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Uthimienure

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Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« Reply #6645 on: December 05, 2020, 09:38:52 pm »

If you drink water even when you're not thirsty, you will be less likely to become thirsty.
More water beyond merely quenching your thirst is better for you than only drinking the minimum for quenching.
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Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« Reply #6646 on: December 05, 2020, 09:42:37 pm »

There comes a point when you’ll just pee out any water your body seems superfluous.

I personally find milk makes me feel thirsty because it coats my throat, so I need to drink something else to get rid of that feeling.
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Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« Reply #6647 on: December 05, 2020, 09:46:43 pm »

Certainly!  And peeing out that extra water helps flush your system of toxins.  You can tell by the color of your pee whether or not you're drinking enough. Look for very light purple color (j/k, very light yellow).
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Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« Reply #6648 on: December 05, 2020, 10:15:47 pm »

be careful, you can in fact drink too much water.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318619


Granted, you need to be belting back the hydro pretty hard to do that, but people have in fact done it.
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Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« Reply #6649 on: December 05, 2020, 10:20:56 pm »

Generally a better bet to just do what your body is telling you to, rather than try to compensate.
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Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« Reply #6650 on: December 06, 2020, 01:59:13 am »

Sometimes (especially when I'm sick) drinking water seems to result in making my mouth more dry a few minutes later. Urine is clear, like it's gone straight through me. Drinking soda doesn't have this issue.
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Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« Reply #6651 on: December 06, 2020, 07:48:26 am »

Is there a good resource out there about sexuality and gender? My brain tells me that I've covered all the major parts, but I figured that I need something more in-depth, as well as reference material to make sure my understanding's correct.
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Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« Reply #6652 on: December 06, 2020, 09:52:59 am »

Re: Thirst

Sometimes drinking water can kind of "wake up" the system by making you more aware of your thirst and dehydration, making it seem temporarily worse. Also it takes a short while for newly ingested water to actually get incorporated into the body and hydrate the parts that need it.

To help sate the sensation, instead of just belting the water straight back, make sure the water touches the inner corners of your mouth, potentially even swirl it around a bit, as there are sensors in that area that detect drinking so you can tell your body that yes you are now actually fixing the whole dehydration issue now and it can stop sending those thirst signals thank you.

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Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« Reply #6653 on: December 07, 2020, 02:12:18 pm »

Is ordering McDonalds breakfast in the afternoon particularly onerous on the employees?  Like... I picture them having to go into the freezer to retrieve the ingredients, and dethaw them a bit before the final nuking and plating.  I don't mind waiting, but it seems like something I shouldn't do during the lunch or dinner rush.

Not that I should be going for fast food at all these days, but I never learned how to make a proper greasy breakfast.  I don't keep eggs or butter.
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Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« Reply #6654 on: December 07, 2020, 02:21:23 pm »

They will curse you unto the seventh generation for the imposition you place on them with your greaselust.

... more seriously, I'unno. It probably is an imposition, but likely not much more of one than anything special order would be. If you're worried, just don't make the request during busy hours.

Also consider, like. Asking them. Some areas probably have more or less other people doing the same thing, which would change how prepared or unprepared they are for the request!
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Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« Reply #6655 on: December 07, 2020, 02:30:57 pm »

Also consider, like. Asking them.
Oh duh!  Thanks, this is what I was trying to think of.
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Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« Reply #6656 on: December 07, 2020, 02:41:05 pm »

Either you're a silicon-based alien lifeform which doesn't drink water, or having something to drink reminds you that you're thirsty. If you're otherwise distracted, you might not notice, right?
What would a silicon based lifeform’s water equivalent be? If we follow periodic table groups, it would be *checks periodic table* Li2S, or lithium sulfide. Looking this compound up, it cannot exist ink liquid form under Earth’s pressure. Unfortunately I couldn’t find a phase diagram to allow for finding out what pressures it could exist in liquid form in, am copious if any planets have lots of pressure/heat to allow the liquid to exist, gas giants maybe, or maybe it’d be pressured back into solid form. Well this kind of got off track, then this is th3 random questions thread so here
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Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« Reply #6657 on: December 07, 2020, 03:36:57 pm »

You shouldn't just step down one periodic table row. Lithium is more ready to shed an electron than hydrogen so Li2S is apparently an ionic compound, so it crystallizes into a rigid lattice, which I think means it is not really able to dissolve other compounds because the intermolecular links cannot easily accomodate other molecules being interwoven, so it lacks the main utility of water as a solvent.
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Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« Reply #6658 on: December 08, 2020, 11:58:08 pm »

Am unsure why, but I randomly started thinking about the tooth fairy, how odd it is. Why did people make up this myth? What would a fairy even need human teeth for?
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Re: The small random questions thread [WAAAAAAAAAAluigi]
« Reply #6659 on: December 09, 2020, 12:05:40 am »

Without doing any research into the actual origins of the myth, I can share how it felt to me:

Losing one's baby teeth is an unsettling, potentially frightening experience for a young child.  Even now I don't really like remembering the sensation.  Still, it has to happen.  Hence:  A narrative in which this is a positive experience, with a reward for children who are stoic and perform a little reassuring ritual.

Not entirely unlike Christmas, I suppose.  The longest nights of the year are instinctively difficult, and that's when we most need comfort.
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