cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/41425995
…because the shape of the water bottle isn’t uniform either. Part of my new year’s resolution is to drink 4 liters of water per day, so I spend a lot of time looking at those lines. Edit: 4 liters is a lot, but appropriate for my size and activity level. Without conscious consideration I don’t drink enough water. It looks blue because the bottle is blue.
Your bottle isn’t a uniform shape. There’s internal volume missing where the handle is, requiring greater vertical length to equate to the same volume elsewhere
It’s not perfectly cylindrical, the handle cuts out volume (which makes sense).
Neat.
Although… Why 4 L of water? There has been a persistent gym-trainer recommendation for folk to drink the whole recommended daily allowance of water as a distinct supplement, even though most other foods and drink supply adequate hydration on their own.
Water is great as a snack-alternative for caloric reduction, however, not to mention it’s use in thermal regulation. My understanding is just that they “you’re dehydrated unless your pee is clear” folks are operating outside the mean of medical advice.
The marks on the.bottle are definitely interesting, though.
Unless you’ve had a kidney stone.
Then you make sure to never be dehydrated.
Also why exactly 4 liters? Do people think our bodies only accept exact amount of fluids?
Is that water though?
They aren’t?
One is 500 ml increments the other 16oz increments.
The distance between the markings gets wider the higher it goes. But that’s becsuse it’s not a perfect cylinder. The handle is making things weird.
Doesn’t that make the measurements uniform?
It depends on the units that you’re using.
They are a uniform volume apart but not a uniform length apart which is what I think is the mildly interesting part.
Well yes, but actually not what OP was referring to I believe.
The distance gets wider only for the handle section. Once the handle ends, the distance gets narrow again.
Yes the measurements are uniform, the interior volume isn’t.
