I did some light research and asked AI, which said it would be extremely dangerous. But come on, it wouldn’t be that dangerous, right? We evolved from animals that lived in the ocean.

    • ronigami@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      lmao

      Since I never mentioned it, the reason I ask is I got dehydrated last night and I guess my brain conflated the want for saline IV with ocean water.

  • 𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    4 months ago

    I asked AI

    No! Bad!

    Spray bottle

    Though it happens to be right in this case. It would be incredibly dangerous. There’s all sorts of nasty shit in seawater that you really don’t want in your bloodstream

    • ronigami@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      110·
      4 months ago

      I mean, ocean life seems to deal with the massive amount of bacteria somehow?

      Isn’t it mostly harmless or beneficial bacteria?

    • ronigami@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      I mean so far the answer seems to be “as long as you dilute it a bit first you’d be fine”

      • dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        that does not seem to be a reasonable takeaway, bacterial and fungal infections from injecting non-sterile solutions into your body can definitely kill you

        hyperfocusing on how dilute the salt would need to be for it not to be dangerous misses a lot of context

          • dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            2·
            4 months ago

            does the immune system nullify risk of contracting an illness in other contexts? Certainly not perfectly - and injecting dirty sea water directly puts the bacteria, fungi, and parasites into your bloodstream, bypassing the protective measures your body normally has for keeping that stuff on the outside (like mucus, hair, the acidic environment of the stomach, etc.).

          • phdepressed@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            3 months ago

            The immune system is not omnipotent. It protects you from stuff 24/7 365 for life. However, its going to have trouble when you bypass checks such as lung mucosa and skin and put in a bunch of invaders “behind the line” as it were. Even fish have gills and a separation of their blood from the environment.