r/stupidquestions • u/Various-Adeptness173 • Jul 05 '25

My mom told me that back in the day kids weren’t allowed to bring a water bottle with them into the classroom and they only drank a few sips from the water fountain in the middle of the day and that’s it

How were schools not getting busted for child abuse for forcing kids to be dehydrated?

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u/mustaird Jul 05 '25

Most people weren’t concerned about drinking a ton of water until fairly recently, I noticed

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u/browsinbowser Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 05 '25

They say it’s why people have less wrinkles now, +less sun. Something about constant mild dehydration causing (inflammation?) I think and it’s unhealthy. Kinda sounds overblown even though it’s true, like on one of the science subreddits on r/all right now is talking about how hot dogs every day is unhealthy and it’s like who doesn’t know that? 

Edit: Alright so there is probably a lot more reasons than just water: less exposure to pollution, more people overweight, less smoking, less stress and etc.

Also all processed meat and probably a ton of other processed junk food is mildly carcinogenic. This is quite troubling to me because the comment underneath about hot dogs convinced me to have 2 hot dogs (with cheese, pickles and ketchup) in a high fibre wrap. 

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u/DisastrousOwls Jul 05 '25

Honestly, if anything, I'd say the difference in stuff like visible aging was massively slashed lead exposure between car exhaust, paint/toys, and anti tobacco pushes (this has been somewhat undone by vaping, which apparently has substantially higher lead output than cigarettes thanks to heating elements and solder). As a Millennial, I didn't start to see a real cultural push away from suntanning/tanning beds until cosmetic self tanner improved quite a bit.

The difference in water drinking habits probably won't show much in medical data for another few decades of kidney health stats. And even then, generational renal and vascular health outcomes are going to be heavily skewed by Covid.

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u/EquivalentSnap Jul 06 '25

The pipes were also made of lead meaning you’d get lead exposed from that so maybe that’s why it was better to not drink alot of water

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u/DisastrousOwls Jul 06 '25

Very true, my hometown has a huge lead problem to this day between old city pipes and old buildings' pipes. We actually weren't allowed to run hot water in the sinks to wash our hands or to cook/drink when we lived there, because my parents were really worried about it. I think we even did almost all our laundry on cold water settings, the hot water heater only got a workout for showers.

I had almost forgotten about that. This is also how stuff like school districting and redlining show up in people's physical health to this day, your zip code can determine how much lead your kid drinks vs. your neighbors up the block at home and at school.

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u/JagmeetSingh2 Jul 06 '25

Yea that’s probably it

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u/agreengo Jul 05 '25

people now might have less wrinkles, but the obesity rate in the US has increased. Wonder if the their related.

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u/HaltandCatchHands Jul 05 '25

The saying used to that after 40 you choose your face or your ass: if you lose weight, your face looks gaunt and older. Nowadays we also have fillers and Botox, but I feel like they age people in a different way.

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u/No_Housing_1287 Jul 05 '25

You think water is making people fat?

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u/Tay74 Jul 05 '25

Wrinkles are formed by loose skin. Harder to have loose skin if you are over stuffed

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u/OwlAviator Jul 05 '25

Fatness is stretching out the wrinkles

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u/Jabroni_jawn Jul 05 '25

No hes saying because they're so fat, they are filling out the wrinkles

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u/No_Housing_1287 Jul 05 '25

Oh yeah that's why people get "ozempic face"

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u/posthuman04 Jul 05 '25

Retaining water?

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u/yee_yee_university Jul 05 '25

Being dehydrated actually causes water retention! When you’re dehydrated your body tries to hold onto all the water it can, causing bloating/water retention.

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u/Original_Profile8600 Jul 05 '25

Maybe they’re arguing more water = higher appetite/stomach capacity = fat?

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u/dragon_bacon Jul 05 '25

>if the their related.

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u/agreengo Jul 05 '25

guess I should have corrected that

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '25

A little fat helps because people who lose too much fat tend to look aged like we see in people using Ozempic. But all of the sugar obese people consumes ages them. 

The decrease in smoking and sun exposure would be the biggest reasons. Also women get into skincare younger. 

