• jballs@sh.itjust.works
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        I never realized the post was making a joke about the OceanGate sub until just now reading another thread.

        At the time, June 2023, they were searching for the missing sub and thought they could have 3 days to survive. So OP was probably making a dark humor joke about how to avoid shitting in the sub.

        But they were so vague that it had everyone - myself included - speculating on why someone wouldn’t want to shit for that long.

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        It’s so cool that there are people new enough to Lemmy that they don’t know that lore, but active enough to ask the question. I mean that seriously, not disparaging anyone. It really is cool.

        Now let’s see how long it is until they start asking about beans.

        edit: s/the/that/

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        strong conviction

        Why would you need a strong conviction to keep your bodily function at bay for no positive effect?

        And why do you talk in third person about yourself?

        • sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works
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          Oh sorry, you may not know. By “they” I mean the guy who posted about needing to not poop for 3 days. There was a post a few years back where a guy asked for advice on not pooping for a few days and he would not tell anybody why he needed to not poop.

          As for conviction the greentext makes it clear this is not a comfortable situation. Anyone wanting to do this in order to not poop, for whatever reason, would know what comes for them if they follow this method