What Happens When You Drink Toilet Water?

[@darkscienceyt]

There's an easter egg in this video for my next Questions for Pseudoscience. See if you can find it, and post below. Also what other things do you want to know about that you shouldn't drink?

[@harryvuong3457]

(For the fun of it; not really it's a weird question) what if you drink 1 day old saliva? Is this a recipe for strep throat

[@KEVIN18122]

Do crystals heal.

[@darkscienceyt]

@@harryvuong3457 I'll look into it for sure

[@diysmallthings]

@@harryvuong3457 Same thing as you forget to wash water bottle and use it the next day.

[@bobbler2]

Why can't you drink soap/ laundry detergent

[@RockinTheDub]

I took a shot of toilet water every time he said “bacteria“

[@darkscienceyt]

curious how many shots you took

[@RockinTheDub]

Questions for Science - don’t remember. Blacked out after 6 though 😤

[@cashk1436]

So you do remember? It was 6

[@michasengotta2295]

@@cashk1436 unless they kept drinking while unconscious

[@EgyptianChiefKeef]

I took a big juicy gulp out of 3 day old toilet water mixed with even older pee as well as some tap water

[@tituskriswanto5110]

Vsauce: "or can i ?"

[@anthonywchavez]

🤔🤔🤔

[@max-fj7np]

Vsauce music started playing in my head after reading this conment

[@p0kem0nlvl1]

oh ye

[@Mars0984]

With one eyebrow way higher than the other

[@yazzerino]

S P I T F A C T S

[@TitaT]

the fact that “don't drink toilet water” has to be said is alarming

[@ImmaLittlePip]

I mean folks were eating tie pods and flex tape Humanity has regressed hasn't it

[@alexandermyrthue1987]

ENDEED IT IS 😬

[@Chantieslife]

IKR!!!

[@upbestsalt1551]

I used to drink toilet water. But that was when I was 8

[@istolethispfpsorry485]

@@upbestsalt1551 I used to play in the toilet when I was a toddler. My mom couldn't keep me out of it, so she had to clean it all the time. I also ate toilet paper. Clean, fresh from the roll. Though now I think of it, the 'clean' roll isn't really all that clean. I had a better chance of fresher toilet paper by taking it from the bag.

[@malicious81]

Just stumbled upon your channel and now I can't stop watching! 10/10 would stumble again

[@darkscienceyt]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@nikkiwikki73]

Ironically, this is the first video I’ve seen on this channel, and now I’m about to take my initial PLUNGE into his content 🤪 I’m so sorry, I’ll just sub now to make up for the bad joke.

[@olamajosta3621]

Me: looks intensely at the toilet water *dumb ways to die tune starts playing*

[@BussdownOEM]

should I be.. ashamed for laughing?

[@nikolabundova3155]

Yes

[@treborironwolfe]

*Dog* says, "Oh, you talking about the natural spring water you try to hide from me in the closet? Yah yah, that's good stuff!!"

[@Impala-ui8nl]

So the thing when bullies put someone's head into a toilet can actually be lethal... makes you think, because people joke about it all the time

[@LittleSkullyScrub]

I never really thought of that… that’s not good

[@ryanmcneiltrains1305]

It is called a swirly and yeah, I guess it could also be lethal. You could also drown the victim.

[@tishaw.8254]

Not to mention these toilets are public so more people = even more bacteria 🦠 🤢

[@niallmackenzie99]

Jeffrey got over his trauma by working through it.

[@OpposingFork]

​@ZeraSeraphim he gave swirlies to fractions of people and flushed

[@MotherBroker]

"Monke see, Monke do" - Questions for Science 18/04/20

[@noname-bt9ky]

”Monke see, Monke do” -Stephen Hawking

[@scout7734]

“Mind that, mind that” - Costings for Science 18/04 /To

[@rev4366]

@@scout7734 LMAO

[@Clown_the_Clown]

*04/18/20

[@RockinTheDub]

4:01 I’m glad to know that I shit out about one sirloin steak per day

[@nerds-nonsense]

i feel like most people asking this question are really just asking if the water itself is the same water that comes from your tap which is why several of the examples specified a new or clean bowl

[@Gigidag77]

yeah and he kinda just failed to even acknowledge that apart from the Petri dish test wish pretty much revealed it is the same.

