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And no "water with a twist of lemon/slice of cucumber" goofs. Water isn't allowed.

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[–] downpunxx@kbin.social 174 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Water is the main component of any and every beverage

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 61 points 1 year ago (9 children)
[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You'll drink this until the end of your life. Works the same with molten iron though.

[–] BluesF@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't actually thing you'd manage to swallow any of the molten iron...

[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

You'd just need one of these:

You just need to get some into your mouth. It will do the swallowing on it's own.

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[–] downpunxx@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

though can only be ingested once

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Based on the posed question and its limiting conditions, elemental mercury is a correct answer. Pure hydrogen peroxide or isopropyl alcohol would qualify, too.

If you include materials which are liquid outside of "room temperature," things like magma and liquid nitrogen would also be correct answers.

[–] AshDene@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Olive oil?

You wouldn't live long, but compared to the other options you're listing...

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Of the liquids you listed, I think the hydrogen peroxide would be the fastest and most flame-filled death, more than the magma.

100% H2O2 is Very much unlike the 3% kind that can be purchased at a store.
It might even explode, I know shipping tanks of it can and I think that's usually under 100%.

[–] mlc894@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Not quite, actually! I mean, it’s not good for you, but once it’s in your digestive tract it mostly passes straight through rather than being absorbed. The vapor over the liquid is more dangerous, but once you’ve swallowed it that’s not a concern.

[–] LinusWorks4Mo@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

that's exactly why this is the right answer

[–] jacktherippah@lemdro.id 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nougat is a Lemmy user, presenting to the emergency room unconscious

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nougat is a Kbin user, presenting to the emergency room unconscious

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago
[–] alcasa@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

Why not gallium

[–] ForestOrca@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

always gave me a heavy feeling in the pit of my stomach.

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[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A friend had to read a paper about what people called water vs. how much water made up the substance. So like pond water has less water than tea, we call one water one tea. Truly thrilling research.

[–] snowe@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

do you have a link to the paper? I want to read it

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

This was a very long time ago; I do not.

[–] li10@feddit.uk 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True, but at the same time you know exactly what OP means with this question.

[–] DarraignTheSane@lemmy.one 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (22 children)

I don't think OP knows what they mean with this question. The top two 'serious' answers are coffee and tea, which is just "hot water with shit mixed in". Anything you drink is water with shit mixed in. Any answer that isn't "water with shit mixed in" means you die, either within months or minutes. Most answers that are "water with shit mixed in" would still kill you fairly quickly if that's all you ever drank.

[–] li10@feddit.uk 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I think OP knows exactly what they mean, I think if you asked a five year old they’d know what they mean.

Yet for some reason, some people are completely missing the point of a very simple question which boils down to “if you couldn’t drink regular water, what would you have instead”…

[–] snowe@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago

That’s not “exactly” what they mean, as the difference between what you think they’re saying and other commenters think is clearly different. Is la croix or bubbly allowed? If not then what about a hard seltzer? If those are allowed then why isn’t lemon water allowed? If those aren’t allowed then where is the line? Gatorade is seltzer water without the bubbles and with electrolytes. It’s clear that OP’s question was not well thought out, hence why so many people here have a problem with it.

[–] LanternEverywhere@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The point of OP's question is clear. He's referring to a drink that has sensory qualities that are clearly distinct from plain water. Water with a spritz of lemon still reads as water. As a loose guideline this is like anything you'd order as "water with x" or "x water", like cucumber water. Coffee clearly doesn't fit into that category, it has sensory qualities that are very different than water with x in it.

Speak for yourself. "Cucumber water" does not have the same "sensory qualities" as water unless taste doesn't count as a sense.

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