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(Hartford Courant)   The headline: "Urine's Sterile. So When Should You Drink It?" The photo: A guy eating a roasted tarantula on a stick. If you guessed this article is a review of a new kid's book, you win a cookie   (courant.com) divider line
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bearsfolks
2008-10-08 7:22:32 PM  
Urine is only sterile to the person it came from. There may well be bacteria in it, but it's bacteria the person already has in their body. No new possible infection. Still tastes bad ( I guess).
 
jaylectricity [TotalFark]
2008-10-08 7:47:07 PM  
To think I passed this one over before it went green.

That being said, is it so weird to imagine that someday we might keep recycling our urine by drinking it immediately to save water?

We got used to the taste of beer, didn't we?
 
Caulfield
2008-10-08 8:08:18 PM  
FTA: urine is sterile. That means it is free of germs.

I'm sterile, Focker. Does that mean I'm free from germs?
 
BBRModitha
2008-10-08 8:16:13 PM  
Bear Grylls might sleep in hotels but he does drink his own piss.
 
McManus_brothers
2008-10-08 8:16:32 PM  

jaylectricity: To think I passed this one over before it went green.

That being said, is it so weird to imagine that someday we might keep recycling our urine by drinking it immediately to save water?

We got used to the taste of beer Bud Light, didn't we?


FTFY

/not a beer snob
//just hates Bud Light
 
Barakku
2008-10-08 8:18:10 PM  

Caulfield: FTA: urine is sterile. That means it is free of germs.

I'm sterile, Focker. Does that mean I'm free from germs?


Mr Gay UK would like to taste-test.
 
Krusty_the_Barbarian
2008-10-08 8:20:54 PM  

jaylectricity: We got used to the taste of beer, didn't we?


I wonder what proof my urine is while I am drinking. Could be a money saving thing to know.

/Can't believe I typed that.
 
infie
2008-10-08 8:20:55 PM  
I like to think of myself as adventurous. I don't think I could eat that spider...
 
Slaxl
2008-10-08 8:22:46 PM  
Check out those soulless eyes, anyone who eats a tarantula has gotta be pure evil. Also,

"he is a pediatrician in Washington who sees gross things every day. A pediatrician is a doctor who takes care of kids."

I like how they define a paediatrician, just in case any readers mistook it for a paedophile. Readers might be Welsh, so it's worth making sure.
 
Krusty_the_Barbarian
2008-10-08 8:23:42 PM  

infie: I like to think of myself as adventurous. I don't think I could eat that spider...


For the hell of it, probably not. Go without anything for about four days, you will reconsider.
 
junge altman
2008-10-08 8:23:42 PM  
urine is not always sterile.

As a med tech I can tell you that urine can have bacteria and/or parasite eggs...I have seen them in patients!
 
The Name You Love To Touch
2008-10-08 8:24:23 PM  

jaylectricity:

That being said, is it so weird to imagine that someday we might keep recycling our urine by drinking it immediately to save water?



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Approves.

/careful, hot links here...
 
kriegfusion
2008-10-08 8:24:25 PM  
Just here to dispel the common myth of drinking your own urine in a survival situation. Don't do it!

/continue farking
 
Caulfield
2008-10-08 8:24:28 PM  

Barakku: Caulfield: FTA: urine is sterile. That means it is free of germs.

I'm sterile, Focker. Does that mean I'm free from germs?

Mr Gay UK would like to taste-test.


Yeah, I know. I finally had to block his texts.
 
Mixolydian Master
2008-10-08 8:25:49 PM  
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Robot Devil's Advocate
2008-10-08 8:25:50 PM  
Slaxl

I laughed. Out loud.
 
indylaw [TotalFark]
2008-10-08 8:27:36 PM  
Is it a urine or tarantula flavored cookie?

/no thanks.
 
Caulfield
2008-10-08 8:27:58 PM  
TFA: (If you're planning to get a cut on your back, make sure to get lost with a friend who can do the first aid for you.)

Or my old boss, who was pretty good at pissing down your back and telling you that it's raining.
 
theorellior
2008-10-08 8:28:31 PM  

Krusty_the_Barbarian: /Can't believe I typed that.


Really, who hasn't thought this, at least once, while posting on Fark?
 
FrancoFile [TotalFark]
2008-10-08 8:29:17 PM  
Came in here for the Dodgeball references, and am sorely disappointed...

/Rip Torn is one funny motherfarker
 
cowgirl toffee
2008-10-08 8:29:38 PM  
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Just thinking there has to be an "art" to it.
 
theorellior
2008-10-08 8:30:13 PM  

kriegfusion: Just here to dispel the common myth of drinking your own urine in a survival situation. Don't do it!


Are you telling us it didn't work out for you?
 
Githerax
2008-10-08 8:30:47 PM  
*suspiciously* what kind of cookie?
 
GCD
2008-10-08 8:33:32 PM  

kriegfusion: Just here to dispel the common myth of drinking your own urine in a survival situation. Don't do it!

/continue farking


Ok, if you're here to tell us "Don't do it!" then you may want to continue by adding more to your comment...prehaps WHY would be a start...
 
meerbat
2008-10-08 8:33:40 PM  
Does any other species on earth ever consider this as a survival tactic?
 
Robot Devil's Advocate
2008-10-08 8:36:57 PM  
Ok, I've been saving this story, but this is the perfect thread.

Freshmen year of high school, my first period class was Honors Biology. The teacher came out and said (maybe not on day one) that she didn't like teaching freshmen. Nothing to do with the story, but still, wtf?

So we are at the time of the year where we are disecting things. On one particular day, we had to disect crickets. Big crickets. Big possibly egg laden crickets (couldn't tell until you opened them whether they were male or female). Long story short, ut turns out whatever they were preserved in smelled like soy sauce, and the eggs looked like rice.

