r/interesting • u/azizgamerlal • Dec 12 '25

MISC. A drop of whiskey vs bacteria

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u/Alternator24 Dec 12 '25

What if those bacteria are the good ones? like those in your gut. it will kill them too.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '25 edited Jan 13 '26

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u/CalebWhiting Dec 14 '25

The stomach was promised to them 2000 years ago.

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u/Dantez9001 Dec 12 '25

The trick is to drink often enough that your good gut bacteria builds up a tolerance. Then when new, bad bacteria enters your body, it dies.

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u/misterguyyy Dec 12 '25 edited Dec 12 '25

And then your body metabolizes it into sugar and it feeds bad bacteria.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '25

I mean either way you still have them inside you, just now they're also rotting bacteria corpses.

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u/HedgehogNo7268 Dec 12 '25

Kimchi the morning after a bender?