• SSJMarx@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    3 months ago

    I read the book, it’s hardly a snap. The guy drinks his own piss and eats potatoes fertilized by his own shit for like two years.

    • HowMany@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      3 months ago

      It’s FICTION. Not real. Never happened. All events portrayed in this movie aren’t real.

      It is good fiction - possibly the best sci-fi movie to come along in a while, but nevertheless it’s still fiction.

      • SSJMarx@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        3 months ago

        No shit? Do you think I thought it was a documentary?

        I read interviews with the author where he goes into detail on his research to make the main character’s survival plausible, and it’s fascinating stuff.

    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      3 months ago

      That would potentially poison him. Human, dog, cat, and generally any carnivore/ omnivore shit is considered “hot,” and must be treated before use as manure.

      • Darthjaffacake@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        3 months ago

        Yeah they reference this in the book, it’s always from him when he uses the bacteria (meaning in theory it’s only his own pathogens or bacteria). He uses his crews shit that’s been dried and left in Martian temperatures so it’s sterilised.

        • Darthjaffacake@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          3 months ago

          Film theory did an interesting video where they concluded it’d be okay since he’d only be intaking a little over time. (Not saying that’s true)

        • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          3 months ago

          Mix it into compost so that the ratio is 30% droppings or less. This can be used as landscaping fertilizer, but even then it’s not recommended to use for food production.

            • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              2
              ·
              3 months ago

              I’m unsure. I know there happens to be a correlation between the species that are (mostly) herbivorous, and their dung being able to be used with food production. I don’t know if our gut biome would prevent the use of purely vegan poo. I prefer the sewer as a solution, or a latrine.