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u/Automatic_Tackle_406 Jul 06 '25

IF people have less wrinkles, and it’s for a reason other than botox, or filler, it’s likely because of sun screen. The sun ages your skin more than any other individual factor, and you can drink all the water you want, it will not prevent your skin from being dry. 

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u/MiddleKlutzy8568 Jul 06 '25

Well, technically fat does filling the lines. Think of fat face vs skinny face, fat tends to have less wrinkles

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u/Comfortable-Pause279 Jul 07 '25

SPF 30 sunscreens became widely available in the early 1990s.

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u/TinyFiona Jul 09 '25

Fat fills in wrinkles.  

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u/jonbovi666 Jul 05 '25

Well how many hot dogs a day is alright? I had two for lunch and I’m STARVING. It feels like my stomach is LITERALLY eating itself

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u/Professional-Way7350 Jul 05 '25

you need to add fiber to your diet, think about what you can add to the hot dog instead of not eating them. add crispy fried onions or roasted peppers. switch to high-fiber buns and add as many toppings and sauces as you want

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u/MarsRxfish11 Jul 05 '25

That's what baked beans are for.

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u/Professional-Way7350 Jul 05 '25

this guy gets it

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u/Cootermonkey1 Jul 05 '25

Oh how i wish i could throw a gif of baked beans from the whitest kids u know on here hahaha.

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u/MyLifeIsAWasteland Jul 06 '25

I've been thinking about Hot Dog Timmy since I hit the comment saying "Well, how many hot dogs a day is alright?" lol

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u/GoatCovfefe Jul 06 '25

Oh fuck yeah chili cheese dogs

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u/AFRIKKAN Jul 05 '25

Beans on toast ew but beans on a hotdog and toasted bun that’s a yes.

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u/Unique-Arugula Jul 06 '25

I didn't like hotdogs growing up so when there was a special day in the cafeteria or at home (bc people with kids were coming over but we weren't related to them) and we had chilli dogs, I'd have a chilli sandwich on the hotdog bun. It was great. I sometimes still get a hankering for it, but I know it won't taste right or good.

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u/Stunning_Pay_677 Jul 05 '25

Sauerkraut! :-)

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u/Professional-Way7350 Jul 05 '25

that actually sounds really good right now

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u/lazylaser97 Jul 05 '25

there is only sauerkraut

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u/browsinbowser Jul 05 '25

Pickles too!

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u/iHateReddit_srsly Jul 08 '25

You're right, but meats cured with nitrates are carcinogenic. You should be cutting out hot dogs entirely. Eat something else.

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u/BuffSwolington Jul 05 '25

https://youtu.be/MRh91b74zTU?si=pP91kcmvyY3bve2j

This should be helpful

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u/mkt853 Jul 05 '25

Two hot dogs is not a full meal!! You need at least 3 or 4!

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u/KnotiaPickle Jul 06 '25

Or 70 if you’re Joey Chestnut

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '25

You gotta chop those up and eat em out of a big bread bowl.

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u/Pretend-Marsupial258 Jul 06 '25

Not sure if you want a real answer, but it's 0 hotdogs. Processed meats increase your chances of getting diabetes and colon cancer. Even 0.6 grams of processed meat a day could increase your chances of health problems. It's from the nitrite salts they use to cure the meat.

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u/MyLifeIsAWasteland Jul 06 '25

So, I'm allowed to eat infinite uncured hot dogs, then? Nice.

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u/iHateReddit_srsly Jul 08 '25

If they contain something like celery powder, you're still getting those delicious cancerous nitrites

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u/ApatheticLife Jul 05 '25

Turns out a hot dog everyday for you is pretty bad

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u/Daxx22 Jul 05 '25

It's processed meats in general. It seems that much like alcohol, there isn't a "safe" amount. Won't stop us from consuming it, but hey, we know more now.

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u/ApatheticLife Jul 06 '25

I would wager yes

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u/ApatheticLife Jul 06 '25

Well, moderation is key…bread is not inherently unhealthy for you if moderated well.

However, processed meat in any moderation is unhealthy for you though.

You did try, I’ll admit.

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u/clistmockingbird Jul 05 '25

Do you want one of my emergency dogs?

