• Glytch@lemmy.world
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    Do not, my friends, become addicted to water. It will take hold of you and you will resent its absence!

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      2 hours ago

      No no, the establishment is obviously going after a community who are a fan of drinking water. How dare you involve science! /s

  • fodor@lemmy.zip
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    8 hours ago

    I could say the same to the data centers. They got to lay off the water bro.

    • notSys@lemmy.cafe
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      3 hours ago

      Why tho? 1kg=1l, 1g=1ml anyway, and I like to know how much something will weight in my backpack

    • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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      7 hours ago

      It seems to be an American thing. When I was in the US I was confused by all that drink cans are labeled in weight measurements rather than in liquid measurements. Although I guess it’s the US so I should just be grateful that it wasn’t been measured in fractions of a corgi or something.

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        4 hours ago

        8 fluid ounces is a cup, 4 cups is a quart, 4 quarts is a gallon. Most canned drinks are 12 fl. oz, or 3/4 of a pint.

        8 ounces is half a pound.

        It’s makes perfect sense!

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          A pint’s a pound, not quite the world around, mostly just in the US, Liberia, and Myanmar, but also in several commonwealth countries and not to a precision level where local gravity applies

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          3 hours ago

          Does that not mean that you get different amounts of liquid for the same 12 fluid ounces, because a pint of water does not weigh the same as a pint of beer, which in turn does not weigh the same as a paint of Coke.

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            No. Fluid ounce is the volume. Most filling processes utilize the specific gravity of the solution and then fill by weight.

            1 L of water is 1kg. Let’s say you add 500 grams of sugar. Now the solution has a specific gravity of 1.5mg per ml. So a 500 mL fill (16.9 oz) is 750mg. This is really rudimentary but I hope it kind of explains how the process should go.

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    13 hours ago

    Over-hydrating doesn’t help, but under-hydrating sure does.

    If you’re pee is light yellow ya doin’ fine.

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    It has some grains of truth but it’s mingled with too much personal opinion.

    There are studies on how much water humans really need. If you want to calculate it the scientific way, you need to factor in at least lean muscle mass, total mass, surface area, ambient temperature and humidity, activity levels, and diet. There’s no magic number of ounces that’s correct for everyone.

    Fortunately we’ve evolved a really awesome mechanism. When your body needs more water, you get thirsty.

    So if you want to stay properly hydrated, drink whenever you feel even a little thirsty.

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      Fortunately we’ve evolved a really awesome mechanism. When your body needs more water, you get thirsty.

      Yeaaahhh…About that…

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        ADHD can make you completely ignore that signal for way, way too long.

        My body also misinterprets that signal as “hunger”, and a craving for some wet food. Maybe like yogurt or a cup of pudding. You know something that just slides down easy. Yeah #thisiswhyimfat.

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          Yep…
          Take my meds and of to the race on one cup of tea at the morning.
          Sometimes I will remember the bottle of water on my table in front of my monitors at work. Sometimes.

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        Me too. Sometimes I feel like I must get thirsty in a reasonable way, but when I actually notice the sensation is another matter. At other times I’m incessantly thirsty.

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      After about 23C I swear a lot. I definitely need to replenish what I lose or I get drowsy

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      We can seperate regions easily enough and their peak humidity seasons. You just need to factor in sedentary, semi active, active and athletic lifestyles.

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    In the water wars documentary, Holes, it was proven that children and young adults could work all day in the sun without any significant amount of water. Therefore your allocation of water will be limited further until morale improves. Woke unionized overpaid bureacrats just want to take all your money to waste water, instead of using that money for useful datacenters and more oil drilling.

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    Three article boils down to the author being a whiny WSJ entitled asshole, which is what I expect from the WSJ.

    Author, you don’t need the 40 oz cup.

    Quoted Expert, you need around 125 oz a day.

    Author, but water is so boring and tasteless, I want sugar and you get a fraction of water from food right? I don’t wanna drink water. Written Toddler Tantrum ensues

    Author, so in conclusion you don’t need that 40 oz water cup.

    The rest of us, STFU you entitled twat.

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      125 / 40 = approx 3.

      That’s really an absurdly huge cup if it is about 1/3 of your entire daily water intake.