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Nov 12, 2018 3:47 PM
ZacharyIsBadAtLife
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#funny #memes #awesome #wow
SirGermaan
In switzerland you can literaly drink water everywhere. Around here the cows pee crystal clear water
modman23
I'm fairly certain Slate is satire site, not sure the people who work there know that yet though.
noctism
Nobody correct him, let nature take its course
lilbrother
Emergency Financial Managers from Michigan are writing for Slate now?
HalstenTorqThorkelson
I've seen people with giardia in the backcountry. Shitting yourself without a toilet is no joke
DirtyRotter
But it doesnt have any electrolites
Salvion
Let me just not filter this random fresh water from that pond. Not like it could have flesh eating bacteria or something.
abrown1776
Unless there is a dead animal upstream. Gambling with poo is funny.
drwatsoni
Actually backpackers, you don't need to bring food, just eat a pizza before you leave.
WoahMyDudeThatsCrazy
Is this the new hipster movement? First no GMOs now no filters?
RoboticTurtle
As an actual backpacker, don't go backpacking with Slate. Well, unless you want good cleanout without using laxatives.
DeadeicPrints
Oh boy what idiot said that lol
IGenerallyPostThumbsUpGifs
I want to slap that guy across the face
mattsall
Gotta love a bit of leptospirosis in the morning
Trelkeen
This is about the level of accuracy and honesty you can expect from 100% of Slate articles.
ghostfox69
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/1/4/16846048/raw-water-trend-silicon-valley
TheDudeOrHisDudeness
I don't know where yall live, but people (including me) often drink water from small mountain springs. Never heard of someone 1/
TheDudeOrHisDudeness
who had caught some disease this way.
Gorapora
1: People don't broadcast having diarrhea. 2: Even if the chance is only 1:20; stomach illnesses suck extra while backpacking, should filter
natabus
Clear, moving water is 'usually' fine. People just have different attitudes about how usual 'usually' is.
stackallision
A doubt anyone who writes for Slate has ever even been outside.
Genini
Course not. There's bears out there.
Leithoa
"We spent a whole weekend at Coachella & didn't shower. Our tent only had a swamp cooler. We were basically on the Oregon Trail."
MrRavellon
This is a true statement*
MrRavellon
*If the stream comes straight from the spring with no possible contamination vector on the way.
JayceHall
Slate is about as accurate on outdoor skills as they are on socio/political topics I see..
TheOnly24
Been drinking unfiltered water from streams in Ireland since I was 6 that being said I'd never do it anywhere with ice a shitty country
TheOnly24
Literally shitty
Chopsworth
I remember that article. Write got flak from everyone.
ninjaguineapig
nowadays you probably won't die, you'll just need all sorts of antibiotics and parasite medications
deafmute
I'd rather not end up with brain eating ameba, thanks.
Leithoa
Depends on if you can get back to civilization in between shitting your pants & puking your guts out.
sedimentatthebottom
Yea man, drink untreated water, avoid vaccines, eat Tide Pods, it's all good.
jmcneal56
Im pretty sure the people drinking untreated water and eating tide pods are up to date on Their shots.
lwbell851337
Do a swan dive into the asphalt. Why not, eh?
rebel1996
Raw pork is healthy
DadsForDabbing
Yeah not gonna do that
ShowALK
But Slate said it was okay
schleimkeim
Why not? I'm sure the animal carcass 100m upstream is good for your digestion!
Kaplar
Probably even adds a bit of protein and iron to your water!
FireWolves
Always filter. The rule for not filtering is above 10000 feet, and if you find the spring itself go down stream about 100 feet then drink
Doumdidoum
I know somebody who followed that rule on the Inca trail. Bad case of amoeba and a costly helicopter ride.
mrplowthatnameagain
Why the 100 ft?
FireWolves
As the water goes over the rocks the UV light at that altitude killer almost all possible harmful bacteria
FireWolves
Kills*
YourLocalGarbageMan
Neat
wargames
still filter and or boil your water you don't want to end up like an anti-science idiot.
buttbuttpartywagon
The only place where this is acceptable is in a glacier fed river. And even then
imgur1stTheory
Some dummy always poops on the glacier. I swear humans are one of the few animals that will poop in their own drinking water.
Mithi
I see you never met pigeons. Those stupid fucks shit EVERYWHERE. Food, water, other pigeons.
CoffeeZombie
Friend of mine once put water in his dog's bowl on a hot day. Dog walked up to the freshly-filled bowl, cocked his leg, and peed right in it
InconspicuousCanuck
I raise you wild hogs.
AsheLake
Not to be an asshole. Seriously curious. How wild is a hog raised by a human?
InconspicuousCanuck
The specific genealogy is better served by a google search, but wild hogs are meaner than rutting farm pigs, and carry more diseases.
david1111
is slate satire? their articles are terrible.
lowbudgetjeremyrenner
I gave up on em a little while back. Some of the articles used to be great, then it just went to hell. I miss Emily Yoffe :(
rando84
They’re deliberately contrarian. It’s less about journalism than generating clicks.
KingZaphodI
Don't think they're satire, but they're certainly a joke.
MillenniumFalcon
that's a bingo
RdizzyC
They do cite studies in the article though, it isn't that the water doesn't contain anything bad, it's that they are in such low amounts
RdizzyC
That actual infection with symptoms are extremely unlikely. As well as other citations.
dennykins
How did people survive thousands of years drinking fresh water from streams?!?
Rheios
Ah, the patented 'Russian Roulette' method of living. There's only one bullet in the chamber, chances are you probably won't get fucked.
RdizzyC
Way, way, way less than Russian Roulette, and even most people infected had no symptoms, and even then they showed it was more likely from
RdizzyC
failing to wash hands properly after going to the bathroom outdoors rather than drinking the water.
DontJewishYourOvenWasHotLikeMe
100% of people who drink water die.
BukkakeRider3000
Eventually.
amishjosh
that's why i disinfect my water with alcohol
CoeusDarksoul
When? It's taking forever and I'm chugging H2O like a sorority sister the day after initiation.
MrRobSteel
Do not, my friends, become addicted to water. It will take hold of you, and you will resent its absence!
ImGettingMines
I drink water and I’m still alive so you’re wrong
psrobyn1
#spreadthetruth
FlyWithTheChris
That username though.
PastequePlasma
Even worse than that, I heard that some evil corporations add dihydrogen monoxide to the water we're drinking!
CorwinMacGregor
I hear that some evilier corporations replace our water with 100% dihydrogen monoxide!
CHEESEBAG
Water is for peasants
iUsedToBeFunThenIGotAGoodTherapist
Jokes on them, I've been surviving on iced coffee and my own misery for the past 15 yrs
monsieursquirrel
Ice is just frozen water, you're doomed man!!
vorodar
I also survive on your misery.
UpRisen
I choose that guys dead wife
ThatcherInTheRye
100% of people who dont drink water die
AuntSharron
100% of people die
chillFlamingo
Keanu Reeves.
AuntSharron
I said people not celestials.
CassiusPolybius
Life is terminal.
thegrimreaver
Life is a terminal, sexually transmitted disease.
ccman87
Tell that to the Tardigrades
CassiusPolybius
https://youtu.be/aMUvNWuSq6I