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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

I'm going for the high score

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Was an outlier and will not be included in this study.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Maybe you do; I produce far more feces by replying to comments on the internet

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I am the one who shits. 😤

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Sandman slim taught me that you can shit on a tarp for a year, dry it in the sun, and all that shit will fit in a shoebox at the end of the year.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Nah, you're supposed to shit in a bottle and cover it with a balloon and leave it in the sun until the balloon is inflated and then inhale.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Not without additional steps, a shoebox for big boots or being malnurished.


For reference, a large normal shoebox can hold 10-11kg of water, which is about the same mass as a year of dried average and healthy expulsions(~29g per day). And without compressing it as it dries or other methods, the tarp-dried feces wont be as dense as water.

It should also be mentioned that there are people who produce over three times as much, simply because they eat a lot more.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Well Jimmy was talking about a northern CA hippie with a weed growing operation so yeah I'd say odds of being a vegan were pretty high. Would all that fiber make more or less shit?

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee 3 points 3 days ago

And a smidgeon or three of PFAS and plastics and heavy metals.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (17 children)

People who say we need petro chemicals for modern agriculture need to understand this

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My loving sibby once told me to look around me while on a bus. Said look to the left of you, look to the right. Everyone you see is full of shit. Was a nice gesture, and I think I've kept that with me always =)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

A corollary to that: we spend our entire lives moving shit from one place to another.

Works for both definitions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (6 children)

So, uh... where does it all wind up? Like all of our tons of shit---where are they stock piling it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The ocean. Such a waste

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Well theres good news and bad news.

Good news is that it's organic matter that can easily change form.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Well it should be going back on the crop land. The circle of life.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

38 liters sounded impossibly low, and then i saw the 3 zeros after the space

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

You're welcome.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I'm on that low% speedrun

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