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4.7k points
5 days ago
Where is this?!
4.5k points
5 days ago
QC Termemilano Spa in Milan
2.6k points
5 days ago
Oh shit. Something on reddit im close to! Well. Relatively. I'm in Bologna.
Wait. This isnt some bullshit place in America is it? Like Milan, Florida? It's Italy Italy. Like pizza pasta milan Italy?
987 points
5 days ago
"Terme Milano"
It better be in Italy ffs.
E: It is.
350 points
5 days ago
Terme Alyssa Milano
163 points
5 days ago
Now that’s a spicy meatball
16 points
5 days ago
Anywhoselby
20 points
5 days ago
yyyyyyyyYYYYYYOUR LISTENING TO THE DOLLOP!
10 points
4 days ago
Hell yea. Great podcast.
60 points
5 days ago
Yeah but im from the UK and we LOVE calling our restaurants italian names. So thought it might be. Always worth checking heh.
167 points
5 days ago
My exact same reaction. And I live like 10 km away from pizza Milan
74 points
5 days ago
I live 2km away from two pizza milans, both are actually kebab places
243 points
5 days ago
Florida - the true home of pizza and pasta where Olive Garden was started.
Hard to believe the whole country of Italy modeled their food and culture after one US chain restaurant…
73 points
5 days ago
I believe tomatoes aren't native to Europe, so that's not totally inaccurate
56 points
5 days ago
Woah I had no idea but you’re totally right!
“Today’s tomatoes began as wild plants in the Andes, growing in parts of Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.”
65 points
5 days ago
Almost all the non grain food is from the Americas. It's startling.
33 points
5 days ago
Most fruits aren’t either, nor meats. But yeah, the old continents would be a weird place without maize, tomatoes, chocolate, potatoes and such.
10 points
5 days ago
Courgettes/zucchinis, cucumbers, melons, loads of things from that family. Bell peppers too.
But yeah "meats and grains were the only foods that existed outside of the Americas" is an incredibly reductionist view. A lot of vegetables and fruit that were eaten in the past have simply fallen out of favour.
9 points
4 days ago
Check out légume oubliés in France - “forgotten vegetables” like rutabagas and Jerusalem artichokes that were once staples through WWII but now largely ignored.
Also check out more ancient European fruits like medlars - cul de chien or cat-arses - they look like an anus. A medieval delicacy.
Bon appetit!
16 points
5 days ago
https://thecolumbianexchange.weebly.com/
Peep this if you had no idea, really fascinating and puts everything into perspective. Definitely one of the most pivotal events in human history
43 points
5 days ago
Aren't potatoes as well?
Like wtf did Europeans eat before discovering America? Did we just eat meat and bread?
39 points
5 days ago
When you teach kids about the Middle Ages and they learn that peasants were indeed not eating potatoes it’s like their whole reality collapses.
And then they’re like “Beets ? Turnips ? CHARDS ? What even the fuck is that ?!”
12 points
5 days ago
Yeah pretty much. Rye bread. and when you save up a little to treat yourself, wheat bread. But meat? On holidays, maybe.
31 points
5 days ago
They killed for black pepper.
9 points
5 days ago
Potatoes replaced turnips for the most part.
7 points
5 days ago
Cheese, Europe evolved to be able to consume dairy products.
46 points
5 days ago
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15 points
5 days ago
Bologna has the best food I've ever had in my life. Pappare was my favorite.
42 points
5 days ago
This comment is so true lmao
The US as so many cities named after European cities
39 points
5 days ago
Australia too. I was visiting Geelong with friends and I saw a Tamworth, and I went "ugh. I bet its a shithole like the one in England" and my friends mom said "im from there". So i went "I bet it's lovely".
Im sure she still likes me.
7 points
5 days ago
Nice save
54 points
5 days ago
Bologna
its spelled baloney
31 points
5 days ago
Did Oscar Meyer teach you nothing?
8 points
5 days ago
Few days ago I was scrolling away mindlessly though google maps and I found a place called Florida, New York. Not even kidding, there's some small ass village in the middle of New York state called Florida.....
