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https://xkcd.com/1708/ https://xkcd.com/1708/ I often heard really exaggerated advice about how much water to guzzle every day. It got crazy. One day several

https://xkcd.com/1708/ https://xkcd.com/1708/ I often heard really exaggerated advice about how much water to guzzle every day. It got crazy. One day several years ago, a nurse was taking vitals on me and told me to drink, I don't know, 48 cups per day or something? It was huge. And I regarded her with incredulity. So upon being taken in to see the doctor, and this was a physician that I really trusted and had a good long tenure, I repeated the advice and I said, "That's BS, right?" and she said yep, and I'll talk to that nurse... I am especially wary of my fluid intake because I live in an urban desert. Therefore I must constantly drink fluids when it's hot to stay healthy and hydrated. However, I must also gauge my ability to find a bathroom while out on the road, and when you ride the bus, good luck with that! It might be 3 hours, or you're forced to make a small order at a restaurant to become a customer. So it's really a delicate balancing act of how much to drink. And also, remembering to use the bathroom at every opportunity!

kadoban 3y ago
> One day several years ago, a nurse was taking vitals on me and told me to drink, I don't know, 48 cups per day or something? It was huge. And I regarded her with incredulity. That sounds like enough water to actually be harmful/deadly, especially depending on what "cups" means there.
JohnFen 3y ago
I wonder if that nurse was confusing "cups" with "ounces".
- edwardsdl 3y ago
  Or maybe “four to eight” cups. The idea of drinking almost 12 liters of water each day is pretty amusing.
  - scyzoryk_xyz 3y ago
    Ha! would love to see that scene where the nurse gets shit from the doctor.
    - salad-tycoon 3y ago
      Honest question, why?
  - NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
    Y'all took me quite literally as I exaggerated for effect. I am merely a panel in that xkcd comic. Which hat I am wearing is left as an exercise for the reader.
  - dp-hackernews 3y ago
    Amusing and unrealistic if you consider our ancestors and cultures in hot and cold climates... It makes me wonder how some people don't seem to recognize, that we as a species have been on this planet for quite some time now, and that IS the greater part of out existence on this planet when compared to how long we've studied science and medicine of today! The timeline of either is heavily weighted on the side absent of anything we would call "modern." :-)

kadoban 3y ago

> One day several years ago, a nurse was taking vitals on me and told me to drink, I don't know, 48 cups per day or something? It was huge. And I regarded her with incredulity. That sounds like enough water to actually be harmful/deadly, especially depending on what "cups" means there.

JohnFen 3y ago

I wonder if that nurse was confusing "cups" with "ounces".

edwardsdl 3y ago
Or maybe “four to eight” cups. The idea of drinking almost 12 liters of water each day is pretty amusing.
- scyzoryk_xyz 3y ago
  Ha! would love to see that scene where the nurse gets shit from the doctor.
  - salad-tycoon 3y ago
    Honest question, why?
- NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
  Y'all took me quite literally as I exaggerated for effect. I am merely a panel in that xkcd comic. Which hat I am wearing is left as an exercise for the reader.
- dp-hackernews 3y ago
  Amusing and unrealistic if you consider our ancestors and cultures in hot and cold climates... It makes me wonder how some people don't seem to recognize, that we as a species have been on this planet for quite some time now, and that IS the greater part of out existence on this planet when compared to how long we've studied science and medicine of today! The timeline of either is heavily weighted on the side absent of anything we would call "modern." :-)