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Get paid for your poo!
« on: January 29, 2019, 02:45:50 AM »
I wasn't sure which forum to put this in..

https://m.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/centre-for-digestive-diseases-calls-out-for-faeces/3383845/

You can get paid $50 a poop!

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Re: Get paid for your poo!
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2019, 04:11:24 AM »
Dang - not in my city!

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Re: Get paid for your poo!
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2019, 06:42:42 AM »
That could be a fairly simple and lucrative side gig, $13000 a year according to this link:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/01/29/you-can-earn-13000-a-year-selling-your-poop/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.533f34d6ef89

For people who plan an ERE level FIRE they could do it just on that!

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Re: Get paid for your poo!
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2019, 07:46:29 AM »
Hmmm.  So many questions.  Do you have to poop in a container, or fish it out of the bowl?  If the latter, are runny poops unsaleable?

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Re: Get paid for your poo!
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2019, 07:56:05 AM »
It's officially a crap job.

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Re: Get paid for your poo!
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2019, 07:58:23 AM »
You could get double paid by pooping for your side gig while working at your regular job.


Probably best to put a carefully worded note on your sample if storing in the office fridge though.

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Re: Get paid for your poo!
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2019, 12:36:22 PM »
Hmmm.  So many questions.  Do you have to poop in a container, or fish it out of the bowl?  If the latter, are runny poops unsaleable?

You do it into a tub and you have to be eating certain foods like wholemeal pasta. I would think they'd only want solid ones!

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Re: Get paid for your poo!
« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2019, 01:20:24 PM »
I was reading not to long ago about Bill Gates latest forays into sanitation and toilets and how much business there is in that. Shit’s getting real!

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Re: Get paid for your poo!
« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2019, 08:54:49 PM »
Sounds like a nice side gig. Could earn $150 per day LOL.

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Re: Get paid for your poo!
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2019, 08:10:29 PM »
Faecal transplant therapy, huh?    I think you'd have to be screened for things like c difficile...

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Re: Get paid for your poo!
« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2019, 05:49:39 AM »
Should send Rowe there since its a shitty job!

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Re: Get paid for your poo!
« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2019, 08:40:52 AM »
Faecal transplant therapy, huh?    I think you'd have to be screened for things like c difficile...

If it's too difficile, just add more fiber.

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Re: Get paid for your poo!
« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2019, 12:57:29 PM »
Faecal transplant therapy, huh?    I think you'd have to be screened for things like c difficile...

If it's too difficile, just add more fiber.

Ha! They do screen it, and only a small percentage of donors are accepted. I read in another article that a few of the accepted donors have Super Poo that has significantly better results than other poo. They are investigating what makes it so. I'd be so proud if my poo was Super.

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Re: Get paid for your poo!
« Reply #13 on: February 01, 2019, 03:37:14 AM »
Thank you for sharing! It's a novel idea... I will have to wait a few months because I've recently been on antibiotics, but this might be a side hustle I could doo-doo!

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Re: Get paid for your poo!
« Reply #14 on: February 01, 2019, 09:07:24 AM »
OK, this is actually a pet subject of mine! There is a lot of evidence that there is more mind-body connection through the brain and gut than anywhere else. Bacteria cells in our body (primarily gut) outnumber our own cells! What I'm saying is that these treatments have the potential to not just help digestion, but immunity and even depression. I also think this would be a great treatment for patients with cancer after they have completed their cancer treatments and their natural biome has been compromised.

This is just the beginning of microbiome research. It is true that right now they are looking for "super poopers" but in the future most likely they will make "super poop" by blending poops from multiple individuals or making customized "poop" for faecal transplants. I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up collecting super poop from people in less developed countries to get an even wider array of microbes. I no longer do my own research but I feel this area is "ripe" for research.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180414171634.htm
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Re: Get paid for your poo!
« Reply #15 on: February 01, 2019, 09:28:41 AM »
Faecal transplant therapy, huh?    I think you'd have to be screened for things like c difficile...

It is the best treatment for C-Difficile

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Re: Get paid for your poo!
« Reply #16 on: February 02, 2019, 07:26:36 AM »
Faecal transplant therapy, huh?    I think you'd have to be screened for things like c difficile...

It is the best treatment for C-Difficile

yes, they screen the poop for a number of things.

 

Wow, a phone plan for fifteen bucks!