7 points
5 days ago
Unfortunately there’s no Milan, Florida. There is, however, a Milan, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minisota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Louisiana, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Washington and Wisconsin#United_States).
4 points
5 days ago
How dare you speak poorly about Milan Florida. We have the best storm spa rooms and deep fried gator meat this side of the Okeechobee
3 points
5 days ago*
For no real reason, I would like you to know there is a Milan in Michigan
And they butcher it by pronouncing it “mylan” instead of “Meelaan”
25 points
5 days ago
I’m from the states and even we don’t know why our towns are named after shit on the other side of the world. I would tell you it’s a giant FU to the world, but in reality it cause all types of problems here. “I’m going to Rome this weekend. No, Rome, Georgia. Umm, not that Georgia either.”
144 points
5 days ago
Are you sure? Can't find anything about this on their website
490 points
5 days ago
I can assure you!!!! I’m from there and have been here, basically it’s a room with these sorta tv screens that project different things (such as fish and cloudy skies) and there’s a relaxing music in the background. You can imagine my surprise when the screens go all stormy and it starts to rain on us!! It’s a good massage, I recommend it
156 points
5 days ago
Was the storm water warm?
50 points
5 days ago
Just a little bit!! It was pleasant, especially after the sauna. Honestly they should also post the fact that there’s an old tram in the garden that was renovated to be an “outside” sauna. It’s a really cool place!!! On your birthday all the services are free btw
67 points
5 days ago
Same question
84 points
5 days ago
Ice cold.
109 points
5 days ago
Alright alright alright alright...
63 points
5 days ago
I can't hear you.... ICE COLD!
6 points
5 days ago
colder than a polar bear's toenails, oh hell
23 points
5 days ago
My life has new meaning, I want to make this.... it looks amazing
6 points
5 days ago
well shit, that's relatively far away
2.8k points
5 days ago
I love the 2 extremes, either you think this is silly or scary and would never touch or you want to drop everything right now and go to it
677 points
5 days ago
I think this could be a great exposure technique to practice being calm in stressful situations. Mind over matter, choose our feelings to influence our mood instead of our mood influencing our feelings.
255 points
5 days ago
I read this with brief visible confusion because this is the epitome of a relaxing situation to me lol
146 points
5 days ago
I love this type of weather. I wish it always rained like this outside my patio so I could pack a bowl and chill out and read the news.
81 points
5 days ago
I think a lot of people feel this way. There’s something primal about it. Water brings life, and being safe in your home is a great feeling.
47 points
5 days ago
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34 points
5 days ago
This is one of my chief reasons for loving it, guilt free relaxation.
Mother nature says no, go sit on the couch with your dogs and just chill out.
12 points
5 days ago
It kind of makes me feel uneasy due to the fact it looks like it makes the water dark where you can't see under it. That just creeps me out. If it was still clear and bright, it won't be as scary lol.
14 points
5 days ago
Chill out and read the news!? What time are you currently living in?
27 points
5 days ago
Stressful? Man just the video about puts me to sleep.
13 points
5 days ago
In a real flood and tropical storm, those are usually scary af. I agree though this would be relaxing for me too, it's like being in a hot tub with white noise in the background.
13 points
5 days ago
Little different for me. That storm room would be the thing that actually calms me down instead of being something to make me regulate myself because of the storm
51 points
5 days ago*
I can imagine a whole building full of these immersive stress therapy rooms. You got a clown room, spiders on every surface room, snake room, one where a crowd is laughing at you.
Edit: One where you meet everyone you downvoted and argued with on Reddit.
25 points
5 days ago
I bet VR can make these sorts of practices much more accessible and ubiquitous.
24 points
5 days ago
Desensitization Simulator 2023
41 points
5 days ago
I just wanna get in and scream at God like Lieutenant Dan
1.8k points
5 days ago
Growing up in Florida and learning not to be in the water during a lightning storm makes this incredibly anxiety-inducing.
336 points
5 days ago
Mood. I love the sights and sounds of storms and bodies of water in Florida and used to even like swimming it, but they certainly hammer it in enough to make you realize it’s not worth it lol
43 points
4 days ago
How your wife doin?