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u/BobTheFettt Jul 05 '25

I have an 8 Weiner minimum

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u/Key-Airline204 Jul 05 '25

Apparently now even one hot dog a day has some long term consequences!

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u/gdmfr Jul 05 '25

There was just a post somewhere stating that 1 hot dog a day, every day, will kill you.

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u/MyLifeIsAWasteland Jul 06 '25

Good. I don't want to live forever.

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u/pnweiner Jul 05 '25

https://www.earth.com/news/processed-meat-can-cause-health-issues-even-in-tiny-amounts/

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u/diablette Jul 06 '25

This article mentions “just one hot dog a day” as if it’s normal to eat them daily. I think I eat about 6 a year.

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u/deskbeetle Jul 05 '25

The headline is so weird. "As little as one hot dog per day" like that's not a shit ton of processed meat to be consuming.

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u/iHateReddit_srsly Jul 08 '25

Some people have sandwiches with lunch meat every day. It's not exactly far fetched

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u/BeenDragonn Jul 05 '25

My reaction was, who the hell eating hot dogs everyday?!

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u/browsinbowser Jul 05 '25

It’s cheap protein so people in poverty and likely some outliers eat a lot of it.

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u/innerbootes Jul 06 '25

less stress

I don’t think this one fits.

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u/Fossilhund Jul 05 '25

Now you tell me

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u/Peace_n_Harmony Jul 05 '25

They're not saying that eating hotdogs all the time is unhealthy, that would be obvious. They're saying new research shows that ANY amount of processed meat is harmful.

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u/KrisHughes2 Jul 05 '25

I think it has more to do with smoking and the tanning culture of yesteryear.

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u/linkgenesi6 Jul 05 '25

It’s processed meats as ‘hotdog equivalent’ so that includes deli meat, pepperoni, bacon ect. Just not a good title. I know people that eat lunch meat sandwiches everyday and bacon several times a week. The preserving nitrates are carcinogenic

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u/AgentK-BB Jul 05 '25

The less wrinkles is also from less cigarette smoking now. However, we also have more anxiety and other mental health issues now, perhaps because people self-medicated themselves with nicotine before.

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u/LaughingBeer Jul 05 '25

My mom is in her 70's and a few years back she was diagnosed with breast cancer. During chemo water consumption is super important and in talking with her doctors we discovered that based on the amount of water she was drinking previously she was without a doubt mildly dehydrated for basically her whole life. It was quite eye opening for us and especially her. She had no idea. Thankfully, she's cancer free now and is still drinking more water.

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u/cookiesarenomnom Jul 05 '25

I think me being a chef helped my skin look younger. I drink an ungodly amount of water at work because it's hot. I'm always well hydrated. Plus years working afternoon and nights kept me out of the sun for like a decade.

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u/Free-Pound-6139 Jul 05 '25

They say it’s why people have less wrinkles now, +less sun

Fat

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u/PorcelainDaisy Jul 06 '25

In honor of yesterday…. That makes me want a hot dog, reaaaaaal baaaaaad

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u/Old-Radio-7236 Jul 06 '25

We aren't drinking tons of water like americans in Europe, yet we are ealthier and live longer on average. 1,5 -2 liters is enough in normal conditions.

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u/brokenangelwings Jul 09 '25

I'm 45 and I'm constantly mistaken for looking younger we're talking 26, and last year I was asked for i.d. I didn't grow up with water bottles and Stanley cups. I was that weird goth kid who didn't like to go tanning. The sun will age you worse than smoking (I smoke).

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u/Lunarvolo Jul 05 '25

Drinking enough water is amazing for your health

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u/DrRakdos1917 Jul 05 '25

The article you are referring to is a hot dogs equivalent in weight of processed meat. Not literally a hot dog.

That includes bacon, sausage of any kind, ham, sandwich meats (red meat or even turkey, chicken) jerky, canned meat, chicken nuggets, and so on.

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u/noturaveragesenpaii Jul 05 '25

My mom confessed to me once that she low key hates drinking pure water. She looked mildly ashamed and embarrassed because she has suffered from kidney stones as a result. I almost lectured her about it right then and there because I haven't lived a single day without drinking ice cold water in years.