I couldn't eat chinese for a month.
 
Krusty_the_Barbarian
2008-10-08 8:37:05 PM  

GCD: Ok, if you're here to tell us "Don't do it!" then you may want to continue by adding more to your comment...prehaps WHY would be a start...


I second this. Why? If it's between death or urine, I want good reasons.
 
TheKidFromDeliverance
2008-10-08 8:37:43 PM  

meerbat: Does any other species on earth ever consider this as a survival tactic?


That one monkey back at the start of teh intarwebz who drank his own pee.

I think he was related to teh uther monkee that smelled his finger and fell off the branch.
 
jaylectricity [TotalFark]
2008-10-08 8:41:04 PM  
Just let me pee on you.
 
VTSquire
2008-10-08 8:41:22 PM  

meerbat: Does any other species on earth ever consider this as a survival tactic?


Yes, and there's even worse. Some kind of desert rodent actually... (ew) pushes it's rectum out and licks the moisture from it to maintain hydration.

/saw it on tv
 
cowgirl toffee
2008-10-08 8:42:39 PM  

meerbat: Does any other species on earth ever consider this as a survival tactic?


Dogs and cats will eat their own shiat and the shiat of others. Does that count?

Also... fish are gulping down their own urine. That's the only other species I could think of that comes close to drinking pee.
 
JesterGirl
2008-10-08 8:44:39 PM  
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Chong's probation officer approves
 
meerbat
2008-10-08 8:45:04 PM  

VTSquire: meerbat: Does any other species on earth ever consider this as a survival tactic?

Yes, and there's even worse. Some kind of desert rodent actually... (ew) pushes it's rectum out and licks the moisture from it to maintain hydration.

/saw it on tv


Hell of a way to go through life.
 
Inigo_Montoya
2008-10-08 8:47:07 PM  
I've always heard that about urine. Is the same true about uranus?
 
CygnusDarius
2008-10-08 8:47:42 PM  

jaylectricity: To think I passed this one over before it went green.

That being said, is it so weird to imagine that someday we might keep recycling our urine by drinking it immediately to save water?

We got used to the taste of beer, didn't we?



Well, I think NASA's already ahead of this, isn't it?.
 
MentalMoment
2008-10-08 8:47:43 PM  
"Urine Bleach's Sterile. So When Should You Drink It?"
 
Caulfield
2008-10-08 8:50:50 PM  

VTSquire: meerbat: Does any other species on earth ever consider this as a survival tactic?

Yes, and there's even worse. Some kind of desert rodent actually... (ew) pushes it's rectum out and licks the moisture from it to maintain hydration.

/saw it on tv


Someone, somewhere fapped to it. Not that I give a rat's ass.
 
snow9999
2008-10-08 8:53:55 PM  
Czarangles wrote a book? He always said he was a great writer.

/Classic Thread.
 
Psumek
2008-10-08 8:54:44 PM  
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Approves!
 
seveword
2008-10-08 9:04:06 PM  
Damn. I didn't get a cookie.
 
Hagbardr
2008-10-08 9:06:40 PM  
Poison ivy tea's sterile. So when should you drink it?
 
Rozinante
2008-10-08 9:07:45 PM  
There was a Fight Club trailer about this.
 
DKRainey
2008-10-08 9:15:19 PM  
Urine is never sterile. You would have to put it in an autoclave to sterilize it. It can still hurt you even if it is yours. You can only recycle it so many times before it contains no water for your body to absorb. Then it is just poison
 
kriegfusion
2008-10-08 9:17:22 PM  

GCD: kriegfusion: Just here to dispel the common myth of drinking your own urine in a survival situation. Don't do it!

/continue farking

Ok, if you're here to tell us "Don't do it!" then you may want to continue by adding more to your comment...prehaps WHY would be a start...


Global Cool-Down,

I was taught to not do it, which went against everything i've ever heard. I searched some supporting stuff out and found that it is indeed a bad idea. Wikipedia has two or three links, theres more if you google it. Too lazy to do more linking.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urophagia
 
cowgirl toffee
2008-10-08 9:21:22 PM  

DKRainey: Urine is never sterile. You would have to put it in an autoclave to sterilize it. It can still hurt you even if it is yours. You can only recycle it so many times before it contains no water for your body to absorb. Then it is just poison


You're in luck when you've got Urine Luck!

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I would never put pee to my lips if it looked like the sample in the picture. XP
 
DKRainey
2008-10-08 9:23:02 PM  

cowgirl toffee: DKRainey: Urine is never sterile. You would have to put it in an autoclave to sterilize it. It can still hurt you even if it is yours. You can only recycle it so many times before it contains no water for your body to absorb. Then it is just poison

You're in luck when you've got Urine Luck!

I would never put pee to my lips if it looked like the sample in the picture. XP


I would contact a physician if my pee looked like that. It appears to have blood in it and is a bit cloudy. Someone has an STD.
 
cretinbob [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-10-08 9:27:01 PM  
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You had to make me go there

\\it's a cookie ffs settle down
 
jaylectricity [TotalFark]
2008-10-08 9:27:41 PM  

DKRainey: Urine is never sterile.


Never? Turn in your fact-checker card.
 
cowgirl toffee
2008-10-08 9:28:12 PM  

DKRainey: cowgirl toffee: DKRainey:

I would contact a physician if my pee looked like that. It appears to have blood in it and is a bit cloudy. Someone has an STD.


I don't know if it's a STD. But... I'm willing to bet it's something that requires penicillin.
 
texlex
2008-10-08 9:31:31 PM  
This article was a much better way to learn that there are bugs, rodent hair and feces in our food than Fast Food Nation.
 
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