[@tigransafaryan6619]

Obviously it is the same water. It comes from one pipe. Just regular cold tap water.

[@nerds-nonsense]

@@tigransafaryan6619 What's obvious to us may not be obvious to other people. Everyone has a different baseline knowledge based on their unique experiences.

[@yesnoblemetalsoxidizetoo3079]

Just imagine going to the emergency room with food poisoning and when doctors ask you what happened you tell them that you drank toilet water.

[@Dulex123]

😂

[@justkittensbeingkittens5892]

I slipped and fell face first into the toilet and accidentally drank it all

[@mpalmer22]

My brother got sick from drinking toilet water. When he was a toddler, mum caught him dipping toilet paper in the water and sucking from it. A few days later he was throwing up all over the place, and was like that for a few days, glad to know from these videos that he was probably lucky.

[@Prettyc00lhuh_]

You made me almost vomit

[@redactedz6146]

7:53 not the Sam O Nella collab I expected, but it's enough

[@angelagonzalez8250]

when you are 3 days without water, drinking toilet water could be the lesser of two evils of the risk of septic and dehydrin. at that point, you could die from dehydrin

[@louminisalouminios9559]

but if you get sick and throw up you ll dehydrate faster

[@clarenceboddicker6679]

Now I've watched this video I think I'm gonna lay off the toilet water for a while.

[@alexs-mind]

So, if for some reason you are in some dire need of water and for some reason you can’t drink from the tap of the sink or bath, and all you have is the toilet (likely scenario, I know), drink the water from the toilet TANK. I was wondering if there was bacteria in the tank, and I am surprised that there is such a Little amount. Not saying there always will be a little amount, but it sure seems safer than drinking from the toilet bowl.

[@norma8686]

Some toilets don't have an external tank, my toilet's tank is inside the wall. Looks better but it's a pain if and when some of the components need repair.

[@Music_From_Soniva]

yeah, that's what they did in a 'The Walking Dead' episode lol, which is what lead me to this video.😂

[@wattsinaname6975]

You could always just get it from either and boil it.

[@nerds-nonsense]

Also STRAIN AND BOIL THE WATER IN THAT ORDER

[@wattsinaname6975]

@@nerds-nonsense Really hope one doesn't have a need to strain the water. 🤢

[@chickenmoment9125]

Love your videos man. You make me learn a lot about so many different things. I knew drinking from a tolit isnt good for you but i didnt know how dangerous it actually was lol

[@darkscienceyt]

Glad you learned something new!

[@nyx211]

"What Happens When You Drink Toilet Water?" You say, "Ahhh.... refreshing!"

[@carbrickscity]

Don't forget the fact that it depends on what country you are in as well. Some countries have extremely dirty water sources for toilet, and some uses sea water.

[@X-SPONGED]

"Don't drink toilet water EVER" _Me after accidentally drinking toilet water whilst trying to pick up a drained fusion cell:_

[@IamTooLateForThis]

Panik!

[@vibrantgleam]

Maybe go to a doctor lol.

[@babycarrotz32]

Pop a radaway and you're green to go.

[@jakewillson1873]

Google must be invading my inner thoughts because I thought about this yesterday but I didn’t say it out loud

[@jakewillson1873]

@Lance Counihan lol 😂 yea maybe

[@trip2themoon]

I once saw a documentary following the life of an IV heroin addict/ He was followed into a public toilet and I got a real shock when he took his shot water from the puddle at the bottom of the bowl. I couldn't believe it as he casually draws water into his syringe straight from the bowl. I would have thought an addict using toilet water for a shot would at least open up the cistern and take it from there. I know a guy who took his shot water from a puddle on top of a bashed in wheelie bin lid. God only knows how he's still alive.

