If it's floating, it has too much fat in it, so it's not the product of anyone with an especially healthy poop.
Fecal transplants have actually surprising potential.
But yeah there's a lot of dangerous pathogens as well.
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts: 1
If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report the message goes away and you never worry about it.
If it's floating, it has too much fat in it, so it's not the product of anyone with an especially healthy poop.
Fecal transplants have actually surprising potential.
But yeah there's a lot of dangerous pathogens as well.
This gonna be your super hero origin story?
Shitman
Oh shit man!
Public Restroom Unflushed Poop Man
A little dab'll do ya.
And we will absolutely, positively never know.
Well, not with that attitude.
We?
In mother Russia, poop does you!
It also might have tapeworms.
Or a few hundred other nasty things
Or it could kill you
I don't care; I ain't eating it. 😬
Excited DIYers running out before doing research: please note that in a medical setting something like half of potential donor poops wind up rejected because of unsuitable bacteria living in the gut that could make you sick.
"What do you do for a living?"
"My poops are the right kind of poops. So doctors pay me to take my poops so others can eat them."
"...what?"
"They're the best poops. Really, I don't know anyone who has poops as good as me. And all the people, all the doctors, the committees, everyone agrees, everyone knows, my poops are the best. The best for me, the best for America."
Yup, see also the specimen preparation section of the linked Wikipedia article
Poseidon's Kiss might have healing powers if you're lucky.
The IRL holy grail is a toilet.
Drink from the wrong one and you forfeit your life in the most horrid of ways.