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fostertheatom t1_iwgud0b wrote

A lot of things are scientifically proven to be "perfectly fine" or even beneficial.

If people think it sounds nasty they aren't gonna do any of those things. It's all about perception.

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cosaboladh t1_iwh1d98 wrote

The water on this planet is the same water that was here 4 billion years ago. Odds are good everything that has passed through your kidneys passed through a few sets before yours. Anyone who thinks that's nasty is just being childish.

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fostertheatom t1_iwhtcxx wrote

And if you walked around a large city with glasses of wastewater trying to tell people it was just as good as regular tap water or try to say what you are saying you wouldn't get a single person to take a sip all afternoon. You need to change people's perception before you will get any meaningful dialogue.

People perceive it as nasty. That's just how it currently is. Calling people childish isn't going to change any minds or do anything positive. It's just going to make people double down and possibly tell you to "Go F*** Yourself".

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psyon t1_iwj0ptr wrote

Wasn't there a study that showed that eating boogers boosted your white blood cell counts, and yet people still aren't digging around for juicy morsels in their noses.

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fostertheatom t1_iwjgjve wrote

Exactly, several studies have come out corroborating that study that said eating boogers and bugs and dirt and whatnot as a kid boosts your immune system.

But since people still perceive it as nasty, they still shun the practice. Same as with drinking former waste water, even if it properly treated and completely safe. Hell, 99.9% of people (in the so-called "first world") think the water in the holding tank of your toilet (that is literally just regular uncontaminated tap water until it is used to flush waste) is nasty and won't drink it.

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