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JiffyPopKids Jul 22, 2018 @ 2:19pm
Toilet water. . .
Would you drink this if you were dying of thirst IRL?
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Lonelywolf Jul 22, 2018 @ 2:21pm 
Depends on how long the toilet has remained unused. Considering most of the buildings carry a temperature just below that of freezing, any bacteria is probably null at that point so it would probably be safe. If I was dying of thirst IRL I'd do it, but otherwise I'd pass for just boiling up some water from snow or collecting it from a creek.
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SBlack Jul 22, 2018 @ 2:22pm 
Most of the toilet water is from the reservoir behind the toilet. That's perfectly fine. The iffy ones are the toilets in the hydro dam
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IFIYGD Jul 22, 2018 @ 2:28pm 
Damn straight I would, if I had no other choice...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/steve-adsley-survives-stroke-by-drinking-toilet-water-for-7-days-1.2717679
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akluis Jul 22, 2018 @ 3:08pm 
Most places the water that fills the toilet comes from same pipes that run water to your kitchen sink, shower, and everyplace else. From the tank? Absolutely.

From the bowl? less likely.
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Pestilence Jul 22, 2018 @ 5:31pm 
Absolutely
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ajb1978 Jul 22, 2018 @ 7:24pm 
Originally posted by akluis:
Most places the water that fills the toilet comes from same pipes that run water to your kitchen sink, shower, and everyplace else. From the tank? Absolutely.

From the bowl? less likely.
Agreed. From the tank, sure, no hesitation. From the bowl...in a survival situation yeah. Like if it was literally my last resort. Frankly I think toilet bowl water should count as unsafe in the game.
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BESt Jul 22, 2018 @ 11:37pm 
Originally posted by akluis:
Most places the water that fills the toilet comes from same pipes that run water to your kitchen sink, shower, and everyplace else. From the tank? Absolutely.

From the bowl? less likely.
Same here
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Klumpatsch Jul 23, 2018 @ 2:24am 
If any of us were literally DYING from thirst, we'd definitely drink from the bowl, I'm pretty certain about that. People have done much crazier things to escape death (for example eating their own dead relatives).

It's not even that gross when you think about it, because first, our toilet water is much safer than the water people drink in many poor countries, and second, our keyboards, smartphones, money, keys etc have much more bacteria on them, and do you really always thourougly wash your hands before eating something after touching any of that?
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Klumpatsch Jul 23, 2018 @ 2:35am 
Oh, and here's a fun fact I already disturbed many people with: every time you flush the toilet, the bacteria gets blown all over the place and in most cases manages to land on your tooth brush, which you later put into your mouth, so I'm sure you've already tasted some fecal germs one way or another :steammocking:
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PBR Jul 23, 2018 @ 2:41am 
Originally posted by JiffyPopKids:
Would you drink this if you were dying of thirst IRL?
In a heartbeat. I've had to filter mud though a mosquito head net then a sock out in the desert when the creek we expected to find turned out to have mostly dried up. Toilet water wouldn't be any worse.
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Brother Frederick Jul 23, 2018 @ 3:23am 
Originally posted by JeebusChrist:
Toilet water wouldn't be any worse.

Well, it could be polluted with chems by that thing you put into the bowl that keeps the bowl clean for longer times. (not sure how it's called in english - toilet bar or something like that...)

Anyway...

Water from the cistern is basically the same water that you have in your tap so I would drink it but just because it's stagnant I would at least boil it first.

Desperate times call for desperate measures...
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JiffyPopKids Jul 23, 2018 @ 8:55am 
Originally posted by JeebusChrist:
Originally posted by JiffyPopKids:
Would you drink this if you were dying of thirst IRL?
In a heartbeat. I've had to filter mud though a mosquito head net then a sock out in the desert when the creek we expected to find turned out to have mostly dried up. Toilet water wouldn't be any worse.

I'd say there's a difference between mud and toilet water :P

But yeah, I've drank water from a creek that was 90% runoff water from the roads. Of course i boiled it, and also filtered it with I think it was my hat. It didn't taste good, but it didn't kill me either. :)
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Nil Desperandum Jul 23, 2018 @ 9:04am 
It's a no brainer - of course I would.

I have a feeling this subject has been discussed before, if not then one very much like it. :steamhappy:
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JiffyPopKids Jul 23, 2018 @ 9:08am 
Originally posted by Nil Desperandum:
It's a no brainer - of course I would.

I have a feeling this subject has been discussed before, if not then one very much like it. :steamhappy:

Yeah, I've seen a couple threads about this before but just wanted to bring it up again. xD
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Liduska77 Jul 23, 2018 @ 9:49am 
Oh, yeah, for sure.

There would be no limit to the depths I would lower myself to if it helped me to live.
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