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If nothing else, the detailed follow-up is king shit.
I hope we get annual check-ins
aw that post was so funny why’d they have to throw the antisemitic dogwhistle in there
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.
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.
The guy is eating horse supplements. He was never going to be top of the class.
That went right over my head. I figured zog was a typo lol. Thanks!
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.
I’d never heard of this. People are crazy lol
Other than failing to meet made-for-human-consumption safety standards, and I’m not saying that’s a minor thing, is there anything wrong with this?
If my crazy horse woman grandmother is anything to go by, no not really?
Just kinda risky
Horse woman as in “she likes horses” or “she’s half horse”?
I’ve personally been drinking GFuel. It tastes better than gatorade and does more for me overall. I will say, there’s no real “benefit” to branded electrolyte drinks in my experience. It’s not hard to get a flavor syrup of your choosing and a flavorless bulk electrolyte powder (human-grade / food-grade), and mix the drink yourself.
That’s the most damning thing about this to me. While there’s an update that points out his worst conspiracy theories, I can’t say he’s wrong on every level. Gatorade is currently a PepsiCo product (from when they bought Quaker, who bought that part of Van Camp when the rest went to ConAgra). It’s far removed from the college drink made by chem nerds for their jock friends. You don’t need to support PepsiCo as a consumer. You can get the same stuff and make your own drinks for less money and generally supporting smaller companies closer to the production phase of the supply chain.
Just please don’t use animal feed to do it, unless you very specifically know what you’re doing.
Wait until this guy learns about buying salt, sugar, and citric acid in bulk.
DougDoug is that you?
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.
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?
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.
It might actually work … until you have to pass a kidney stone the size of an orange
Will definitely make you piss like a horse when you pass that
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).
My axolotl tank used to grow a lot of blue-green algae (which is actually cyanobacteria), how much money was I missing out on by not bagging it up to sell?
