In a Facebook group called “Urine Therapy, your sacred plasma medicine,” which has over 45,000 members, some discovered that popular AI chatbots initially push back on wild notions of tinkle as medicine.

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    drinking pee is the least awful thing these urinary tract incompetents do.

    I remember one post from someone who “aged” their urine for a month and used it as eye drops, and couldnt understand why their eyes are blood red and burning.

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    Well, respect where it’s due, they no longer need to provide the koolaid for their cultists… it’s now byok, a great cost saver.

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    I wonder if this is a chicken & egg type of issue. Did people who drink their own piss for some stupid reason fall easier for AI, or are AI users so gullible they fall for piss drinking?

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      Far more complicated than what you’re imagining. While some idiots are probably falling for AI articles suggesting you should drink your own urine the concept of urine and feces having medicinal value is ancient and we’re seeing these topics pop-up online because over past 10-15 years the share of internet users from these countries has exploded.

      And old traditions die hard. India experienced a surge in the use of cow urine and feces as a medicine during COVID. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8239506/

      The use of cow dung and urine to cure COVID‐19 in India: A public health concern

      At first, the authorities should acknowledge the seriousness and consequence of this issue on public health. Then the public health authorities should create mass awareness to deal with this culture during these public health emergencies. They should inform the people that there is no scientific basis for smearing cow dung and urine to fight COVID‐19. The authority should also let the people know that cow dung and urine are a metabolic waste of cows, and there are no ingredients to boost the human immune system. The authority can involve scientists, political figures, healthcare professionals, media persons, and other famous people to educate the general population about the health safety issues regarding the use of cow dung and urine for the COVID‐19 cure.

      I’m not surprised this pseudo-science garbage is trickling into our society, we’re more interconnected with other cultures than at any other point in human history.

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        At that rate, I am pessimistic that we’ll see actual witch hunts and belief in existence of Satan soon.

        The foundations of modern society seem to be a lot less stable than I used to think.

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          I hate to break it to you but belief in the existence of Satan is and has been a majority belief in the United States for as long as it has existed, as well as in every other country that is majority Christian.

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        Reminds me of this story: Hemingway was a regular at Sloppy Joe’s in Key West. One day, the owner comes in and tells everyone that his landlord has raised the rent and that Sloppy Joe’s was now moving across the street. “Everyone grab a chair or table and let’s go!” he says. Hemingway goes into the bathroom and retrieves the urinal (a copper trough) and takes it to his house. When asked why he does this, he answers that he figures he’s put more money in it than anyone else so it’s his.

        The urinal is serves as a planter. You can still see it today if you visit his house.

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      detoxification

      Isn’t it literally full of every “toxin” your kidneys removed from your bloodstream?

      I was going to ask how dumb these people are and then I remembered they LITERALLY drink piss. These people vote btw.

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          pee is not poop

          I don’t think medical science is ready for such a huge revelation.

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            Even poop is not that dangerous to you, if you’re not immunocompromised. It’s just pee has even less bacteria in it, essentially making it kind of safe for human consumption in limited quantity. The ammonia in it is not good for you, and can cause poisoning, so don’t replace your hydration with the pee of your significant other.

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              Even poop is not that dangerous to you, if you’re not immunocompromised.

              FFS…no. wipe yer ass.

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            It’s more the fact that shes arguing that pee is not a waste product despite saying its produced by the filtration of blood. You know, filtering out the waste. But like I said, there are certain types of people (and its not limited to one country or culture) that just won’t listen to logic.

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              Oh, but you don’t understand, it’s filtering all the good parts, so that you can share with your peers, or ingest it once again yourself /S

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                You’re missing the point, what about all the perspiration you let evaporate away? Thats loaded with minerals and greases your skin needs to stay healthy. Why aren’t you gathering and drinking your own sweat, the often overlooked miracle cure?

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    “Have you come across any AI tool that is positive about urine therapy and explains it in detail?” one frustrated user asked. “I haven’t found a single one so far.”

    That bit says oodles about the confirmation bias required to use any form of “AI” in the first place.

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    Time to make a complete seriously fanbase about eating shit. Let’s see if people follow up, too.

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      It has existed for a long time. I remember my cousin found a website in 1999 and just had to show me. I wanted to rip out my eyes. The name of the site: Shiteaters and Golden Showers. Just for funsies the site had an embedded video of a chick getting railed by a dog at the bottom of the page. I am just glad I was old enough so it didn’t too much damage.