[@landontruman3632]

I took my dog to the vet a few years ago because she drank out of the toilet that had a bleach disk in the tank. What he said was hilarious and I still laugh every time I think about it. He said she should be fine from the bleach because its so diluted and as far as the bacteria goes, its highly unlikely that will hurt her because and I quote: "a dog can eat something that will kill a human and not even get a fart stuck sideways". He was an old cowboy and kind of gruff but hilarious.

[@felixtheduke8404]

Good to know that bleach is definitely a good go to when cleaning the toilet. Whether or not anything/anybody ends up drinking from my toilet, I will definitely get more into the habit of disinfecting the whole thing. I will also be disinfecting my wallet due to relevant circumstances

[@louminisalouminios9559]

i rinsed my phone and it did not go well

[@barnabaskocsi1291]

Maaan, i love your channel. I find science interesting on its own and with your humour its even more entertaining :-D that engine rev killed me dude

[@rogersmith9579]

Q, what happens when you drink toilet water? A, everyone goes, "Ewwwww".

[@slaggerthord31]

First one to comment "I drank it and didn't get sick" gets bullied into oblivion

[@PerkVerse]

Bro the toilet water is a heavenly experience. It's like drinking out of the fountain of youth. You aint living until you try the toilet water.

[@gabegreen1744]

​@@PerkVerseDo you have the good drugs?

[@PerkVerse]

@@gabegreen1744 The water is the drug

[@wolfsmaul-ger8318]

fallout characters: "tis but a septic shock"

[@vibrantgleam]

I watched this because I'm a curious weirdo, and I don't regret it.

[@leemarie414]

Alright, look. I'm not even gonna watch this video. But just the fact that you made a video on a topic that everyone has pondered at least a few times, is more than enough for me to give it a thumbs-up.

[@thamirivonjaahri6378]

My biology teacher once compared septic shock to M.A.D. doctrine (or if you ever played DEFCON, decresing defcon status). It starts as imflammatory response which goes from conventional to all out nuclear and everybody dies.

[@sussybaka9722]

Doctor:"what brought you in today?" "I drank toilet water and now I have sepsis👀"

[@TimeTraveler006]

I was dared by a friend to eat a cracker dipped in toilet water so i dipped half of it in and ate the side i didnt dip but im not sure if i accidentally consumed any sploshes of toilet water. thank you for telling me that I will either be severely sick or die. Very helpful guide 10/10

[@D-Thang_]

Dirty mf

[@IAmGodHimself777]

W friend.

[@ssj9devil]

I know most people wouldn't let this info out even if they got waterboarded for it, but as a kindergartner I'd remember that I'd drink out of the toilet for some reason. The habit didn't make it past kindergarten and I now am wondering if this is the reason for my nose blindness. I'm 20, but don't believe I suffer from other issues. I'm under heavy copium and hope it just gave me an abnormally strong immune system. Who knows edit: also did have to get my tonsils taken out at some point early on in life, maybe caused by the states activity

[@DerUbermonke]

Last time I was this early I could go outside.

[@possummagic3571]

Where do you live? Many countries are starting to open up again.

[@JAMINGUN6]

@@possummagic3571 dun dun dunnnnnnnn

[@LeTtRrZ]

“What do you think goes into that toilet bowl, milk and cheerios?” Me: Well technically…

[@chrissytheconqueror7049]

Real story: I have been in the desert and there was legitimately a toilet in the middle of nowhere. It functioned. No other water source around.

[@Trozzin]

That was a horrible story.

[@vibrantgleam]

Hidden water source, or did it GENIUNELY HAVE NO WATER SOURCE?!

[@lordskrothus]

in that case you drink from the water tank that is more likely to be clean

[@Chef_Alpo]

Which desert, precious? Also, was it in an enclosure like the now defunct Mojave phone booth? Also, are you full of it?

[@Chef_Alpo]

​@vibrantgleam it was Harry Potter water

[@josearmandoguerrerochairez3454]

Some classmates (who were total jerks) give UNFLUSHED toilet water, the dude went to the hospital, and I moved cities, never herd of him again, I’m pretty sure he’s fine, otherwise I would have noticed due to the very possible scandal.

