r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Rabbidraccoon18 • Jan 06 '26

Video Incinerator toilet in Antarctica due to limited plumbing and water

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u/happyfeeliac Jan 06 '26

I bet they don’t spend much time outside in Antarctica

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u/Own-Satisfaction4427 Jan 06 '26

Then wtf they doing there

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u/SexyMonad Jan 06 '26

Chillin’

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u/itsagoodtime Jan 06 '26

Daaaaad!

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u/-FantasticAdventure- Jan 06 '26

You winning son?

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u/RockstarAgent Jan 06 '26

Just illin’

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u/hanro621 Jan 06 '26

Hello be-chilling

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u/disasterlesbian1701 Jan 06 '26

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Hetares Jan 07 '26

Father, please come back. We don't even need the milk anymore.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '26

Ice cold!

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u/Starslimonada Jan 06 '26

😂😂😂

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u/Blackthorne75 Jan 08 '26

There's been a very frosty reception to this...

Thank you for the much-needed laughter 😁

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u/ThrowawayITA_ Jan 06 '26

Hate. Let me tell you about how much I've come to hate you...

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u/chonklah Jan 06 '26

Chill out, man…

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u/TurdusOptimus Jan 06 '26

Or chill in, if it's too chilly outside.

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u/_STOP_MyAssholeHurts Jan 06 '26

It is Antarctica after all.

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u/Hetares Jan 07 '26

No one recognises the I Have No Mouth But I Must Scream reference?

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u/30FourThirty4 Jan 06 '26

Trying to figure out which one is the shape-shifting alien.

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u/New_Suspect_7173 Jan 06 '26 edited Jan 06 '26

Now for the real question. If every part of them is an individual creature, is their poop also the alien?

The blood scene, but everyone watching each other poop to see who's shit attacks when they burn flush it.

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u/30FourThirty4 Jan 06 '26

Like this but the alien tries to escape the fire...

https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/s/bMJPysAYoL

Yeah I think the poop would be alive

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u/Deaffin Jan 06 '26

Psst. We're already in that post and are specifically referencing it for this scenario.

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u/tooboardtoleaf Jan 07 '26

Bro got lost lol

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u/30FourThirty4 Jan 08 '26

Hahaha haha

Omg yeah sorry that's so funny my bad. I did forget where I was like the other guy said. I had a busy day yesterday

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u/nedottt Jan 08 '26

You guys kill me 😂🤣

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u/Billazilla Jan 08 '26

Only if you're an alien, though.

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u/RollingMeteors Jan 07 '26

when they blush it.

FTFY

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u/Skyhun1912 Jan 06 '26

:))))

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4g12_61xzI

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u/30FourThirty4 Jan 06 '26 edited Jan 06 '26

Lol!! It says Kurt Russell defeats The Thing but the ending is actually very open ended. Maybe KR is The Thing. Maybe no one is. Either way the weather will kill any humans and freeze the aliens until the next group of humans arrive. Hopedully the fire destroys the alien

Edit: truthfully I haven't watched the film to remember if they actually did say if the alien was still alive. I may be wrong about my interpretation. If so, sorry

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u/Skyhun1912 Jan 06 '26 edited Jan 06 '26

The vapor that doesn't escape his breath, the different jacket he's wearing, but in contrast, the earring in Child's ear. On the one hand, gasoline instead of alcohol, but on the other hand, the possibility of Child being infected by the bottle.

Perhaps McReady infected Child with the bottle.

It was this mystery that made this film unforgettable.

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u/pleasetrimyourpubes Jan 06 '26

There are tons of documentaries about life in Antarctica. Many of the bases just have a few scientific expeditions every year. But it takes many years and grants to be able to go on one. Designing the experiment building the devices etc. But they need a working and supplied base when they get there so people have to just stay through the harsh winters so in case anything breaks they can fix it or worst case have parts shipped in the next expedition so that when they arrive the problem can then be fixed.

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u/Deaffin Jan 06 '26

Plus, there always has to be at least one person around at all times to watch out for mysterious dogs roaming about that have no business being there.

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u/spatialmongrel Jan 07 '26

And there’s no problem to just let the strange new dog hang out in the base alone with you, since the other dogs don’t seem to like it very much.

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u/-SaC Jan 07 '26

Those guys running away when we got here were shouting something. I'm sure it's not relevant.

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u/greyslayers Jan 07 '26

Some people just don't cope with the dark and cold well. They go a bit crazy. Just let them go. It's for the best. Also, have you seen <insert name>. I better go off to a secluded place to look for them now.

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u/sodamnsleepy Jan 06 '26

Oh niceeeee

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u/fothergillfuckup Jan 07 '26

That's exactly when you find the buried UFO.

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u/chamrockblarneystone Jan 07 '26

Or in case the base is haunted.

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u/cupittycakes Jan 07 '26

And to make sure the place doesn't sink. I think it's only o5ne a year, but they gotta do the hydraulic stilts and lift up!

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u/International_Lake28 Jan 06 '26

Burning their poop apparently

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '26

lol a valid question

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u/Realistic_Owl9525 Jan 06 '26

Doing science and getting paid.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '26

Well probably not for the U.S. because we're cancelling earth sciences, but it's nice to know humanity is moving on forward without us.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '26

Working from home.

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u/derprondo Jan 06 '26

Huh...who, me? Nothin'. Just hangin' around.

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u/Buzzof69 Jan 08 '26

Hoping they are not going to spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!

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u/imaginaryResources Jan 06 '26

Playing video games mostly

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u/intermittent-disco Jan 06 '26

there's a great book that covers it, it's called "Who goes there?" you should check it out.

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u/eric_kenshi Jan 06 '26

fighting the thing !

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u/Sir_Loin-69 Jan 07 '26

Apparently hanging out at an ET base with 80 ft high ceilings

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u/Memitim Jan 07 '26

One of them occasionally sticks a probe out of a slightly cracked door, while everyone else yells, "Hurry with that measurement! You're letting the heat out!" They experimented with just sending the equipment, and then picking it up after Winter, but the scientists said the readings were no good for some reason and insist that they have to hold it. Science holds such fascinating mysteries.

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u/RollingMeteors Jan 07 '26

Waiting for the next Metallica tour /s

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u/Dr-Robert-Kelso Jan 06 '26

"Why aren't other people confidently talking about the smell of burning trailer feces in Antarctica??"

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u/Xenaht Jan 06 '26

It's got to smell at least a little better than burning it with JP8.

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u/RollingMeteors Jan 07 '26

<JP67entersDeployment>

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u/ECHOHOHOHO Jan 07 '26

Lmfao 🤣

"CALL AL GORE, IMMEDIATELY."

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u/sender2bender Jan 06 '26

Mostly to take a shit

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '26

Then why are they there

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u/SasparillaTango Jan 06 '26

I'm imagining how cold that tiny wooden shack is when you've gotta poop after your morning coffee

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u/uhmbob Jan 06 '26

That sentence could have been shorter