• Neato@kbin.social
    27·
    11 months ago

    Losing 9kg in under 24hr is uh…a lot. Even with massive diarrhea that’s nearly 20 pounds of weight. Can you even lose that much through dehydration and not die?

    • KISSmyOS@lemmy.world
      17·
      11 months ago

      Yes, but it’s cutting it close.
      An 80kg man will have 48kg of water in his body on average. A loss of 15-25% is life-threatening, which would be 7-12kg of water weight.

    • Mac@mander.xyz
      13·
      11 months ago

      Didn’t the man who swam the English channel gain 10 kg because he would need to burn it during the activity or whatever?

      • gmtom@lemmy.world
        32·
        11 months ago

        Loads of people swim the English channel, its not /that/ hard. you might be thinking of a different swimmer

        • Mac@mander.xyz
          11·
          11 months ago

          Putting on weight for large swims is common and not only that but the amount in my comment was quoted from an article about swimming the English channel.

          But sure, gaslight me.

          • gmtom@lemmy.world
            31·
            11 months ago

            Lmao I wasn’t trying to gaslight you. I wasn’t sure of the info myself, hence why I said might

  • Seigest@lemmy.caEnglish
    16·
    11 months ago

    I am guessing here but It sounds like the not drinking part might be legal advice.

    If here was in anyway operating the boat it’s be bad to admit that. Or if the operators of the boat where not keeping an eye on passengers it may cause them to look liable in some way. The story could just be a cover for a more mundane and real one that he’s not allowed to tell.

    • Stoney_Logica1@lemmy.world
      21·
      11 months ago

      Since he fell off after drinking a few and winning an air guitar contest on a cruise ship, I’m going with him being a passenger, not an employee.

      • PowerGloveSoBad@lemmy.world
        3·
        11 months ago

        Imagine having someone on the ship who is addressed as “the captain” without winning the air guitar contest. The arrogance, my god

      • Synthuir@lemmy.ml
        1·
        11 months ago

        And if not then, damn, someone tell me the name of this cruise ship company that fucks

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    1511·
    11 months ago

    Bamboo is edible. Sort of. They put it in Chinese food sometimes. It’s awful and you have to pick it out, but I assume you can survive if you eat it.