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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 108 points 9 months ago

There is an actual reason for this: it's because people buy other people's urine for drug tests. That little bottle has to be warm when you hand it over. I'm guessing in this case, it's a high-crime area and people have to report to their probation officers.

Just shows what a farce the whole thing is.

[-] pixeltree 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Also, cold piss isn't nearly as thirst quenching

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago
[-] pixeltree 2 points 9 months ago

That is the joke, yes

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 11 points 9 months ago

Why couldn't they just use their own body heat?

Also, I'm kind of impressed they figured out how to eat it just enough to get to body temperature in a random microwave.

[-] this_1_is_mine@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

The body is only 85 + or so degrees on the surface of the skin. It's not warm enough as internal temp will be 95+degrees and will be obvious it's not warm enough when they check the temp.

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 9 months ago

Pro tip—stick on hand warmers and a stick on fish tank thermometer. If it’s a little too hot, just take the hand warmer off of it and wait 30 seconds until it cools to a delicious 98.6.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 5 points 9 months ago

They'd have to check that pretty fast or it would cool off anyways but now I just feel bad for the people whose job it is to handle the piss thermometer.

[-] bcgm3@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

In my experience, it's like a temperature-sensitive sticker on the side of the cup, that'll indicate the maximum temperature of the contents. That way it also checks for people who accidentally over-heated their fake/borrowed piss.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 4 points 9 months ago

Oh, that sounds way less disgusting (but still a shitty job)

[-] Hikermick@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

A buddy of mine had this job, he's got some good stories. Using packets of hand warmers to keep it warm would work better

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 3 points 9 months ago

Just store it in the balls like normal pee.

[-] dingus@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The awkward thing is I always tend to accidentally get piss on my hands and on the outside of the cup and then you have to hand it to the worker in shame after trying to clean it with the shitty 1 ply toilet paper and them telling you that you aren't allowed to wash your hands

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 2 points 9 months ago

Not allowed to wash your hands??? That's insane, why?

[-] dingus@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

In drug tests, they want to make sure you aren't diluting the sample for drug testing lol. Very common practice when getting a new job. They let you wash your hands after they take the sample. It's just awkward and embarrassing with your piss hands in the interim lol.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 1 points 9 months ago
[-] obscur_e@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago

lol why dont they use their own? are they stupid????

[-] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 56 points 9 months ago

I cant tell if you are privileged enough that you have a microwave in which to heat urine, or if you have urine clean enough to pass a drug test. Either way - I'm proud of you.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago

In order to have a microwave, you need to have money. Poor people tend to lack that. Especially poor people who are also drug addicted who just want to keep out of prison or keep their job.

[-] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

Not to mention when the court orders you to have regular drug testing done, you're on the hook for them. And they ain't exactly cheap, especially for someone making 10 bucks an hour part time.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

The whole legal system is designed to make non-wealthy people fail to rehabilitate.

[-] n0clue@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Hey now, it's designed so wealthy people don't have to rehabilitate either, so that's fair right?

[-] Sakychu 3 points 9 months ago

You have to pay for the Tests yourself?

[-] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 9 points 9 months ago

It’s one microwave, how much could it cost? 1000 dollars?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

It might as well cost $1000 if you are barely scraping by.

All this tells me is you've never been inside the home of a poor person, let alone a poor person who is also suffering from addiction. If they have a home at all.

[-] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This just tells me you've never been inside the house of a poor person. If you think they have a tv at all.

[-] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago
[-] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
[-] nesc@lemmy.cafe 3 points 9 months ago

Maybe they can spend money on microwave instead of drugs or urine.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

Tell me you don't understand addiction without telling me you don't understand addiction.

[-] nesc@lemmy.cafe 2 points 9 months ago

Oh poor babies! Let's be real most of addicted people are adults that should be responsible for their own lives, I was addicted to alcohol and stopped, it was hard ofc. If they can't maaaybe they shouldn't try to game the system and own their mistakes?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago

And people with clinical depression just need to smile more, am I right?

[-] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Yeah, and the poors need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, transgender folks need to just make peace with what their mothers' doctors said, underpaid employees should just go get a better paid job, and fat people should just stop putting food in their gobs until they're thin. People sleeping on the street: they're the silliest -- they should just go inside!

[-] Tetsuo@jlai.lu 6 points 9 months ago

Starting 2025 with the compassion resolution I see.

Good job!

[-] nesc@lemmy.cafe 1 points 9 months ago

You had zero opportunities to be robbed by a family member at knife point due to them needing a fix. Sorry not sorry, no compassion here, people like that should be forced either get off the drugs or go to jail.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 5 points 9 months ago

You are spectacularly ignorant

[-] seven_phone@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

I think oftentimes they find use of their own urine demeaning and so prefer to outsource.

[-] obscur_e@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

you seem smarter than a squid

[-] seven_phone@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

A squid is able to get through a hole.

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