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How Much Piss Can You Drink Without Getting Sick?
by Dan Savage
October 16th, 2007 2:16 PM
Q. How much piss can one consume without getting sick? _SINCERELY CURIOUS
"Piss is actually quite safe to drink," says Dr. W.H., "assuming the person making the piss has healthy kidneys and isn't dripping with the clap." But isn't piss a waste product, packed with stuff your body wants to be rid of? How could it be safe? "The production of urine begins with an ultra-filtration of the blood by the nephrons in the kidney, which contain super-teeny openings that let only the smallest molecules through. This means that bacteria and viruses are rarely seen [in urine]_HIV and hepatitis viruses are pretty much a non-issue as long as the kidneys are in good working order." But quite safe doesn't mean totally safe. "All bets are off if you're drinking the piss of someone who's got horrendous kidneys," Dr. W.H. adds. "But people with severe, chronic kidney disease may not overlap too much with the piss-party set. The biggest danger would be drinking urine from someone with an infection that's living downstream from the kidneys, such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, or some type of bladder infection."
Presuming you're drinking a healthy person's piss, how much is too much? "There have been cases of people dying because they drank gallons and gallons of water incredibly quickly and diluted their electrolytes to the point of cardiac arrest," says Dr. W.H. "However, that's sort of a risk that's inherent in any liquid and not really unique to urine."
Another thing for piss guzzlers to consider: "Certain small molecules are concentrated in the urine," says Dr. W.H, "such as [trace amounts of] drugs, recreational and otherwise." I've heard from clean-and-sober piss drinkers who lost their jobs after testing positive for drugs their sex partners were taking, SC_so if you have a job that requires regular drug testing, or if you're Britney Spears, you might want to date straight-edge piss tops exclusively.
Life is beautiful, aint it?
I got nothing. Last night I had a coughing relapse. no idea where it came from but I found myself coughing a whole hell of a fucking lot.
I don't understand it.
also:
God-fuckin-damn
Last night I finally finished watching this:
The premise of the G.I. anti-war movement was something really, really interesting to me-- it's a shame the documentary itself wasn't.
It was boring.
And I felt it was overblown. I get the impression that the G.I. anti-war movement wasn't as big a deal as they want it to be, with a few exceptions here and there (Ron Kovic, Brian Willson). yeah. I hate it when I watch documentaries and the people on the screen say these things.. these overblown statements that just make it seem like certain things were more important than they were.
Does that make any sense?
Just because I wasn't there you can't convince me that what you did was all that important.
I don't know.
I also read the 7th The Walking Dead trade last night.
It ruled. And the cover rules.
HOLY HALF NAKED pictures in your comment section batman
No idea... I haven't seen hide nor hair of her in about a month... working, I suspect.