Yoshark

aaaaaa I had this conversation with relatives where they said that some uncle or other "never drinks water"

okay, so, uh, how is he alive?

"oh, he drinks Crystal Light. Goes through two pitchers a day sometimes. But only Crystal Light, never water."

the water doesn't GO AWAY because there's other stuff in it! Crystal Light may not be a Healthy Food by whatever metric but is it so unhealthy that it becomes NEGATIVE WATER

My typical day used to contain 12-24 cans of Dr Pepper and a few cups of coffee. Don't do this, I had to switch to Zero Sugar/Diet because of diabetes, but I got away with it for a long time.

I like how this implies that every person before the modern era who lived on small beer or other lightly fermented products because of a lack of drinkable fresh water could not have lived also...

i have been existing for like, 20 years straight on little else for hydrations than lightly sweetened green tea, i only went extinct bc honey got expemsive

gods, yes, thank you

caffeine is indeed somewhat diuretic, so it's far from ideal, but as a stopgap it will keep you from getting worse (just be sure the caffeine won't overload you stimulant-wise, and drink something noncaffeinated as soon as possible too). caffeine-free sodas and fruit juices aren't ideal with their high sugar content, but they'll still hydrate you and keep you alive

even more importantly, people shouldn't just chug water when dehydrated like intuition says-- you need some amount of salt, too, especially if you're on a medication like spiro! too much water alone will screw you over in different ways.

JUICE IS BETTER THAN WATER

I don't know if its objectively better but damn it FEELS better