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Re:Dehydration's role in learning and memory by cess11 on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @08:28AM (#48278855)
Water is poisonous in that too much of it will disrupt electrolyte balance and can be fatal.

It's one of the risks with taking MDMA, there are some documented cases where people died from drinking too much water when rolling.

Re:Dehydration's role in learning and memory by csomar on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @08:42AM (#48279000)
Everything is poisonous at high doses even oxygen.
Re:Dehydration's role in learning and memory by cess11 on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @09:54AM (#48279933)
"[E]ven oxygen" is funny because it is absurdly reactive and will explode when given the opportunity, and way back when it destroyed pretty much all life on earth except the early cyanobacteria that produced it.

Edit: And yeah, I didn't imply what you're responding to, I described the mechanism for water poisoning.