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CapitanOcho t1_isrv7fq wrote

Reply to comment by Puzzleheaded_Meal652 in TIFU by listening to a sports podcast at work by Puzzleheaded_Meal652

You were having a "spirited debate" about drinking urine? And a comment on a podcast was the awkward part? šŸ¤£

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DeletedByAuthor t1_issu5hs wrote

It's called culture

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rikkerichard t1_isujnus wrote

I mean if he would let is sit for a little longer

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malexj93 t1_isutxre wrote

I thought it's sterile

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hufflestitch t1_isxfvsn wrote

Urine is only sterile if 1) you donā€™t have a UTI, and 2) itā€™s collected sterilely. The tissue surrounding the urethral meatus often has bacterial colonies on the skin. So antiseptic would have to be used to clean the skin, and the urine would have to collected sterilely into a sterile container. Otherwise allowing urine to ā€œageā€ is likely to result in bacterial growth. Regardless, bacteria still isnā€™t the biggest issue with drinking urine. You have to consider that this is what your kidneys excreted as waste, so putting it back through your renal system isnā€™t going to do any favors to your kidneys. Theoretically the same could be said for the liver if you are spilling bilirubin.

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