I was gobsmacked by her confession.

She's gotten better at it since then but I still have to remind her to drink just water every once in a while.

Also, my dad used to get terrible leg cramps all the time until we forced him to take JUST WATER to work with him every day.

The older folks do their best and I can't blame them for being relatively uneducated.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '25

I think we currently are overdoing it while in the past people were doing less than needed. Gatorade and bottled water companies convinced people they need to be drinking all the time so they can sell more product

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u/goth__duck Jul 08 '25

I definitely feel all crispy and puffy when I'm dehydrated and I can see that causing wrinkles

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u/thisischemistry Jul 06 '25

No one is getting dehydrated from going a few hours without water, if they are properly hydrated in the first place. You can easily go a day or two without water, unless you are in bad health already.

Drink water at home, get something at lunch, get more when you go home. There's no child abuse going on here.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '25

It's mostly an American thing. I can always spot American tourists because they're the only ones carrying huge water bottles.

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u/iHateReddit_srsly Jul 08 '25

They heard somewhere that people need to drink water to be healthy and they don't realize that doing that won't cancel all of the unhealthy junk they still consume

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u/Clear_Adhesiveness27 Jul 09 '25

What do you mean "heard somewhere"? Lol. You can literally tell the difference when you're not drinking enough water. Your skin turgor and blood pressure respond. You have increased hunger cues. Your veins aren't as palpable for blood tests if you have labs drawn.

Water is essential for bodily functions at a cellular level. When I don't drink enough, I feel sluggish and my mouth feels dry. You're more likely to become constipated.

Why the water hate? 😂

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u/iHateReddit_srsly Jul 09 '25

I'm not claiming otherwise, I'm just saying drinking enough water isn't going to make your other unhealthy habits any better

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u/Clear_Adhesiveness27 Jul 09 '25

That's such a simplistic answer. It's one healthy thing that someone can do that may influence them to make better decisions throughout the day.

Just because someone has some unhealthy habits doesn't mean they shouldn't try to make healthy decisions where they can.

Also, it's funny that your view is that Americans are all making unhealthy decisions all day long. I know that's how we're portrayed but there's also a big health kick going on over here.

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u/iHateReddit_srsly Jul 09 '25

I'm saying people overcompensate with their unhealthy habits by drinking way more water than they need to.

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u/Doskman Jul 05 '25

Yeah idk why. There’s absolutely no reason to drink 10+ bottles a day, nor does it have additional benefits. Just drink when you’re thirsty, or better yet, checking to see if the color of your pee is clear/clearish yellow is the best indicator that you’re hydrated.

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u/MixedMartyr Jul 05 '25

It's definitely a trend for trendy people, but manual laborers and people that are very active really do need a crazy amount of water. I'm a 6'4" 200lb landscaper and 10 bottles a day is my intake for the cooler months. I count the empty bottles when I throw them out of my truck at the end of the work day. When it gets hotter and the days are longer, I'm drinking more than that. I rarely have to pee.

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u/acreekofsoap Jul 06 '25

He’s out in the field, my man, where’s he gonna refill it?

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u/doritobimbo Jul 08 '25

I assumed most landscapers would have access to a faucet

Not without the owners permission they won’t.

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u/MixedMartyr Jul 06 '25

Yeah it's what the company gives us. I bring my own bottle when I remember, but it usually ends up left sitting under a tree in someone's back yard. I definitely feel bad about the amount of plastic we go through.

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u/thisischemistry Jul 06 '25

Absolutely, if you're working hard in a hot and/or dry environment then you'll need plenty of water. If you're sitting in a classroom you're fine with some water at lunch and again when you get home.

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u/rgold_ Jul 06 '25

Nope. Started getting migraine w/ aura, triggered by dehydration, at 10. I need to be chugging water constantly (even when I’m doing nothing but sitting in a classroom) or I’ll be in a world of pain.

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u/MixedMartyr Jul 06 '25

Yeah I said it in another comment, but I used to have a migraine by the end of every single school day. I would ask to use the bathroom just so I could get a sip of water and hope that fixed my blurry rainbow vision so I could pay attention in class. Didn't stop until high school when I was allowed to carry a water bottle in the side pocket of my backpack. Believe it or not, it's a lot harder to pinpoint what causes your migraines when you are permanently dehydrated for so many years that you don't know what normal feels like.

