• @dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
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    144 days ago

    I didn’t know this was a thing when I was younger, but not young enough to not be classified as a moron.

    Drank about 7-8 litres of water in 3 hours without going to the bathroom as a contest against a work colleague. Suffice to say I started feeling a little off on the way home, even after going to the bathroom. Years later I finally learned you can drown yourself from drinking too much and the symptoms were eerily close to what I experienced that night.

    • @Heavybell@lemmy.world
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      84 days ago

      Oh don’t get me wrong! I also only learned about water toxicity when I was very much an adult.

      But the difference between us and the type of person I’m talking about, is that we (I’m presuming on your part) don’t think fluoride in water is a bad thing.

      The kind of person who hears “the government adds CHEMICAL_NAME to water” and assumes that’s a bad thing is the kind of person who will not believe drinking too much water can kill you, even (or especially) if they are told by an expert.