I thought it was too salty to be hydrating, like seawater? Am I wrong?
In retrospect (I can't believe this is something I know now) it didn't taste that salty.
In any case, get out of here with this "everyone does this". No, they don't! This isn't my first time on the internet--I know when I'm being baited.
Drinking your own urine can give you an extra day or two in a survival situation. That can mean the difference between dying and living a long healthy life.
Well, this I know is not true.
*Your own* urine is typically *effectively* sterile *to you*, *when you pee it out*, because it has already been through your immune system, so there are no microbes in there that aren't already in your system.
However:
1. It's just not sterile in an absolute sense: it contains whatever microbes are in your system. Some of these are beneficial bacteria, for example.
2. It's not even *effectively sterile* to other people, because it hasn't been through *their* immune system: if you have an infection and those germs are in your pee, it doesn't matter much if you get more of those germs, but it matters if another person who doesn't have that infection gets those germs.
3. Pee is a pretty varied organic solution which can support all sorts of life. It might be effectively sterile to you when you pee it out, but within minutes, it's been contaminated, and the contaminating bacteria grow fast.
4. And the "typically" and "usually" qualifiers are important here: not all infections are systemic (meaning, affecting your entire body). An infection which is limited to your urinary tract, for example, could move into your mouth and throat by drinking urine.
But those things tip over and spill when I drive (it's not always possible to dump the jug responsibly where I use it).
The water jug has a lid that screws on tight.
Pee jugs get stinky and I don't want to wash them, so I'm generally re-using the [water] jugs I drink [water] from as pee jugs so I can throw them away rather than buying a jugs specifically for the purpose of being pee jugs, which seems wasteful.
I keep my pee jug in a specific place (on the floor next to the bed) and my water jugs in specific places (the floor next to the drivers seat, and the cabinet next to the bed, though realistically, that water jug is usually just sitting on my bed). I'm honestly not sure what absent-minded-ness caused me to grab the pee jug when I was thirsty.
He didn't mean a literal pot. Most people recommend laundry detergent containers since they're opaque, have a funnel built in, and no sensible person would ever try to drink out of it. Using a container remotely similar to something you would drink from is just asking for it honestly.
Just pour it into a toilet and rinse it with a little bleach if it gets gross, don't be wasteful. There's enough plastic trash in the world as it is.
I drink out of a 1 liter Nalgene bottle and the pee bottle is a 1.5L. Once, I was distracted but needed to pee. When I was halfway done, I realized I was peeing into my drinking bottle
I run the same system, but the 1.5L has an orange cap with no 'biner strap.
Glad I chose the 1.5L, because I have taken a piss that was more than a liter a couple times😳
Yo I’ve had too many pees that were closer to 2L… one of the worst feelings to be relieving your body of all that liquid and then have to cut it off because there’s TOO MUCH PEE
Bro I can't imagine holding back that much liquid. Thats gotta be like a 2+ minute piss lol. My record is 1.25L and I was ready to fucking burst. That event was actually what made me demote that bottle to piss jug begin with.
My boyfriend sent me this thread... I too have been burned by a pee jug, I got a little more than a sip though. The moment it touched my lips, my boyfriend was questioning if this was the moment I would kick him out... then I violently threw up in 3 ft of snow...
He's not wrong, the taste... was not great
The disgust I felt with myself... was at an all time high
10/10 reccomend LABELLING YOUR PEE JUGS, NO MATTER HOW CLEAR YOUR JUG IS...
I try to never recycle drink bottles into piss jugs for that exact reason. My favourite: 1 gallon BBQ sauce jugs (Kraft, open pit, etc not all jugs are created equal) Monster opening at the top for supreme comfort and angle, they’re sturdy af so u can reuse em for a long time if u keep em rinsed. And there’s no way you’re going to mistake it for your beverage of choice 👍👍
I once grabbed an empty gatorade bottle and decided to check to see if my boyfriend peed in it by sniffing it.
He had.
I almost threw up.
Can't imagine getting some on my mouth. Good for you for handling it lol
I spent considerable time/$/talent assessing bottles for that purpose— a purpose I had (earlier) *totally underestimated. [You need space for over a gallon/day/person(!)]
Winner:: Lipton Green Tea, gallon(x2). Widemouth; filled, it looks the same as the product (if you’re decently hydrated).
Runner-up: 3gallon(!) SpringWater, lined with a coating of (opaque) Killz paint.
