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orion1836 t1_iuoa7d8 wrote

Sounds like a shitty remake :)

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sir-lagrange t1_iuocb5j wrote

It is really first world privilege to say that dysentery doesn’t kill you and just makes you poop constantly.

You die from dehydration if you can’t find enough clean water which is still the case in some places today.

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Jay_TThomas t1_iuod9wo wrote

Well that’s not realistic. Dumb as hell

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SirPoopsackWilliams t1_iuohxx6 wrote

Replying to sir-lagrange (#420,671)

Good thing this game is for a first world audience and not targeted to people who can't even get clean water. That would be really insensitive otherwise.

It's Oregon trail dude. Not everything needs to be so serious.

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Epicritical t1_iuos05s wrote

Back in my day we had dysentery going uphill. Both ways.

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jdhyman t1_iuoschu wrote

Wasn’t that the worst?! Lol

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He-is-climbing t1_iuouffq wrote

Replying to standardtrickyness1 (#421,301)

Sometimes, it depends what is contaminating the water. Boiling kills many common bacteria like salmonella and e-coli so water centers will send out boil advisories if they detect those types of contaminations and you will be fine in that case. Sometimes it isn't bacteria themselves that make you sick, but the waste products and those will remain after boiling (especially common if the water was stagnant). Sometimes water is unsafe because of chemical contamination and that is also unaffected by boiling.

Some bacteria and viruses can survive boiling, so it is more of a reduction of risk rather than truly making it safe.

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OuidOuigi t1_iuoujzf wrote

Replying to standardtrickyness1 (#421,301)

Depends on where the water came from. Many things like heavy metals and harmful chemicals remain.

It would be a good idea to look up the information for yourself since you shouldn't take advice on Reddit. But mostly to know more about the different situations with the water you may come across.

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JusticiarRebel t1_iup0hzk wrote

I found most medical problems in that game could be solved by stopping and resting until that person was healed. Increasing rations also helped. Of course the tradeoff is wasted time and resources.

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ocooper08 t1_iup49x2 wrote

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Poop

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ShastaMcLurky t1_iup60f6 wrote

I thought I had it figured out. I was 3/4 across the country skipping a poop and relieving every other one. Then the dirty breeches got me. I died dissin’ Terry

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Assika126 t1_iup7gfn wrote

I just found out that dysentery is, by definition, diarrhea with blood in it. Thanks Google, guess I just have the regular shits

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_AlreadyTaken_ t1_iupd0c4 wrote

The colitis wagon train. They marked their route all the way from St Louis.

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wargy2 t1_iupgiiq wrote

That was well worth the quick play.

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PrincessBubblegummm t1_iupkgep wrote

My city has a current outbreak of Shigella which is basically the same as dysentery. Sad :(

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Sok_Taragai t1_iupky73 wrote

Or just get some Taco Bell and LARP it.

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Haephestus t1_iupsf1g wrote

It won't let me buy rolls of TP after a while. The mechanic is broken.

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RacingMindsI t1_iuqikt0 wrote

Constant pooping does however kill you...

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Jamessuperfun t1_iur26n6 wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#422,412)

>I thought the money would be better spent on plumbing, or to train local plumbers, but I guess that takes more time to payoff

Probably also a dramatic difference in the scale of the cost. Putting up some posters is much cheaper than building out infrastructure, and you still need people to decide to use it once built.

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Gusdai t1_iur6c53 wrote

Replying to Roxerz (#423,333)

It's a matter of numbers.

One human sh*tting on the beach is fine. A whole village and it's not. Villages all along the coast doing it, that's an issue.

Animals don't usually live in the same numbers as humans; for animals living in large colonies I don't know how they avoid diseases. Maybe they don't, and their young ones dying of diarrhea is common?

For the story, New York City used to dump raw sewage out at sea, through a long pipe. It caused issues, so they tried to dump further at sea (for more dilution), but it never solved the issue, so they ended up treating their sewage instead, like a normal city.

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