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talonfrye

rasec-wizzlbang

Can someone calculate for me the volume of loch ness in liters so I can figure out how many humans you’d need to drink it

rasec-wizzlbang

Ok I had to search a bit, but it’s apparently 7,448,160,000,000 liters?
this is a problem, the upper limit of the average human stomach is just four liters, and even then that’s a very uncomfortable amount of water to have in there. Which means there aren’t enough humans on this planet to drink all of loch ness

jesus-lizard-journal

what if they drank their fill and then peed it out somewhere where the liquid wouldn’t just run back into loch ness? Then they could go back and drink more the next morning. How many days would that take? Would we end up with a new loch made entirely of pee? Loch piss?

rasec-wizzlbang

possibly, but thats not taking rainfall into account and the amount of water fed into it every day by the River Oich

sindilex

The upper limit for the human stomach is about 4 liters. It takes the human body about 45 to 60 minutes to absorb/expel 1 liter of water (for the sake of this math problem just go with 60 (1 hour). An average person sleeps 8 hours. An average person spends about 3 hours eating (1 hour for each meal of the day) A day is 24 hours.

1 person alone: 572 billion days or all 7.3 billion people just 78.5 days, roughly. Assuming no one died of e coli or something.

rasec-wizzlbang

this is good, but again, this doesn’t take rainfall or the river oich into account. It would have to be done during a dryer season in scottland and the river would need to be dammed.

severalowls

There is no dryer season in Scotland though. It hasn’t stopped raining since Roman times.

You might need a second team of people to hold umbrellas over the drinking people.

rasec-wizzlbang

the rain would still drip off the umbrellas and into the loch, this is gonna be a problem…
someone calculate the annual rainfall over Scotland, can 7 billion people outdrink it?

frog-and-toad-are-friends

The western Highlands, where Loch Ness is located, is one of the rainiest places in Europe, with a yearly average rainfall of 4,577 millimeters (12.54 millimeters a day). Loch Ness’ surface area is 56 square kilometers. If it rains 12.54 millimeters every day, then Loch Ness will gain 702,240 cubic meters (over 700 million liters) of water per day. Everyone will have to drink 0.1 extra liters of water to keep up.

rasec-wizzlbang

that sounds doable!
our goal is now clear

cocobutterbella

ok but why tho?

rasec-wizzlbang

if you can think of a better way to find Nessie I’d love to hear it

talonfrye

zagreus

one tectonic plate approaching another

“so are you a top or a bottom?”

zagreus

two tops? you get a mountain. two bottoms? VALLEY BRO

zagreus

i don’t know anything about geology

zagreus

asymbina

Are you (Mg,Fe2+)2(Mg,Fe2+)5Si8O22(OH)2?

zagreus

I had to google that and i swear to fuck I will kill you

talonfrye

soloontherocks

my favorite side effect warning is for antidepressants

pros: you won’t want to kill yourself

cons: you might want to kill yourself

notnights

Back when I was in a psychiatric hospital, and was offered antidepressants, my mother had declined them due to that apparent side effect. So the staff actually explained about this effect antidepressants have, that give reason to that warning.
When first taking antidepressants they raise up your energy first. So that you have the energy to do the tasks you might have avoided doing due to your depression.
Because of this those who were already suicidal, now have the energy to go do so. Which is the ones this warning is given for.
It’s not that a side effect of antidepressants magically makes you want to kill yourself, it’s the energy it gives those who were already struggling with suicidal issues, to actually attempt the act.

butterscotchwm

Very informative…

staying-happily-high

Wow. I’m so glad you explained that. Now I understand

its-thedinosaurman

My high school choir/psych teacher actually told is about this. She also said if you have a suicidal friend who starts seeming like they might be getting better because they have more energy, that’s the time to be cautious because that’s when they may still be suicidal but they’ll actually have the energy to go through with it

constantine-spiritworker

THIS. a thousand times THIS. I had it explained to me in my AP psychology class in high school. super fucking important.

fatale-distraction

THIS IS SO IMPORTANT and I wish my doctors had explained it to me this well when I first started taking them.

fatale-distraction

JUST GONNA REBLOG THIS AGAIN TO ADD that my younger sister in law recently started on anti-depressants among other medications in juncture with therapy to help handle an extreme case of OCD and anxiety, and I was the one who had to explain this to her. Her doctor only explained the risks, and not WHY they would actually be considered risks, which put her off of taking medication for most of her life. I explained it, and she understood, and THAT is why she is now on medication that is significantly improving her life. DOCTORS NEED TO TELL US THIS SHIT.

grumpyoldnurse

Best description of why ‘increased risk of suicide’ is included in the warning for anti-depressants I’ve ever read.

Signal boost this to save a life.

agenderlizards

Also worth noting that in individuals with Bipolar Disorder antidepressants can cause a lot of issues. If you have a family history of bipolar it’s crucial you tell your psychiatrist so they know to be careful giving you antidepressants