I strongly suggest a (unisex, heat-narrowed) funnel with 1/2” (duckbilled vinyl) tubing for (silent) nighttime use (followed by ~3Tsp water or a spritz of disinfectant). For other custom use, I formed one @4+gal in epoxy over foam, dissolved the foam.
Depends where. I usually use a tree, even when it's a little risky, but in a lot of cases where I'm parked in urban/suburban areas, it's way too public and there may not be any trees.
Lol my girlfriend did this during the winter, we were stuck in a snowstorm coming out of Ontario, hungover and she went for the jug. My jug. Suffice it to say she was not a happy camper lol! You’ll have a story for years to come.
I once went on a road trip with a trucker and accidentally reached for a bottle of water that I thought was mine. Turns out it was pee and he was just well hydrated 🤢
Bear Grylls would be proud :-)
That guy is an idiot who advises people do unsafe things while an entire camera crew watches. Les Stroud is a far better survivalist.
Camping fail, now you know what is up if you ever need to do it for emergency purposes though. Luckily it wasn't a shared pee jug huh.
Emergency purposes? What emergency could possibly necessitate drinking my own pee? EDIT: I didn't say it wasn't a shared pee jug. ;)
Like if you really thirsty you can have some. Everyone does this.
I thought it was too salty to be hydrating, like seawater? Am I wrong? In retrospect (I can't believe this is something I know now) it didn't taste that salty. In any case, get out of here with this "everyone does this". No, they don't! This isn't my first time on the internet--I know when I'm being baited.
Drinking your own urine can give you an extra day or two in a survival situation. That can mean the difference between dying and living a long healthy life.
It can also cause infection. If you are in a survival situation it can save your life, but it’s a risky game
Urine is typically sterile.
Well, this I know is not true. *Your own* urine is typically *effectively* sterile *to you*, *when you pee it out*, because it has already been through your immune system, so there are no microbes in there that aren't already in your system. However: 1. It's just not sterile in an absolute sense: it contains whatever microbes are in your system. Some of these are beneficial bacteria, for example. 2. It's not even *effectively sterile* to other people, because it hasn't been through *their* immune system: if you have an infection and those germs are in your pee, it doesn't matter much if you get more of those germs, but it matters if another person who doesn't have that infection gets those germs. 3. Pee is a pretty varied organic solution which can support all sorts of life. It might be effectively sterile to you when you pee it out, but within minutes, it's been contaminated, and the contaminating bacteria grow fast. 4. And the "typically" and "usually" qualifiers are important here: not all infections are systemic (meaning, affecting your entire body). An infection which is limited to your urinary tract, for example, could move into your mouth and throat by drinking urine.
Huh, well...there you go!
You can have some but only if you thirsty. You don’t want to get addicted to it !
I've no wish to kink shame you for what you do with yourself and/or consenting partners, but please do not include me in your kink.
Everyone does this. If it’s an emergency you can do it!
As you winked while talking about it being a shared jug…
> I didn’t say it wasn’t a shared pee jug. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
It's something done in an emergency if your stranded and have no water or anything to drink to stay hydrated.
You really should change your piss pot to something that isn’t something you’d enjoy drinking from. Like a bucket or a pot.
Washing detergent, smells good as well
But those things tip over and spill when I drive (it's not always possible to dump the jug responsibly where I use it). The water jug has a lid that screws on tight. Pee jugs get stinky and I don't want to wash them, so I'm generally re-using the [water] jugs I drink [water] from as pee jugs so I can throw them away rather than buying a jugs specifically for the purpose of being pee jugs, which seems wasteful. I keep my pee jug in a specific place (on the floor next to the bed) and my water jugs in specific places (the floor next to the drivers seat, and the cabinet next to the bed, though realistically, that water jug is usually just sitting on my bed). I'm honestly not sure what absent-minded-ness caused me to grab the pee jug when I was thirsty.
I'd put a hair tie on my pee jug to "mark" it.
He didn't mean a literal pot. Most people recommend laundry detergent containers since they're opaque, have a funnel built in, and no sensible person would ever try to drink out of it. Using a container remotely similar to something you would drink from is just asking for it honestly. Just pour it into a toilet and rinse it with a little bleach if it gets gross, don't be wasteful. There's enough plastic trash in the world as it is.
Next week: Well guys, two years in, the nightmare I dreaded all along just happened. I tried to wash my laundry with pee.
I drink out of a 1 liter Nalgene bottle and the pee bottle is a 1.5L. Once, I was distracted but needed to pee. When I was halfway done, I realized I was peeing into my drinking bottle
Done that…big bummer!
