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[–] 47 points 11 months ago (5 children)

This is a scam, ordered some and they don't tell you that it only works with salt water but I have dirty fresh water! Now stuck buying salt every day.

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  • [–] 27 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    I got the same issue, but I solved it by building a desalination system at home. After the water is cleansed by the oyster, the water gets extracted leaving the salt behind which can be added to a new batch of fresh water. Saves me a few salt trips to the store.

    The elctricity bill is a tad bit higher, but I plan to add wave generators to the oyster aquarium so I can extract power from there just by lowering and raising an inflated ball through the water line. Should also help disturbing any deposits in the tank

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    do the wave generators not need more electricity than the ball peoduces?

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Im thinking of powering the wave generators with wood gas power, since Im already heating my house with wood fire I just need to starve the furnace of oxygen to make the gas appear. Mimor inconvenience with the added carbon monoxide and tar, but Im sure ill work it out

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    that sounds inconvient and inefficient to me. idk but couldn't you use a sterling engine to prpduce electricity from the heat like on the exhaust pipe or put like a rotoe into it or something? idk if there are ready made products like that

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  • [–] 41 points 11 months ago (18 children)

    If I swallow a live oyster, can I drink dirty water safely?

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  • [–] 30 points 11 months ago (9 children)

    Technically if you swallow s live oyster you don't even need a kidney anymore

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    Are you expecting oysters to be poisonous?

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  • [–] 17 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    I think they’re making the joke that you could outsource body filtration to the oyster.

    I’m assuming you’d at least fuck your throat though, because it’s not staying alive without the shell

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    The stomach acid would probably kill the oyster as soon as it has opened the shell.

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  • [–] 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Do you have some special internal path for the oysters own waste product that doesn't interact or otherwise affect your other internal organs?

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  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Turns out eating oysters straight off the rocks is not recommended. Like super duper not recommended.

    I found this out after I managed to open one on the rocks and ate it :)

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  • [–] 32 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    It'd be something if instead of flushing the toilet, an oyster could filter all that

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  • [–] 114 points 11 months ago* (10 children)

    Oyster: Filters all the gross gunk from the ocean

    Humans: I'm going to eat this oyster without cooking it, yes it is gross that's why there's hot sauce.

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  • [–] 61 points 11 months ago (5 children)
  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Fuck the hot sauce, all you need is some cocktail sauce (with horseradish, not that tame ketchup shit) and it's good to go

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Doesn't it usually go with vodka?

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  • [–] 46 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Is there a order limit? Because for undisclosed reasons I'm going to need a lot

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  • [–] 21 points 11 months ago

    sounds like a scam! i bet if the water is too dirty the oyster is going to close and shut off the city's water supply

    (it was clams but i cannot tell the difference between the two so)

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago

    Just pay separate shipping and handling!

    There's always a catch 🎣.

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago

    ADD SEQUENCE

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    why do I want an oyster now?

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I only have 226 L of water, can I borrow 1 pls?

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago*

    1-800 OYSTER is one digit short of a working number, dashing my dreams. 1-800 OYSTERS offered me a free medical alert device, but it is unknown at this time how many liters of water per day it can filter.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    I tried dialing 800-OYSTER, but since it's only 6 digits, no call was initiated. Guess I'm stuck with these 227 liters of water...

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    Yeah… but it all goes in and out through one general purpose orifice 🤢

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