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Joe DeSena "Cleaning Pools is Like Self Care For Humans" #joedesena

18 Dec 2022 · 1 min

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In this monologue, Joe DeSena recounts his years cleaning hundreds of swimming pools—sometimes for mob bosses—highlighting the repetitive, high‑volume nature of the work. He draws a vivid analogy between a pool’s mechanical systems (pump, filter, water, debris) and the human body’s physiological systems (heart, circulatory system, organs, waste). DeSena explains that just as a pool turns green when the pump stops, the filter clogs, or leaves accumulate, the human body deteriorates when the heart slows, detox pathways are blocked, or unhealthy inputs (junk food, excess caffeine) overwhelm it. He uses this comparison to underscore the importance of regular self‑care: maintaining the “pump” (cardiovascular health), cleaning the “filter” (liver, kidneys, gut), and removing “leaves” (toxins, poor diet) to keep the body clear and functional. The talk is conversational, reflective, and aims to motivate listeners to treat their bodies with the same diligence they would a pool.

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I used to clean swimming pools when I was young. Mm-hmm. A lot of swimming pools. Okay. Believe it or not, for mob bosses. And I remember sitting there cleaning, you know, 700 swimming pools a week. It got to eventually. And thinking, wow, the human body is exactly like a swimming pool. The human body has a pump and a filter and it's mostly water and I'm constantly trying to help these swimming pools that are turning green not to turn green. And if I was to turn off the pump, the pool would turn green. If I was to clog the filter, the pool would turn green. If there were too many leaves in the pool, the pool would turn green. And I remember sitting there— again, I did this for like 12 years. Sure. Swimming pools a week during the season. I remember sitting there thinking, or standing there thinking, wow, if we turn off our pump, our heart, We turn green if we don't clean our filters. We turn great. So like, and then we expect this little body, this little 13-gallon swimming pool, the human body, we expect it to like process burgers and fries and ketchup and coffee and ice cream and like