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human
ELI5: Why do we not feel the weight of water above us in swimming pools?

If we placed, for example, 100 litres of bottled water on our body when lying flat on the ground we would expect the bottles to feel heavy against our body (pushing down on us). Why is it that when we are at the bottom of a swimming pool with hundreds of litres of water on top of us we feel no such pressure?
gpt
You do feel the pressure. You need diving equipment because you feel the pressure. Your ears pop because you feel the pressure. Submarines need to withstand the pressure.

Edit: It occurs to me now that you meant "why don't we get pushed deep underwater because of the pressure above", and the answer to that is that the pressure below you is larger than the pressure above you, so there is actually a force pushing up. This is buoyancy. There's more pressure below you because if there are 100 liters above you, there are more than 100 liters above the bottom of you, if that makes sense.