[@Hirotara]

If I ever feel like I'm a loser, I can at least take solice in knowing that there are people out there who think its fine to drink toilet water

[@PROFESSORGHOUL01]

I've been binging out on your channel since I found it yesterday. Love your topics. Just 1 small mistake with this episode... Raylee Browning lived in West Virginia, USA, (not UK). Keep up your great work!!!👍😁

[@darkscienceyt]

Thanks for watching, and the correction!

[@PROFESSORGHOUL01]

​@@darkscienceyt Such a shame so much of your hard work was removed.😮‍💨 Glad you didn't lose heart & you're still producing high quality episodes!!!👍😁

[@DimSimSam]

Most people with Sepsis induced hypotension (low blood pressure) often require more than treatment with Vasopressor’s. Depending on the degree of sepsis generally more aggressive treatment pathways are required such as crystalloid (salt based) or colloid (human blood Albumin) transfusions are required.

[@exidy-yt]

There's an incredibly nasty story on Jay Williams's first channel about how a cellmate he had would wash his clothes in the toilet since he didn't want them stolen from the prison laundry. He thought since they kept the toilet bowl sparkling clean, the water was fine. Until he had a towel go down the pipe a bit, and he pulled it back solid brown/red. Don't mess with the toilet water, peeps!

[@AyStar]

Thank you for making this, it was so much more informative than I could have imagined. What baffles me is that there's a viral clip of a mother recording her toddler daughter giving a group of young boys playing cups of water who happily accept and drink the cups on camera, while in the next room the mother instructs the little girl to fill more from the toilet so she could get virtue points by posting it on a Feminist holiday. Nobody in the replies seemed even remotely concerned.

[@cloudywolf9738]

What the Hell?

[@IAmGodHimself777]

…Can we get both her and her daughter executed?

[@CerealExperimentsMizuki]

Modern feminist, that explains it.

[@ravenID429]

God why does that not even surprise me, she should be in prison for life

[@ballisticfuryau308]

My dog needs to watch this

[@franzpattison]

I can't stop clicking on additional videos

[@britaingray5400]

Thank you KZbin recommendations for teaching me something I didn't know I needed to know

[@forceflee1341]

when your locked in the bathroom by your parents, DRINK FROM THE DAMN SINK

[@FerociousPancake888]

I love how some professors spend like 30 minutes explaining what gram negative/positive is and he’s here just like “here’s what it means okay bye” and that’s plenty enough.

[@diysmallthings]

I find that quite different between toilet, also affect by the pipes and the water treatment in different area.

[@AUDACITY245]

The "what do you think was in the toilet, milk and Cheerios?" Had me 😩✋🏻

[@alexm9653]

i love it when you are on youtube at 2am and suddenly stumble upon a video called "What Happens When You Drink Toilet Water?"

[@8Mev]

I sometimes have had a dangerous combination of exceptional creativity and exceptional stupidity and impulsivity, so I will assume watching this video has just added at least a few years of life expectancy to my balance

[@Rudrakxh]

you know youtube recommendations aren't crazy when you're on toilet seat and youtube recommends you such content.

[@loganwolv3393]

It's both fascinating and sadding to see that in most circumstances it's not the bacteria's activity that kills you, but rather our own immune system overreacting. I wonder why we didin't elvove to better regulate our immune response so it dosen't kill us.

[@emeraldadventurer254]

It's definitely worse nowadays with all of our hygiene advancements. Back in the day, people would drink Bacteria filled water, eat unclean foods, and just be in and around dirt 24/7, which made their immune systems not overreact. Nowadays we live as clean as possible, and it causes these overreactions of our immune systems. Ancient humans probably evolved immune systems that worked well with the amount of dirt they encountered, but overreact when we live super clean like we do now.

[@loganwolv3393]

@@emeraldadventurer254 Yeah, exactly. Though perhaps we could use to play in the dirt (sand) more, even as adults and i know it sounds silly but well it can still be fun, and you have a relatively lower risk of getting serious ilnesses... perhaps when you get to senior age you have to stop that since your immune system would be quite weak by then.

