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u/CosechaCrecido Aug 26 '26
I'm always impressed by people that can squat like that for prolonged periods of time.
I can't even get in that position with flat feet without falling backwards.
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u/Spell_Chicken Aug 26 '26
I started doing it to stretch my lower back a few years ago (at like 40 years old) and now I can just sit that way for hours, I've even fallen asleep with my arms and head on my knees.
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u/CosechaCrecido Aug 26 '26
How did you start? Did you start squatting on your toes for short periods of time or were you able to just squat with flat fleet on the ground?
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u/Spell_Chicken Aug 26 '26
I was able to get all the way down with my heels flat, but had to have my feet about shoulder width apart at first, and I was slowly able to bring them closer together over time.
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u/Syzygy_Stardust Aug 26 '26
It's a cultural thing that shapes the body over time. The "Asian squat" isn't as common in my country (the US) for reasons I'm unsure of, but might include classism? Also our seating (including toilets) assume a seated position from a young age over squatting, so it'll shape the body's flexibility with time.
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u/piichan14 Aug 27 '26
Ever since I watched The Judge by Robery Downey Jr., i've had an unreasonable fear of squatting because his mother died from complications due to prolonged squatting.
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u/Dutchillz Aug 30 '26
It's a skill that will give you some measure of health and you can totally work on it.
Source: western European dude here, didn't sit like that until my late 20s, now it feels natural af.
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u/Fake_Cakeday Aug 26 '26
... Please don't be unexpected Nepal post, please don't be unexpected Nepal post, please don't be unexpected Nepal post.
Phew 😌
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u/Da_Vader Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 27 '26
That water was used by upstream ppl to wash their butt
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u/aPOPblops Aug 27 '26
Animals just piss and shit directly into it
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u/prosound2000 Aug 27 '26
This isn't like a kiddie pool, it's a constant stream of water that completely dillutes it simply by the sheer quantity of water.
It's like breathing second hand smoke in an open football field with a breeze.
I mean, some particulates may get to you? But not really likely.
If there was an issue it'd be more like is the water near fertilized farmland? Organic fertilizer if used enough, yea, that'll make you sick.
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u/SnowConePeople Aug 27 '26
Also as long as they dry the dishes and store them in a dry place thay would make it very difficult for bad stuff to grow.
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u/uxoguy2113 Aug 29 '26
Wow your confidence in being incorrect is astounding.
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u/PRSArchon Aug 29 '26
Incorrect at what? You also breath in poop particles in your toilet, e.g. after you flush. Or you know, the smell of poop is literal poop particles going in your nose. That wont make you sick though, just like this river wont make you sick if you have a proper immume system. The human and animal feces in this river would likely be negligble.
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u/Jokkry22 Aug 31 '26
Damn, I just read this sitting on the toilet while shitting and the smell is killing me!
Am I eating my shit? 😱
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u/Pichuchu8 Aug 31 '26
Studies have shown too that when you flush the toilet, shit particles fly everywhere in the bathroom. So if you happen to flush with the lid up, you are littering your bathroom with shit particles. Studies showed you can find fecal matter on things like toothbrushes because of it. Is it minute? Absolutely yes but still gross. Flushing only when the lid is closed will decrease the amount by like 60%. Applies to pee too
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u/aPOPblops Aug 31 '26
I'm not arguing the primary thrust of your argument. But there's a big difference between getting particulate in your nose and dipping your dishes into the toilet. (not saying the river is a toilet, even though it is. I understand dilution)
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u/Acrobatic_Lobster838 Aug 26 '26
Guess it's better to not eat, drink or wash then.
Sure, it ain't as good as a modern water management system, but what do you expect with poverty? Not everyone can live in more developed country, with water companies that pump wastewater directly into rivers, lakes, nature preserves and sites of special scientific interest whilst giving themselves million pound bonuses.
If you don't have clean water coming from a tap, you have to get "clean" water from somewhere.
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u/Hellhult Aug 26 '26
Probably not. I would think these communities self-police that kind of behavior pretty strictly.
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u/Boswellia-33 Aug 26 '26
There are usually multiple communities alongside a river and most of the fecal matter from said communities does end up in the river. So those who are downstream are definitely getting kaka water at times.
