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> There's this cult of drinking water - with people insisting you should drink more and more water - until people are drinking ludicrous quantities

> I've seen someone collapse from hyponatremia from drinking too much water

I've never heard of this or seen it. Have other people?

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> I've never heard of this or seen it.

Hyponatremia? Yeah it's documented https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hyponatremia/.... When you hear about people dying from ecstasy it's usually actually hyponatremia I believe.

I've heard of hyponatremia, but not this cult of drinking so much water.

Hydrohomies, at least.

No. But, I have heard of people acting weird from drinking too much water - after playing game designed to make you drink ridiculous amounts. No collaps tho. Just acting weird (sort of like after alcohol) and discomfort when drinking next cup.

The game was stupid, but no collapse or health issue beyond discomfort after drinking a lot. Which makes me thing it is not easy at all to drink to issue.

Ironically, many people think it is perfectly normal to play the same game with alcohol and collapse.

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