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Hydration is important.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No I have not. 30 degrees in Europe today and I have had maybe 1.5 l of water.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

I'm drinking my fourth beer of the afternoon as I write this. Does that count?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

"Drank" and "drunk" are forms of the irregular verb "drink". "Drank" is the past tense form, as in "I drank two glasses of water last night." "Drunk" is the past participle, as in "She had drunk three cups of coffee before 9 a.m."

You're asking "have you..", so wouldn't it be "have you drunk", not "have you drank"?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is misconjugating verbs a symptom of dehydration?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Delirium and confusion for sure can be, so I think that'd be counted under one or the other, yes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The fact that people so often use the past tense instead of the past participle is perhaps evidence that it doesn't really matter, descriptively?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Once you're fluent you can use colloquialisms, sure, so yeah, descriptively it doesn't matter really, but most people learning a language sort of need the rules so they can understand once those rules start getting bent or broken. Imo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I think that it's a sign that English could stand to regularize further.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Probably stupid but I feel like I'm weird and don't need as much water as the health officials recommend. Like I'm a more efficient model lol. I also get kind of bloated and gurgley if I have too much water. I'll drink when I'm thirsty or if I know I'm going out for a while in warm weather.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is me too. I oddly have like 3 cups of water every day and have been fine. No abnormal labs or anything. Only drink when I am thirsty. Only increases in hot weather or exercise.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Probably stupid but I feel like I'm weird and don't need as much water as the health officials recommend. Like I'm a more efficient model

Let's hope your right, otherwise you're going to experience kidney stones sooner or later. And also all the other effects of sustained dehydration which are no fun and some are irreperable

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Not yet, but it's not even 10 AM yet...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

No and I've been trying to drink more lately. Good looking out OP 🤝

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I'm about to donate plasma so I am fully locked and hydrated. Also, I had a kidney stone last year and I never want to experience that again. I now drink 2-3L of water a day without really thinking about it, it's habit now

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I had a very long and active day, and kept my fluids up. I can answer "I think so." which I guess really means, "Probably not."

I had a series of inexplicable migraines when I was 15. A doctor asked what I was doing before they started.

"Surfing."

"How long?"

"Most of the day. Around 5-6 hours."

"And did you drink any water?"

"Eh, nope."

"You're dehydrating yourself but probably aren't realising it because you're in water."

I started coming in every couple hours to drink a litre. Problem solved. Felt like an idiot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Not an idiot - you had an issue, you asked someone with better knowledge/training/experience, you listened and acted on their advice. Sounds pretty smart to me 👍

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

No, but a sixpack of beer is hydration too, right?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

40°c in the shade; i drank 4l, i still dont think it's enough

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I drink ridiculously large amounts of water... I should probably drink less.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I have been drinking tons of fluids lately. Mostly water. I'm peeing right now, in fact.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I think so, but also today is the first time this year my dog finished two bottles of water on her walk.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's difficult in summer. Too hot, I keep drinking and pissing as if I'm not dehydrated.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

As an expert at drinking in hot weather to stay cool and keep your mind off it. Every third drink, glass of water or something like a scotch and water, tall glass with ice. Game changer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

No, but I had a lot of prosecco

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Agreed. I try to drink water regularly myself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

...no

grudgingly sips

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Yes, I have a 14h reminder to drink 1L of water, which is my entire daily intake. I have this reminder because without it I may well drink nothing at all and not even realize.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I drink a pint of water after every time I use the bathroom, and I trained myself to use the bathroom every two hours on the dot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

No I am the greatest person alive I don't need water to sustain myself /s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Hopefully, I did a lot of work in the Texas sun today. I have a huge ass travel mug that I use when working outside, and I filled it and finished it twice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

No not yet, only had 3 of the 4L the doctor wants me to drink.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

It's super hot in here. I drink lots of water. Two 5 liter bottles (idk if they're bottles anymore when they're that huge) run out within 1.5 days.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago

I drank coca cola and like half glass of water