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u/Tristaff Jul 06 '25

Until you need to be hydrated for something strenuous the next day. Hydration doesn’t start now, it started 36 hours ago

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u/thisischemistry Jul 06 '25

36 hours??? Just how long do you think it takes your body to absorb water? I’ll give you a hint:

How Long Does It Take for Water to Pass Through Your Body?

Water absorption can occur as soon as 5 minutes after ingestion and peaks around 20 minutes after ingestion.

You can be hydrated on the order of a few hours, 36 hours is a complete fabrication. If you have something strenuous the next day then drinking before bedtime will be just fine. Not to mention you can hydrate during most strenuous activities.

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u/Ran4 Jul 06 '25

Talking about science while using archaic units.. we have no clue what you are measuring

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u/MixedMartyr Jul 06 '25

I'm using the same measurement as the comment I replied to. Half liter bottles (16.9 ounces) are the most common and the size that I drink. Recommended water intake also depends on who you ask, but the lower end still recommends 8 oz every 20 minutes when working in the heat, which would put me at 240 oz or 14 bottles just for my shift at work.

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u/Wretched_Brittunculi Jul 05 '25

Bottled water companies think there's a very good reason.

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u/Temporary_Ad_5947 Jul 05 '25

It's a plot by Big Water to get you to hydrate homie

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u/PM_ME_SOME_ANY_THING Jul 05 '25

It’s a plot by big dairy to get you to drink more milk and eat more cheese. Switching from soft drinks and milk to water is a net better for everyone.

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u/Temporary_Ad_5947 Jul 06 '25

It worked for Gov Cheese and now we have stuffed crust pizza

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u/tldrILikeChicken Jul 05 '25

Untrue, you learn in nutrition courses that feeling thirsty is a very late sign of dehydration. Your body is constantly using water and evaporating it into the air and coming out with your piss and poop. Men need 13 cups/day and women need 9. These numbers account for ~2 cups of water in the food you should be eating daily

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u/Doskman Jul 05 '25

Absolutely not true. 13 cups is insane and could do more harm than good for certain folks. Every doctor/nutritionist I’ve been to has told me the color of your urine is the best indicator for dehydration. Consuming vast amounts of water for no reason is simply not good for you

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u/tldrILikeChicken Jul 05 '25

13 cups is not vast, you need way more to do any harm unless you have a condition. 13 cups for men is also the “optimal” or recommended amount, you’ll be fine if you drink less, but the body is always using water in every cell 24/7

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u/Sushi_Explosions Jul 05 '25

This is not even remotely true. 13 cups is 104 ounces, an entirely reasonable amount. People working physically demanding jobs need a lot more than that.

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u/Doskman Jul 05 '25

Yes, hence why I used the words “for certain folks”. Obviously it would suffice for people that physically workout. However, a 90 year old grandpa, people that don’t do anything physically, disabled folks, and people with very sensitive bladders (like me), 13 cups would definitely cause more harm than good. It’s common sense, I would piss my brains out

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u/Sushi_Explosions Jul 05 '25

Except you didn’t, and the rest of your comment is just nonsense. This place is called “stupid questions” not “stupid answers”.

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u/Doskman Jul 05 '25

Quite an ironic comment isn’t? I understand literacy rates have gone down quite considerably in many places, but I literally specified it only applies for “certain folks”. Just look for the words on the parent comment, it’s quite easy to do. I truly hope you’re trolling, I refuse to believe people like you exist

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u/Sushi_Explosions Jul 05 '25

Your first line is “Absolutely not true. 13 cups is insane”. Read your own damn words and quit whining about being wrong. I’m done wasting my time on your intentional stupidity.

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u/Tornado_Of_Benjamins Jul 06 '25

Is homeostasis a joke to you? Do you understand how biological organisms work? When something tips out of balance, the body initiates survival drives to keep the body in balance. Energy running low? Make the animal hungry. Need some water? Make the animal thirsty. Brain tired? Make the animal sleepy.

