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asdfranger@lemmynsfw.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 15 hours ago

Is it possible to survive by eating only through your ass? (Serious.)

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Is it possible to survive by eating only through your ass? (Serious.)

asdfranger@lemmynsfw.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 15 hours ago
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It’s a fact that the rectum can absorb some amount of nutrients.

So, a person should probably be able to live for quite some time while only absorbing nutrients via enema, right?

Can it be done?

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  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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    9 hours ago

    No, medically speaking, this is how you get Assburgers Syndrome.

    • credo@lemmy.world
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      34 minutes ago

      But what if you stick to pasta?

    • EponymousBosh@awful.systems
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      8 hours ago

      Boooooooo.

      [clicks upvote arrow]

  • CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    I feel like there is a limit on “no stupid questions”, and you flew past it at 100mph with that latin music drive-by meme.

    • asdfranger@lemmynsfw.comOP
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      7 hours ago

      Latin music drive-by meme? I tried looking for it but didn’t find anything resembling that.

      Also, there should be no limit to stupidity ;)

      • CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world
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        Latin might not have been the best descriptor, and this one is dumb https://www.tiktok.com/@meg__legs/video/7229005319286885675

        • asdfranger@lemmynsfw.comOP
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          🤣 I don’t think I’d be able to come up with a better descriptor either.

          (same video here for those who understandably don’t want to open tiktok)

  • Son_of_Macha@lemmy.cafe
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    9 hours ago

    No. Your stomach and small intestine absorb most of the nutrients, your large intestine absorbs mostly water.

  • BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca
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    14 hours ago

    Something new to try for Thanksgiving:

    Martha Stewart

  • vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    14 hours ago

    Yes.

    For how long? Science doesn’t know yet.

    We can finally put a number on it when Musk passes.

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    15 hours ago

    From Wikipedia:

    A variety of different mixes have been used for nutrient enemas throughout history. A paper published in Nature in 1926 stated that because the rectum and lower digestive tractlack digestive enzymes, it is likely that only the end-products of normal digestion such as sugars, amino acids, salt and alcohol, will be absorbed.[8]

    Plus I think you’d have no lipid absorption, so you could probably survive longer than starvation, but I’m guessing not “quite some” time.

    • asdfranger@lemmynsfw.comOP
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      15 hours ago

      Damn, that is tragic.

      I suppose one could decide to consume ass-absorbable nutrients only by enema, and supplement the incompatible nutrients orally. That won’t be pure ass, but half a loaf is better than no bread.

      • mbp@lemmy.sdf.org
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        Just here to appreciate your linguistic prose.

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    14 hours ago

    Most people survive only talking out their ass, so I dont see why not

    • MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca
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      You shouldn’t make fun of a serious medical condition.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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    You can breathe through your rectum, too, technically; but it’s not fast enough at getting oxygen in your system to keep you from suffocating.

    I am suspecting that eating food that way may have the same issue. It almost certainly would not break up normal food enough without saliva, chewing, and stomach acids, limiting thr nutrients you can absorb, too.

    • asdfranger@lemmynsfw.comOP
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      I’m not thinking about actual undigested food, but special food “slurry”, with nutrients specifically arranged and concentrated for maximum absorption.

    • dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      But your rectum does not absorb any oxygen

  • dragon-donkey3374@sh.itjust.works
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    If we could eat through our arse, we’d all be living forever.

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    human centipede? have you watched it?

    you will mostly get blood poisoning from bacteria/fecal decaying and food in your rectum.

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      Have you watched it? It’s about people getting force fed another person’s feces, which isn’t the same at all. It’s the opposite of what this thread is about. I think you might have some feces in your brain, only reason that could explain your idiocy.

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