The Hidden, Deeply Unsettling Things You Can’t Unknow After Snorkeling
The ocean has a reputation for being calming, meditative, even romantic. Blue horizons. Gentle waves. A sense that everything down there is orderly and whole.
This article is not about that ocean. This is about the one you meet when you put your face in the water and actually pay attention… the ocean where bodies are built sideways, mouths and buttholes play musical chairs, sex is strategic rather than sentimental, and regeneration is treated as routine maintenance. Consider this a reminder that nature is not polite, not tidy, and not particularly interested in human ideas of “normal.” The sea, in particular, has been quietly doing whatever it wants for a very long time.
(This blog post began as a conversation between Everything To Sea co-founder Dave and Happiness Engineer Tom, about just how weird sea creatures really are.)