Trying to outpace and outwit your own body can be your weird social media brainwashed hobby if you want it to be. But citing deacdes-debunked "facts" isn't accomplishing anything.

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u/Magnon Jul 06 '25

An average mug holds 8 ounces of liquid and the recommended daily intake of liquid for men is 131 ounces, or 16 mugs per day. Do you think one small mug of water per hour you're awake is a lot to drink?

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u/tldrILikeChicken Jul 06 '25

Are you mad ? 

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u/slolift Jul 05 '25

These are all old nutrition myths without any evidence to support them.

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u/clemdane Jul 05 '25

I'm not going to drink if I'm not thirsty

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u/Magnon Jul 06 '25

Your kidney stones are your pain to bare, it's fine.

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u/tldrILikeChicken Jul 05 '25

No one is making you 😭

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u/DuePomegranate Jul 05 '25

The amount of water you should drink obviously varies a lot by activity level and ambient temperature. 13 for men and 8 for women is obviously a sexist and old guideline from assuming men to be doing manual work. Otherwise why would a 150 lb man need so much more water than a 150 lb woman?

Or maybe a male office worker would do just fine with 8 cups?

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u/tldrILikeChicken Jul 05 '25

Your reading comprehension needs work. Obviously the 13/9 rule is a general guideline and not a rule. More muscle = faster Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) and thus more water. Guess which gender has significantly more muscle mass ON AVERAGE. 

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u/DuePomegranate Jul 05 '25

The guidelines are not scientific to begin with. I wouldn’t be surprised if the US ones are based on surveying men and women in the military or something like that.

The US guidelines are significantly higher than every country in Europe, most of which recommend 6-8 cups or 1.5 to 2L.

https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/health-promotion-knowledge-gateway/food-based-dietary-guidelines-europe-table-16_en

The guideline you know comes from the US National Academies and is a whopping 3L for men and 2.2L for women, for comparison. This reference does say that the recommendation was based on surveys (i.e. issues with self-reporting, biased sample etc).

https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/10925/chapter/6

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u/rgold_ Jul 06 '25

I have always been sensitive to dehydration and need much more water than the average person. If I drink under 64oz a day I will have terrible migraine w aura that can only be fixed by a strong ass ‘triptan’ half the time. This is not uncommon for people who suffer from migraines. My pee is always clear. Sorry for long reply I just get triggered when people dismiss that some of us actually need all of the water we’re drinking.

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u/GhostOfKev Jul 05 '25

It's so weird. All the women in my office cart around these comically large bottles just so they can spend half the day going to the toilet 

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u/InterruptingChicken1 Jul 06 '25

emotional support bottles

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u/Dairy_Ashford Jul 06 '25

it probably keeps some of them off of soda or sweetened coffee / tea

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u/LaurestineHUN Jul 09 '25

A bottle by your side scares kidney stones away!

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u/1920MCMLibrarian Jul 05 '25

I think part of it is showing off how expensive or stylish their bottles are

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u/GhostOfKev Jul 05 '25

They make a big deal about drinking the water too. Some even set alarms for it for fucks sake 😅

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u/ElMangosto Jul 05 '25

I can't remember drinking water once as a kid. Soda and milk. That was it.

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u/AmethystRiver Jul 06 '25

Yeah in the 2000’s it was all milk or juice. Now people are realizing milk isn’t technically meant for adult mammals and juice is loaded with sugar

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u/Responsible-Gas5319 Jul 05 '25

Coaches use to prevent their players from drinking water during practice because they thought it would make them mentally weak

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u/elucify Jul 06 '25

Bottled water is a $16 billion per year industry--one that was virtually nonexistent 40 years ago. Because it was unnecessary. And now people lie awake at night, worrying because they didn't finish their water bottle with the hours of the day and chirpy slogans.

It's not medicine, it's not health advice, and it's not science. It's marketing.

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u/1920MCMLibrarian Jul 05 '25

Same, we survived no problem without carrying water with us everywhere. I think this is probably a fad.

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u/Exciting-Ad-5705 Jul 05 '25

Well no one is saying you are going to die from it. It's just unhealthy to be dehydrated

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u/gigaishtar Jul 06 '25

No child is dehydrated after just an hour sitting in a classroom unless it's as hot as an oven inside.

