Big fan of the educational content on 196.
33this feels very over the top, i don't think it's a good idea to force yourself to drink a bunch of water just because your pee is dark..
Just use the colour as a general indicator, if you routinely have dark urine that means you should keep easier access to water during the day, and if it's ever amber just go chug a glass right away (not an entire bottle, what the fuck).
29How the hell do people think this should work? It's really easy to notice if you are thirsty and then drink water. Not thirsty, no drinky. I don't need a diagram for this
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Actually, too much of 1 and/or no color at all is also bad, overhydrated is also a thing, drinking 3 liters water a day is really not necessary.
29It's really hard to be over hydrated. My urine is almost always clear because I always have water handy and drink it whenever I feel like it, which is frequently. I'm not over hydrated. Sure, 3 liters is a bit excessive, but ideally your urine will be clear, unless you're doing things like drinking a bunch of soda or things that will darken your urine because your kidneys are filtering things out.
Just have water easily accessible and drink it whenever you have the desire and you'll probably be good.
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its purple. what do i do?
25Twist your nurples until all the purple drains out.
Source: I'm a phD (pretty hot dude).
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If it's clear, tour drinking too much water, be careful with that too.
16People can die from over-hydration and dehydration
5it's actively difficult to die from overhydration though, you're most likely to vomit before you even come close to it.
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What if it glows a pale blue in the dark?
14Then you are Henning Brand, who boiled down 1200 gallons of urine until it started to glow: https://sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/hennig-brandt-and-the-discovery-of-phosphorus/
11Orcs are near.
9That'd be so cool, I'd want to buy a bottle of your piss
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What if its solid?
13Consider replacing one of your kidneys.
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If you are at a 7 or 8 on the regular you've got bigger problems than dehydration. That's liver or kidney failure territory.
12I prefer the one that illustrates it using types of beer and advises seeking medical attention if it's the color of a stout 😁
Red ales weren't included in the chart, probably because they assumed people knew..
7Red ales weren't included in the chart, probably because they assumed people knew..
See now you say that, but I ended up getting rushed to hospital for a kidney stone after peeing blood on and off for a week.
Don't underestimate stupid.
Nowadays if I'm anxious I will actually dream/have nightmares about peeing blood. It's not fun.
PSA: If you're peeing blood, that's not a good thing. Go to hospital immediately.
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I only drink the straw yellow stuff, the other flavors are too strong.
7There's a sign at work like this, but 4 and 5 are the wrong way round and it drives me nuts.
6Dumb question: is this referencing the color in the toilet bowl, when diluted with water? If so, how much water, because different kind of bowls can have very different amounts of water. Or pure?
5Fairly dumb answer, it doesn't really matter. If it's dark you should try to drink more water. It should be light enough that it doesn't really effect the water in the toilet bowl much at all.
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I AM PISSING PURE WATER
4I don't drink water, just coffee
2I can honestly say I never have (and still never will) put any more thought into this other than “yellow or clear.” The day I pull this chart out and hold it against my toilet bowl, please send me to the home.
1What if I am over hydrated?
1You need to drink piss now, obviously
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