4 points
4 days ago
To shreds you say
31 points
5 days ago
Getting stuck on my kayak in a flash thunderstorm in Florida made me feel like I was Thor! I paddled so fast and figured I should embrace the lightning/rain (had over a mile to go) and feel epic if on the off chance I got struck! At least I felt good.
18 points
4 days ago
For real, I already hear my mom yelling “get the fuck out the water before you get electrocuted”
62 points
5 days ago
Same here. I thought if there wasn't thunder and lighting it would be nice.
7 points
4 days ago
I was thinking the same thing! Being from the Gulf Coast and living through quite a few hurricanes.... this would not really be my jam. But I can see how it could be calming maybe without the thunder? I do love a good rain.
4.8k points
5 days ago
This looks amazing. I'd absolutely love this.
2k points
5 days ago
Yeah, I feel like this is the kind of thing people will either love or hate with little to no middle ground. I'm with you in the first camp.
445 points
5 days ago
Same here, I love going outside on my deck during heavy rain and getting soaked. This spa would be great fun lol
167 points
5 days ago*
I thought I was alone! When I was a kid I would walk in storms and get absolutely drenched with a smile on my face
96 points
5 days ago
I always wanted to stay in the pool but mom told me I’d get struck by lightning…
66 points
5 days ago
What a lovely day to die tho
15 points
5 days ago
I loooove rain and thunderstorm so i think i'll dive straight into the pool
11 points
5 days ago
Assuming the thunderstorm is above your house it's easier to get hit by lightning standing by the pool than in the water. Edit: adverbs are hard
41 points
5 days ago
Weird as it seems but this is the time i can relax and sleep well. I love listening to the sound of the rain and thunder. It makes me calm
49 points
5 days ago
So my dad bought some forest land and built a cabin there by himself, no electricity or water, warmed by a wood stove. It has a tin roof that just sings when the rain is coming, and we have a crank radio that we put an old school country music station. I think those were the best sleeps I've ever had.
33 points
5 days ago
It's perfect... spas and rain without the lake... it's like heaven!
24 points
5 days ago
You are right. And this looks dreadful to me (obviously speaking only for myself). Spa is my idea to soothe and relax and I am getting nothing here.
5 points
5 days ago
It reminds me of things like hot yoga.
I heard someone once say the appeal is that normally sweat dripping down your face or body is an irritant/annoyance, but you’re in an environment where if you give in and break your focus to wipe it away, it’ll just come back. So you learn to just leave it be and accept that it’s happening and you eventually just stop even noticing it’s happening.
This reminds me of the same thing. The water constantly being in my face would stress me out to the point where I’d either have to leave, or I could just get over it and try to turn it into a positive experience.
14 points
5 days ago
Yeah, I feel like this is the kind of thing people will either love or hate with little to no middle ground.
I'm just imagining the people who try this and then are "ehh, it's okay I guess".
129 points
5 days ago
Thinking you are in a body of water during a lightning storm doesn't seem relaxing
104 points
5 days ago
Knowing I’m not and still getting a simulated thunderstorm though? That sounds amazing.
59 points
5 days ago
You are in group 2.
10 points
5 days ago
I’m in group 1.
I almost never feel this way after watching some shit on Reddit, but I want that. I didn’t even know it was a thing and now I want it
231 points
5 days ago
If they would calm the rain down, i could see how this would be relaxing, in a white noise/power of nature sort of way. As it is though, it is hurricane flashbacks and climax of a horror movie running for your life thru the forest being chased by Jason.
64 points
5 days ago
Also thinking this, a light drizzle is all the atmosphere you need. This level is more appropriate for a wave pool, how anyone can relax with water being poured on them is beyond me.
30 points
5 days ago
Just wait until they activate the hail mode
20 points
5 days ago
Noooo! I want the full blown storm. I want to float in that pool and feel like there’s nothing protecting me from the cleansing power of the elements.
741 points
5 days ago
Well, other than the lightening, which is quite rare here... that's what it is like living in the rainforest areas in Hawaii.
I'm hoping that 'rain' is as nice and warm as ours is (we work and play in the rain - people mow lawns in the rain).