[@eatyourvegetables1449]

We did. But MOST of society is almost TOO hygienic. We aren't introduced to disease very often, so when our bodies are, we overreact. Septic shock is also extreme because it's in our blood. Our immune systems are MUCH better at fighting an infection in an isolated area. When your entire body is essentially hindered and infected, your really screwed.

[@Rajkamal-zm9xr]

Accidently found your channel and got addicted to it Can stop watching you videos!!!!

[@call_me_iori]

“It was just a prank.” The prank: 7:05

[@N_0_S_t_al_gicben-zo]

You and no one else in this planet is going to stop me from drinking this toilet water

[@PerkVerse]

ah yes, I see a man of culture.

[@trippen4391]

2:20 this nigga said "Milk and cheerios" IM dead 😂😂😂😂😂💀

[@woopwoop2601]

Some people just hear "There's no such thing as a stupid question" and take it as a challenge xD

[@KendlickLama]

Cytokine storm sounds like a great band name „yo dude, im so hyped for the Cytokine Storm concert this weekend"

[@CheeseChamberGaming]

I drank toilet water when I was three because I was slightly thirsty and didn’t want to ask for a drink. I’m fourteen and still fine

[@seancady4570]

This helped me understand sepsis in a much simpler sense than hours of lecture

[@aqwthetroop]

If you're in a situation where it's a DIRE EMERGENCY and you need to drink toilet water why not just drink tap water?

[@roybaker3945]

So "YES", You can drink toilet water .... Just from the tank, but never the bowl!

[@nqobilesibisi3544]

scenes when someone walks in on me and reads the titile "its not what it looks like " 😂😂

[@brendakrieger7000]

I don't even allow my cat to drink from the toilet. I keep the lid closed.🙀🚽👀

[@blacklight683]

People on tiktok:I will pretend that I didn't see that(*links the toilet*)

[@rgmoses2189]

Subbed after the first video I watched on headshots and now I'm addicted. You should make a video debunking myths because I want to know if the "there's more bacteria on the average door handle than the average toilet bowl" saying is true

[@teethgrinder83]

My kitten managed to jump into the toilet the other week-cant say I was happy, neither was she when I had to wash her lol now I make double sure the toilet seat is down haha

[@kelvlarvest]

ngl when the three pics of the girl's terrible parents showed on screen,, its 3:24 am and im a lil drunk i felt super sick GFDGDHS

[@Andrea-rw9tf]

One of my sisters survived sepsis twice, now she has a pacemaker at 52.

[@Dulex123]

That’s fantastic

[@user-ko4zp1wm2i]

1 vs 1?

[@kessey4879]

My internet recommendation at 3 am

[@-Turtl3_]

3:29 Does that mean that drinking from the toilet tank is usually relatively save?

[@SaturninePlaces]

Due to the way water is flushed from the toilet bowl, there is either an infinitesimally small or nonexistent chance that bacteria finds its way back up into the tank, as corroborated by the test done in this video. If you are in a massive emergency and the toilet is the only option, then the tank is far far better for you than the bowl, but you are just as able to unscrew the pipe bringing water to the toilet and drink directly from the clean plumbing, equivalent to drinking from the sink. You will make a massive mess on the floor, but it IS an extreme emergency after all.

[@wildlifewarrior2670]

You should try it

[@agentswipe6662]

What happens when you drink toilet water, you contract an alphabet of diseases 🚑🧑‍⚕️

[@9Tensai9]

Huh. I had this dream the other day. Basically the whole city ran out of tap water EXCEPT for the pipes in my toilet. We kept that as a secret but we had to drink water from there. I mean it was a dream so I didn't consider than using the tank was better or simply re routing the water from the pipe into a faucet. Dreams.

