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What a time to be alive! Me, I drink when I'm thirsty.
by warrenmca 10y ago
What a time to be alive! Me, I drink when I'm thirsty.
- hkmurakami 10y agoNitpicking obviously, but isn't it "too late" if you're drinking when you feel thirsty (it means you're already dehydrated)? Iirc you should be drinking before you feel thirsty.
- zzalpha 10y agoNo, that's also a myth: https://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2016/05/09/dehydration-risks-and-myths/?referer= https://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2016/05/09/dehydration... In most cases, thirst is a reliable signal that more water is needed.
- donatj 10y agoToo late? I've done that for thirty years and I'm not dead yet.
- mikestew 10y agoOur evolution has failed miserably if the calibration is that far off. Talk about your ship-stopping bugs. No, as another commenter pointed out, what you've read is bullshit.
- joncrocks 10y agoNah, just playing the long game :-) "If we prioritise for intelligence then they'll eventually just write a bash script, none of this vague hormone and 'feeling' nonsense."
- pharrington 10y agoAdding on to the other commentators, a certain type of headache is a good indication of dehydration.
- wu-ikkyu 10y ago>A student once asked his teacher, "Master, what is enlightenment?" The master replied, "When hungry, eat. When tired, sleep." -Old Zen Tale
- choward 10y agoThis is probably a myth too, but I've heard that by the time you're thirsty, you're already dehydrated.
- dethswatch 10y agoHow does this one not die?
- unclenoriega 10y agoWhen someone says it, they are confronted with glibness instead of evidence, so it persists.
- nom 10y agoI don't think this feedback loop is working well for everybody. I know many people, including myself, who don't get the urge to drink until they're severely dehydrated, so they have to force themselfs to drink even in the absence of thirst. It is also well known that it gets worse with age - fainting due to dehydration is a common occurence with the elderly.
- M_Grey 10y agoAll of those elderly people with their github repositories?
- Inetenbr 10y agoI built this script, and I'm 17. Gained over 20 pounds since I started programming all day.
- pharrington 10y agoPaying attention to your body is a skill. Alot of people do have some degree of innate proficiency at it, but it is something to be done deliberately and practiced, and with enough deliberate practice you will eventually do it automatically with high mastery. You're still a child, so you have plenty of time to develop this skill :)
- M_Grey 10y agoMay I make a suggestion? Instead of just water breaks... take breaks. Get up, stretch your arms and hands, your neck and back. Walk around for a few minutes, even just in place. Drink your water. You'll save yourself a lot of future pain.
- Inetenbr 10y agoI'll definitely keep that in mind. I'm planning on using a standing desk, does that do any good?
- M_Grey 10y agoUntil I saw that this was posted from Github, I honestly assumed that this was a cute way of describing thirst. The reality is so much stranger.