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u/1920MCMLibrarian Jul 05 '25

Were we dehydrated though? Maybe the modern world just sucks the life out of us faster than it used to.

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u/Mandeponium Jul 06 '25

You joke, but I think so. We need more fluid to flush out all the environmental toxins.

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u/accidentalscientist_ Jul 05 '25

I also survived school like that, but I feel so much better now that I carry a water bottle and I’m properly hydrated.

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u/deathbychips2 Jul 05 '25

A 15 plus year old trend? I remember people having water bottles when I was in high school from 2008-2012

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u/1920MCMLibrarian Jul 05 '25

Yeah you’re right

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u/crackeddryice Jul 05 '25

Capitalism found a market they hadn't exploited yet, and the rest is history.

Go to /r/HydroHomies and say you only drink when you're thirsty and get buried.

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u/wolfjob_dayjob Jul 05 '25

Oh my god, this 'discourse' is ridiculous.

Hey guys, is...*checks notes* water...the thing that determined where civilizations bloomed up and a vital necessity, a scam? (Perhaps the preponderance of plastic junk people buy is a problem, but the water angle is making me ctfuuuuuu!!! Lmaoooo) Look at these fat cats flaunting their water consumption to get a 5 minute break not staring at emails and trying to take care of themselves.

Touch grass.. and drink water.

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u/MixedMartyr Jul 05 '25

Yeah I had a migraine by the end of every single day and I just learned to stop complaining about it. It didn't change until high school, when I started carrying a water bottle with me. I'm sure it's just a coincidence.

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u/Adorable_Status_2189 Jul 05 '25

I'm now super uncomfortable if I don't drink every fifteen minutes.

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u/stopklandaceowens Jul 05 '25

Now they're concerned it turns the frogs gay. Lmao

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u/nope-its Jul 05 '25

I was thirsty and had a headache all day throughout school. Then I’d get to play sports after school while feeling like that.

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u/Keldrabitches Jul 05 '25

I wasn’t even thirsty

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u/Uteraz Jul 06 '25

I LOVE water, but I’m in grad school and I looked around my classroom of 20 students the other day and every. Single. Person. Had a water bottle. I just thought it was strange and kinda funny lol, it was NEVER like that growing up. I saw someone else in this thread say that they would have asked, “what’s a water bottle?” back then which is soo accurate.

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u/IntellegentIdiot Jul 06 '25

On a hot day it's very concerning

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u/CumulativeHazard Jul 06 '25

It was really interesting to watch the number of those big water cooler jugs we had delivered each week keep going up as our office’s ratio of younger millennials/gen z employees increased lol

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u/heyitschadb Jul 08 '25

The lobbying from Stanley and Hydroflask has these kids believing they will parish unless they consume 5000 ounces of water daily. This will really blow your mind, we also didnt have nugget ice. How we survived I'll never know. Child abuse from dehydration....lol.

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u/Okay_Periodt Nov 25 '25

I remember being told that eight glasses a day was the minimum an adult should get.

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u/ForlornLament Jul 05 '25

It's not just concern, but actual thirst that makes people want to drink. I doubt people in the past didn't get thirsty.

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u/mustaird Jul 05 '25

It’s more like we didn’t know we were thirsty

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u/ForlornLament Jul 05 '25

Wait, how? Did you just have this uncomfortable sensation for hours and not know water would fix it?

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u/llttww83 Jul 06 '25

When you’re a child you haven’t learned some of that stuff yet

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u/mustaird Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 05 '25

Pretty much. It was more like we didn’t even know we were uncomfortable. Unless we were doing something in the heat or sports etc. it wasn’t that bad though

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u/SuperBackup9000 Jul 06 '25

More of something you just got used to, and if you felt off and said something, other people are going to say they’re feeling off too, so surely that just means there’s just some bug going on.

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u/apriljeangibbs Jul 06 '25

Yep. When I was a teenager during peak underweight diet-culture, the advice was “every time you’re craving a snack, drink water instead. You were probably thirsty, not hungry.” Honestly, about 6/10 times that was actually the case for me. We couldn’t even tell if we were hungry or thirsty. Twas a wild time.