Not very, but once you start getting them you can become more prone. Swelling from infection can alter your ear canal to making it more likely to trap water.

Some might tell you earplugs as a preventative, but they can cause problems of their own, especially if you take them out and put them back in during a session. Or if they get dirty.

Swim caps will keep most of the water from your ears, and if you’ve longer hair I’d suggest a cap regardless.

Really you should be fine so long as you’re not sleeping with water in your ear. Especially if you’re in a pool and not open water. They weren’t common when I was swimming.

Not gonna debate that. Had one andanytime I had water touch it, it felt like a screwdriver was being jammed into my ear.

Washington was a big fan of apple jack, which is what you get when apple cider is freeze distilled.

Much of the US is experiencing prime weather for apple jack actually, though it’s a little late to get a mash started in time for this weekend’s weather.

Swim.

Used to eat six meals a day and still struggled to put on weight when I was competitive.

My vision is still fucked up from when my eyes rolled to the back of my head from hearing my Grok attached overweight uncle say we’re all going to live to 120.

My tin foil hat theory is it’s to push these boomers and X’ers further into stock market greed because they’re now scrambling to secure retirement savings for a few decades they hadn’t planned for.