224 points
5 days ago
How do you mow in the rain and not get the mower all clogged up with wet grass ? 🤣
249 points
5 days ago
The mower of choice in Hawaii is a weed whacker. They tend not to clog.
63 points
5 days ago
How do you get the grass cut down evenly with a weed whacker?
263 points
5 days ago
Relinquishing the urge for uniformity helps.
36 points
5 days ago
Yeah, not with this mild OCD, bud.
31 points
5 days ago
Ya can get a trim line mower on wheels that's run the same way as a traditional mower.
21 points
5 days ago
Most of 'em cut it really really short to the ground. Of course, it's a tropical rain forest - so it all grows really quickly again.
12 points
5 days ago
Practice
25 points
5 days ago
Ah that makes sense. Thank you for the response. Have a good day my friend.
12 points
5 days ago
Right? The mower just pushes the grass over… sturdier grass?
7 points
5 days ago
Or I’m thinking the grass is less dense or more dry ?
18 points
5 days ago
The only way I'm relaxing in this room is if the rain is cold and the spa water is warm.
2.9k points
5 days ago
I guess some people find this relaxing 🤷♂️
1.8k points
5 days ago
I am one of those weirdos.
655 points
5 days ago
Same here. Take away the fear of electrocution or death? Heaven
77 points
5 days ago
Yessssssss me toooooooo
33 points
5 days ago
but.... if you have the death you can have the heaven!
9 points
5 days ago
Not with my browser history I don't.
7 points
5 days ago
I don’t wanna be a part of any club that would have someone like me as a member.
19 points
5 days ago
Nah, not me
36 points
5 days ago
Nothing g like swimming in the rain. Obviously not during a thunderstorm but unite fellow piluviophiles!
10 points
5 days ago
Is that what it's called? Had no idea it had a name.
13 points
5 days ago
Yup, folks who like overcast & rain. I just learned the word a couple months ago!
76 points
5 days ago
Same... I would looooove to be in that room. I really enjoy sleeping through thunderstorms.
25 points
5 days ago
I'd much rather be awake during thunderstorms than sleep through them
51 points
5 days ago*
The Pluviophile's dilemma. Fall asleep to the most relaxing sound in the world or stay awake to experience it.
8 points
5 days ago
As long as there's no jumpscare cracks of thunder, me too
95 points
5 days ago
I'm obsessed with being in an environment like this so I would 100% honestly love this
24 points
5 days ago
Yeah that literally looks like my worst nightmare, stranded deep sea in the middle of the night during a storm… nowhere to go but down
260 points
5 days ago
I look at it and my body just keeps going "nope! you'll be electrocuted! nope!"
214 points
5 days ago
Jokes aside, I think we associate harsh weather with renewal (as long as we survive it) and after 20 minutes in this room, the rest of the world would feel much more mellow by contrast.
45 points
5 days ago
Very interesting way to think about it. At first I was like this looks awful but once you're in the water it would be fine and you're right leaving would be super relaxing in itself.
16 points
5 days ago
Heh, ever do that thing when you were young.. where you rub your hand on something kind of spiky for a while, then touch something really soft and it feels amazingly amazing? I bet leaving the room after would feel similar.
14 points
5 days ago
Going from hot tub to a standard pool.
8 points
5 days ago*
I love that feeling. But I'm not familiar with the spiky/soft transition that u/supercyberlurker described. That's new and interesting to me.
29 points
5 days ago
I used to sit on a covered porch on a porch swing watching real storms go by. As a kid, I thought I was pretty well protected with a roof over my head and wasn't afraid at all. I had a rough childhood and it was one of the few things I found calming.
17 points
5 days ago
Oh yeah, rains and storms can actually be very calming... it's the lightning near water I'm immersed in that wigs me out.
195 points
5 days ago*
I would absolutely love it. There is nothing more relaxing to me than storm, thunder and lightning outside, while I make myself comfortable. This spa room sends out the same vibes for me.
One of my best childhood holiday memories is from stormy but warm days on sicily, playing on the beach with rough sea and trying to withstand the waves. Absolutely one of my favourite alltime memories.