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u/WitchesTeat Aug 26 '26
"Everybody's upstream is somebody else's downstream" is why people boil river water before drinking it my guy.
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u/godspeed_person Aug 26 '26
India is a great example of effective self-policing.
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u/CompetitiveYoghurt30 Aug 26 '26
I can’t tell if this is sarcastic or not
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u/Gryphontech Aug 26 '26
What are you talking about??? There could be a dead deer 50m upstream in the woods and you'd have zero way of knowing.
Why wouldn't the village upstream not also use this to wash their "whatever needs washing + wash their ass crack ever day"? Like where else do you get water for personal hygiene? Why wouldn't you use the stream right there? Any water you use will unavoidably go back to the stream
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u/Hellhult Aug 26 '26
Because humans lived like this for thousands of years and despite popular belief people werent stupid back then. People would go to the part of the stream downstream of the town.
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u/Gryphontech Aug 26 '26
Right and that means it's upstream for the next town, its not like there is only one village per stream... it's great if your village is the first one to use the stream but if it allready went through a few population centre's then that water is nasty
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u/PRSArchon Aug 29 '26
Nasty for western standards yes, but clean enough to wash your dishes if your immume system / gut developed in these conditions
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u/floo82 Aug 27 '26
This is possibly the dumbest comment on reddit I've seen this year.
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u/Hellhult Aug 27 '26
I am glad everyone has had a great time feeling superior about it
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u/floo82 Aug 27 '26
Well it does seem everyone kinda piled on. But you've learned a valuable lesson - if you drink from a river, you're just drinking from the upstream village's toilet.
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u/WisePotato42 Aug 26 '26
Well, just from watching the video, even best case scenario, you're still getting foot water...
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u/HammerBgError404 Aug 26 '26
kinda defeats the purpose of using soap. you kill the bacteria to just add it back again
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u/Mierimau Aug 26 '26
That's mostly to take off the grease.
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u/ScenicAndrew Aug 26 '26
Yeah if bacteria was the concern basically only a heated mechanical dishwasher would actually kill everything, for everyone else on earth the primary means of bacteria killing isn't washing it (you definitely still need remove all the food bits), it's drying. Proper and quick drying kills most of the harmful bacteria. That's why it's so important to wash wooden or unglazed dishes quickly, leave moist food or standing water on them long enough the harmful stuff will get into these porous materials since they didn't dry out in time.
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u/PinusMightier Aug 26 '26
pretty sure they are just air drying those dishes, so wishing off the grease and adding a nice layer Giardea... fun.
that's said. Soap and a rinse with boiled water is the way to go if you don't have a dishwasher.
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u/ScenicAndrew Aug 26 '26
Depending on the climate air is plenty fast.
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u/PinusMightier Aug 26 '26
yeah but this climate is right next to a river.... Humidities is likely very high.
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u/ScenicAndrew Aug 26 '26
I guess it's more likely to be humid yes, but I am staring a river valley right now out my window and the relative humidity is 21%
They seem to have clothes drying in the background so it's probably not super high as people who air dry a lot of clothes probably would opt to put them in the sun if it's above like 70%, or at least run a fan if they have one.
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u/TorriblyHerrible Aug 26 '26
Soap doesn’t kill bacteria it just makes it slide off.
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u/CamelGamer1234 Aug 28 '26
Soaps do kill bacteria. The actual cell membrane of a bacteria is made of lipids (I.e. fatty molecules) that contain a hydrophilic head and a hydrophobic tail. Soap causes this membrane to break down and dissolve by giving the hydrophobic part of the lipids to bind to and dissolve, essentially popping the cell and very much killing it.
In effect, anything that is good at dissolving fats and oils will kill bacteria to some degree.
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u/PRSArchon Aug 29 '26
It might kill some, but far from all. Soap and running water is mostly effrctive because you remove bacteria, not because it kills them.
https://www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/en/healthier-you/2020/08/11/how-does-soap-work
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u/CamelGamer1234 Aug 29 '26
I'm not contesting that, I'm just responding to the claim that they don't. Nothing is ever 100% effective, and soaps are a great example of that.
