• Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Excited DIYers running out before doing research: please note that in a medical setting something like half of potential donor poops wind up rejected because of unsuitable bacteria living in the gut that could make you sick.

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      “What do you do for a living?”

      “My poops are the right kind of poops. So doctors pay me to take my poops so others can eat them.”

      “…what?”

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        “They’re the best poops. Really, I don’t know anyone who has poops as good as me. And all the people, all the doctors, the committees, everyone agrees, everyone knows, my poops are the best. The best for me, the best for America.”

    • Otter@lemmy.ca
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      Yup, see also the specimen preparation section of the linked Wikipedia article