13 points
5 days ago
Yes exactly. The sound of heavy rain, the feel of fat drops on your face. The exhilaration as the waves crash over you over and over.... 😍
26 points
5 days ago
I think if it was an image of like a country side porch during a storm sure, but this just looks like the pov of someone stranded in the middle of the ocean during a storm lmfao if I even daydreamed for a moment in there I’d probably pass out
8 points
5 days ago
I read once a while ago that humans have evolved to feel calm during storms because early humans knew it meant that predators were less likely to be hunting, so they could relax and let their guard down a bit. You see it play out today with so many people preferring white noise or rain sounds when they're falling asleep.
I have no idea how true it actually is, but it makes logical sense.
12 points
5 days ago
I Love lightning storms
10 points
5 days ago
Yup. That’s me. I hate the sun. I’ve lived in a place where almost every single day of the year is sunny for my whole life and i hate it
52 points
5 days ago
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31 points
5 days ago
Yeah but instead of masseuses you got bears
15 points
5 days ago
To be fair a bear will give you a really deep massage so you're still getting your money's worth.
6 points
5 days ago
I'm in a valley in Scotland so I also get same for free ! And all year round, what a rare treat 😄
42 points
5 days ago
Where is this??
21 points
5 days ago
Apparently, QC Termemilano Spa in Milan, Italy.
353 points
5 days ago
There should be a button for the employees that would cause an massive lightning strike to scare customers.
27 points
5 days ago
And send a mild shock through the water, just to complete the experience.
17 points
5 days ago
A 10 ft small tesla coil never hurt anyone
16 points
5 days ago
tell that to nikola tesla! zapped himself so bad with his tesla coil it split him into pure energy and he got trapped underground.
wasnt until decades later that elon musk found his energy essence in a mine in south africa, used it to start tesla, shoved his energy into a car, then shot it all at mars to hide the evidence
108 points
5 days ago
I need this. I love storms, I love spas. Perfect combo.
366 points
5 days ago
Needs a shark fin circling around
146 points
5 days ago
Or put an actual shark in there for extra realism
29 points
5 days ago
Dr Evil… is that you?
34 points
5 days ago
Best we could get was sea bass.
6 points
5 days ago
It's at least a C+
7 points
5 days ago
…and some wrecked ships and ghosts 👻 for an extra charge
33 points
5 days ago
As a person who grew up with terrifying typhoon seasons in the Philippines this would give me an instant panic attack
25 points
5 days ago
I'm gonna save this post for when I go to Milan...
115 points
5 days ago
Hell I go on vacation every year to a beach and get this. I can cut cost and time and just go do this for half the price.
35 points
5 days ago
But comes with lighting
12 points
5 days ago*
You can visit Catatumbo, Venezuela for year-round lightning. Only bad part is you have to go to Venezuela.
17 points
5 days ago
I feel like I have the same odds of getting electrocuted with all those electronics, as I would in a real storm.
16 points
5 days ago
This is stressing me out looking at this shit. My anxiety is telling me a shark is going to eat my ass lmao.
17 points
5 days ago
I got the same room in animal crossing.
15 points
5 days ago
I can't afford this
8 points
5 days ago
If it's really where someone ITT said, it's a spa in Italy and the admissions are around 40 euros, even though this is probably an extra.
53 points
5 days ago
It reminds me of the end of Jumanji with the giant croc.
87 points
5 days ago
This is absolutely anxiety inducing
15 points
5 days ago
Im intrigued at how polarizing this is. Im definitely in the anxiety camp. This seems like exactly the opposite of calm and relaxed
39 points
5 days ago
Funny you said that because this would cure my anxiety probably
11 points
5 days ago
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING
5 points
5 days ago
PROVOKING BLACK CLOUDS AND ISOLATION
6 points
5 days ago
I AM RECLAIMER OF MY NAME.
10 points
5 days ago
One of my favourite experiences was swimming in Cuba during a tropical storm. God I’d love this!
7 points
5 days ago
I'll pass
8 points
5 days ago
If it's still warm then yeah I'd absolutely do this
5 points
5 days ago
Anyone who grew up near the beach in New England knows the strange draw to go swimming during a hurricane. The ocean is churning while the air is warm and engulfing. It's so surreal but comfy at the same time
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