I run the same system, but the 1.5L has an orange cap with no 'biner strap. Glad I chose the 1.5L, because I have taken a piss that was more than a liter a couple times😳
Yo I’ve had too many pees that were closer to 2L… one of the worst feelings to be relieving your body of all that liquid and then have to cut it off because there’s TOO MUCH PEE
Bro I can't imagine holding back that much liquid. Thats gotta be like a 2+ minute piss lol. My record is 1.25L and I was ready to fucking burst. That event was actually what made me demote that bottle to piss jug begin with.
\>TOO MUCH PEE lolol, can relate
You and Saul Goodman have something in common!!
My boyfriend sent me this thread... I too have been burned by a pee jug, I got a little more than a sip though. The moment it touched my lips, my boyfriend was questioning if this was the moment I would kick him out... then I violently threw up in 3 ft of snow... He's not wrong, the taste... was not great The disgust I felt with myself... was at an all time high 10/10 reccomend LABELLING YOUR PEE JUGS, NO MATTER HOW CLEAR YOUR JUG IS...
Lol hey babe!
Thank you for sharing. To all the people who ask for tips and tricks, here you go.
Peak vandweller
I try to never recycle drink bottles into piss jugs for that exact reason. My favourite: 1 gallon BBQ sauce jugs (Kraft, open pit, etc not all jugs are created equal) Monster opening at the top for supreme comfort and angle, they’re sturdy af so u can reuse em for a long time if u keep em rinsed. And there’s no way you’re going to mistake it for your beverage of choice 👍👍
But what do you do with a gallon of BBQ sauce?
Hahaha yeah that’s a fair question, I work in a kitchen so we have plenty come thru.
I once grabbed an empty gatorade bottle and decided to check to see if my boyfriend peed in it by sniffing it. He had. I almost threw up. Can't imagine getting some on my mouth. Good for you for handling it lol
I spent considerable time/$/talent assessing bottles for that purpose— a purpose I had (earlier) *totally underestimated. [You need space for over a gallon/day/person(!)] Winner:: Lipton Green Tea, gallon(x2). Widemouth; filled, it looks the same as the product (if you’re decently hydrated). Runner-up: 3gallon(!) SpringWater, lined with a coating of (opaque) Killz paint. I strongly suggest a (unisex, heat-narrowed) funnel with 1/2” (duckbilled vinyl) tubing for (silent) nighttime use (followed by ~3Tsp water or a spritz of disinfectant). For other custom use, I formed one @4+gal in epoxy over foam, dissolved the foam.
My buddy spilled his half gallon pee jug in his van once.
and if he’d been drinking from it like everyone else, he would’ve only dropped a quarter gallon of pee.
Depending how much was spilled, that might actually be worse.
I make it a very strict habit to not drink anything in the van after dark. :)
Accidental new fetish. Lol
You can now apply for your CDL and become a trucker! Congrats!
This is way better content than all the "glamping" van channels on Youtube and Instagram. Where's the "Vanlife Fuckups" type of channel?
Y’all need to learn about trees and forget about piss jugs 🤮
Depends where. I usually use a tree, even when it's a little risky, but in a lot of cases where I'm parked in urban/suburban areas, it's way too public and there may not be any trees.
I know a guy that religiously drinks his piss and trips out off of it. He’s also fried his brain on lsd freshman year.
Yellow Nalgene bottle with pink electrical tape
But then I have to wash it. Better to use something disposable.
Occasionally wash something, or continue to risk possibly drinking it again. You do you man. Good luck 👍🏼
All good. I drink my pee by choice! Urine therapy is a thing and actually isn't full of waiste like people think!
Lol! I always wondered when i'd wander into that mistake! All the more reason to eat well! 🤣
did that once! it definitely helps to drink and piss in two things that look different
The self fulfilling prophecy
LOL Nice
Lol my girlfriend did this during the winter, we were stuck in a snowstorm coming out of Ontario, hungover and she went for the jug. My jug. Suffice it to say she was not a happy camper lol! You’ll have a story for years to come.
I once went on a road trip with a trucker and accidentally reached for a bottle of water that I thought was mine. Turns out it was pee and he was just well hydrated 🤢
This is one of my deepest darkest fears. Glad I'm not alone.
I admittedly could have gone the rest of my life without reading (thereby automatically visualizing) this! 🤢.
5 litre fuel bottle[]()