Its got what plants crave!
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One of my family members got into the “blue-green algae” fad (about 5 years after it fell out of mainstream). It was too expensive so they bought the horse algae from veterinarian supply. He said it was exactly the same, as long as you could put up with the grit.
These people exist (and I’m related to them).
If someone wants to drink these, let them. If someone wants to drink gasoline, let them. It’s natural selection at this point. If it’s not hurting you or someone you care about, let them drink gas while smoking.
I mean I'm not going to go to their bumfuck nowhere town and take their horse food from them, but I am absolutely going to mock them for it and call them an inbred knuckle dragging FASshole.
If they already have kids though, it might be for the best to rat them out to whatever is the child protective service in your country/area (even if they're inefficient, it's probably better than nothing). If they're consuming crazy shit themselves, the possibility of them feeding their kids something that they shouldn't eat or drink is way higher than it should be
It's got what plants crave
And horses apparently.
It might actually work .... until you have to pass a kidney stone the size of an orange
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aw that post was so funny why’d they have to throw the antisemitic dogwhistle in there
Not sure I'd count it as a dog whistle hah, it is just straight up antisemitist
I'm naive. What's the whistle there?
ZOG (usually capitalized) is an acronym standing for "zionist occupied government" tied to white supremacist groups that falls into the usual "Jewish cabal runs everything" nonsense.
The guy is eating horse supplements. He was never going to be top of the class.
to add to this, with this context, "the zog powder they sell to you" becomes a blantantly antisemitic conspiracy theory: Jewish people are feeding you crap (in this case, gatorade) to keep you weak
yes it’s ridiculous nonsense, but that’s how dogwhisles work.
Definitely. On top of that, bullshit like this contributes to the muddy waters when you have legitimate critiques of zionism and the government of Israel. But I'm sure the white supremacists know that when they create this bullshit so they can make potential recruits feel like more people agree with their horseshit.
I missed it too, but he did put a fucking ZOG thing there in lower case. ZOG as for (global) Zionist Occupational Government, the crown jewel of antisemitic conspiracies. His whole speech isn't about it, but that little casual slip means he is exposed to such ideas and/or ponders them at his own.
If nothing else, the detailed follow-up is king shit.
I hope we get annual check-ins
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Someone did it anyway.
I've seen no less than 3 people drink it on stream... Why is this a thing now?
well obviously it's not intended or certified for human consumption. that doesn't answer the question of if it works tho
It's perfectly safe for humans. I've been drinking it for weeks without side effects. I have a glass in the morning with my oats. Plus my mane is shinier than ever.
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Honestly, I trust the people making horse electrolytes more than I trust the FDA anyway. You don't want to piss off horse people, and the FDA has always been more of a corporate liability shield than a safety agency.
Of course, you'd still have to pay attention to the ingredients and take a small enough amount so you aren't getting too much of anything, but that would just make it last longer.
Like it states in the fact check article, it can be toxic for humans.
Horses are herbivores, humans omnovores. The stomachs of horses are different to ours. That means there could be certain ingredients which were prepared differently for horses so they are toxic for us, as we lack the ability to digest it the same way as a horse. Like soy for example. The soy used for animal food is toxic for us. The soy used for human consumption is different, of a much higher quality. We can't digest all soy types properly while herbivores can.
Another example: horses can eat everything they eat raw. We humans can't. We need to cook many things otherwise they are toxic (like eggplant) or they are very hard to digest. Horses can eat grass, we really shouldn't because we can't digest it properly.
Conclusion: don't use products made for animals (food and medicine) even though the ingredients might look safe while they can still be toxic due to different quality or preparation. Except dog and cat food in the US. Both of those are also safe for humans, as people during crisis or extreme poor people tend to eat that so both of those are also brought to FDA standards. But yes, as a European I can agree with you those standards are complete shit. Many FDA safe foods in the US are considered toxic here and aren't allowed on our market.
That link absolutely does not say it's toxic. It says the FDA doesn't check if it is or isn't toxic for humans. That's not the same thing.
It's electrolytes dissolved in water. They're not adding anything dangerous to that. It would just be a waste of money. Yes, you generally shouldn't eat animal foods unless you know exactly what you are doing, and you definitely shouldn't take animal medications, but holy crap, you can be too paranoid.
I'm guessing anything that provides electrolytes to horses probably has an absurb amount of potassium in it which is usually only put into human drinks in limited amounts cause it can be lethal. I read a story of some dude who drank 8 coconut waters while playing basketball, passed out, and his blood pressure at the ER was 65 over 40.
So what you're telling me is that being tricked into eating a dog treat really isn't that big of a deal and in fact! relates to the poverty stricken parts of society and the struggles of class warfare so they really just need to get over the whole incident?
What happened?
I was not telling you that
So, I'm sure this is a bad idea. But can anyone tell me exactly why? Years ago, in a desperate situation, a doctor told us to get antibiotics for fish and use them, and we had to do that a few times. Some animal products are identical or nearly identical to human products, some are quite different...
With this in particular, how is it different, and why is it bad?
It has enough salt to cause a stroke or a seizure.
horses crave SODIUM
Because if you take horse electrolytes, you wake up the next day with your shoes nailed to your feet with an overwhelming urge to shit in the road.
... so same old same old you're saying?
This is why we have designated shitting streets.
ohhhhh that explains so much. this fucking country
Chubbyemu explains it best: https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=ifXH86-eIqk
But basically, the electrolyte balance that's healthy for a horse is quite a lot higher than what is healthy for a human (due to body mass differences, among other things). The magnesium in the horse electrolyte is actually over the lethal dose for a human if taken as written. You could theoretically take it and be fine if you calculate the proper dose yourself, but by that point you're better off just buying human products, I guess.
EDIT: I was thinking of manganese, not magnesium, but that's 1500% of the daily intake, not necessarily lethal dose. Sodium, though, is over the lethal dose.
Just to add to this, on human stuff, they have an incentive to not be sued out of existence for a single fuckup In horse medicine, it's kind of like "Eh, a stiff breeze could have killed that horse!"
That bucket of stuff is probably th same ingredients, but sourced from who knows where cheapest biddder, mixed together by eyeballing it for 30 years on equipment that's probably barely maintained.
I remember reading up on New Life Spectrum fish food a while ago and they were making the pellets on a salvaged pasta press. No tests for lead or any other contaminants because no one gives a shit about the mental health of ornamental fish. I'm sure it's slightly more rigorous for horses, but I doubt the sanitation, quality controls, and batch monitoring are up to human grade snuff.
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