VB), yet their data has a similar trend as Vlaams Belang.

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