Eli5: Underwater pressure

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Why do people, submarines, and essentially everything that dives too far into the water get crushed? I get that it’s the weight of the water, but shouldn’t the pressure just come from the top and not everywhere, as if there were a weight on you?

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It is exactly like having a weight on you. You focus on the weight on your shoulders but you feel it in your feet too, right? Same thing, just water is all around you not just right on top.

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