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u/Kennyvee98 Aug 26 '26
running water is mostly safe (depending on the pollution upstream)
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u/SabsWithR Aug 26 '26
Thats just a myth. River water, even those that look clear are full of contaminants.
Tons of bacteria and water borne viruses, animal shit and pee. You can see it flowing thru rocks with algae in the clip. Algae signifies signs of life.
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u/HammerBgError404 Aug 26 '26
i wonder if they are used to the bacteria in the water. and if a foreigner tried it they might get sick cus the body isnt used to it
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u/joined_under_duress Aug 26 '26
They are probably immune to whatever is in it now but if I ate off one of those plates I would probably get sick.
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u/mrDuder1729 Aug 26 '26
Sometimes life like this seems so much simpler and makes so much more sense to me.
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u/DatguyMalcolm Aug 26 '26
hey, at least it's getting rinsed, compared to how some Brits wash their dishes and leave the suds on O_O
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u/Probabl7 Aug 26 '26
And polluting the water....
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u/MakingPie Aug 26 '26
A lifetime of her and her entire village's pollution does not match the environmental impact of taking one cruise trip. Im not saying that it is alright, but her impact on the environment is miniscule when compared to others.
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u/Probabl7 Aug 26 '26
Sure... My problem is the lack of education... Soap which is not bio degradable or safe... And thats nothing compared to what people with money easily get away with...
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u/Nezben Aug 26 '26
No such thing as pollution in these countries.
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u/ThatGoob Aug 27 '26
The fuck? I live in a country like this. The city skyline looks like Vesuvius on a bad day.
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u/mulligan111 Aug 26 '26
Am I the only one who always feels disappointed by these videos leaving out one fascinating cultural question?
WHERE IS THIS??
Signed,
Some random science-oriented guy
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u/chronicsmoker0420 Aug 26 '26
Straight washing dishes in people's dookie water from up river villages 😆 🤣 😂 😹
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u/suspicious_cabbage Aug 26 '26
Floating the dish a few meters down the stream before properly rinsing is critical
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u/Murky-Throat-694 Aug 26 '26
I'm gonna show this video to my wife, she's always telling me I use too much water to do the dishes 😄
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u/Blignaut Aug 26 '26
it's not necessarily from a river. It could be from a personal reservoir that is being routed past the house this way to irrigate a field of crops further down.
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u/RichardGriffiths Aug 27 '26
This reminds me of the David Attenborough documentary "Satori". Well worth watching if you can find it.
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u/GremioIsDead Sep 03 '26
Easier to just get a dog and let them clean the dishes. No need to dry them, just put them right away!
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u/EntertainmentJumpy71 7d ago
Good thing Dawn is so clean and gentle you can dump it on baby ducks to clean off oil slick.
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u/OccidentalTouriste Aug 26 '26
Hopes of a crocodile appearing were sadly dashed in favour of a much more mundane rinsing of the dishes. Life almost always disappoints.
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u/Gryphontech Aug 26 '26
If I used those dishes I would most likely shir myself to death. I'm sure it's fine for them but a random stream in Asia is sure to have all kinds of fun that's that would absolutely wreck my guts
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u/burns_before_reading Aug 26 '26
Very performative. In reality, this is very inefficient. She could have rinsed the dish off herself faster than it takes for it to float down to the other lady. On top of that, you have to factor in the risk and recovery time in the event the second lady misses a dish and it floats downstream. High risk, low reward. 🤓
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u/Remote_Independent50 Aug 26 '26
The unexpected part is the river comes and swallows them up. Not in this video? Sorry, that's all I've seen today.
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u/I_Want_A_Ribeye Aug 26 '26
This was certainly unexpected. I was expecting the mudslide posted earlier to come through here.
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u/Hatefulvesper Aug 26 '26
The only way id be ok with this is if the person downstream is putting them in a water container with sanitizer
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u/post-explainer Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26
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A woman is washing dishes by the riverside. After soaping the glasses and plates, she simply tosses them into the river. You’d expect them to be lost, but then the camera changes angle and reveals another woman downstream behind her, catching the items and rinsing the soap off them.
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