[@skystalker3747]

I drank toilet water as a kid once but nothing happened to me thankfully

[@gruuzol6280]

🤢🤮

[@skystalker3747]

@@gruuzol6280 kids are dumb man

[@DangerZone2580]

Nothing should happen, just because there's bacteria that doesn't mean they're bad, most of them could be gut bacteria, gut bacteria stay in your gut so ingesting it should be safe and @darkscienceyt didn't say how much bad bacteria and gut bacteria there were. I will strong advise you to not drink any if it's not necessary. The only problem i could think of is if someone and any desese (like ebola) and used the toilet and you drink it you could possibly get the desese so be safe. (Sorry for bad english)

[@lethalprincess2087]

This was in my recommended, and I am not only thoroughly grossed out, but insulted that KZbin thought I needed this 💀 Regardless, thanks for the info. I'll send this to my cousin. She still finds her walking baby in the toilet sometimes when she's not looking.

[@judithajoku8]

Why can’t I stop laughing 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💔

[@drpepper3838]

Toilet water in the netherlands is cleaner than the tapwater from Spain

[@FragGoesBoom]

Jeez 😂

[@laineotto1376]

one of the search recommendations when you googled it: "can you drink diluted water" *wtf*

[@Sir_Isaac_Newton_]

What kind of "ood Poisoning" would you rather? ~ F-ood Poisoning ~ Bl-ood Poisoning

[@stephanieparker1250]

You’d think our bodies could identify the sepsis cycle and react specifically to that storm.

[@laszloposzmik5829]

Nothing happens really. According to the Fallout 3 user manual, if you drink from a toilet, your HP will increase but also your RAD level.

[@deewillerd918]

Thee agua fria is 15 percent gold dust(autumn)

[@silverpelt14]

So, how does this apply to drinking water from the toilet tank then? Is it safer than drinking from the bowl? Not that you'd be wanting to drink it no matter what but the curiosity still stands.

[@theuncalledfor]

Depends on whether someone has left an upper decker in there at any point.

[@RockinTheDub]

“It’s wet, and it’s water” But the real question is.... Is water wet?

[@mayam.235]

Yes, because the modules touch each other.

[@541turbo]

@@mayam.235 no

[@TravisCotter]

When I was in jail the guards thought it would be funny to shut my water off to my sink and toilet. After a week I had to drink my urine out of an unclean toilet. Fortunately I did not get sick. If you don't think your human rights can be violated in jail, they can. Xman

[@Asic229]

Imagine the scientist counting the 90 billion bacteria in that gram of poop one by one

[@chucknorrispargeter177]

This video made my warm bush light significantly worse

[@monniehernandez5959]

I'm very new, my video sequence was, what happens when you overeat, why carbs make you fat and the third video, this one. Hahahaha you channel seems like it's going to be a wild ride

[@angelataylor4540]

My school friend's dog drank toilet water despite having a bowl of water always there for him. He died of old age, so that particular dog drank toilet water without any harmful effects

[@darkscienceyt]

Dogs have potent enzymes that allow them to eat bacteria ridden food. It's a gene they inherit from wolves. I have a video on dog stomachs vs human stomachs

[@nicolasbarbosa8270]

My man here is asking the big questions

[@johnmartson7554]

I can’t even cap when I pull off the top of the toilet to fix the chain that water smell fresh asf

[@Scrumsta]

One time I drank an entire gallon of toilet water for a shirt. I was a really cool shirt.

[@fupmi]

Did you get the shirt

[@Scrumsta]

@@fupmi yes

[@marcse7en]

The person who ended up wearing said shirt, is definitely NOT "cool!"

[@akeembrown7661]

Idk why weird ass videos like this interesting to me 😂

[@bootleg_24]

ive heard some plumbers troll their clients by drinking from a brand new toilet as it's completely clean

[@KhianVictoryDCalderon]

i'm thinking of skibidi toilet while watching these video

[@booster247]

I began questioning why this was even a thing we had to be told, then I remembered this is a world where people eat laundry soap on a dare. I'm so done with this world.

[@TS-uv2pw]

It’s like these people searching were like:” at first I was like mmm toilet water as a joke but broo…. I don’t think it’s a joke anymore👁👄👁✋🏾“ LMAO