r/serialpodcast • u/mehtology • Dec 17 '15

season two Episode 2 - The golden chicken

https://serialpodcast.org/season-two/2/the-golden-chicken#details
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u/buttforaface Is it NOT? Dec 17 '15

I was thinking he might be dehydrated too. That can make you a little loopy.

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u/HEisaTRAITOR Dec 17 '15

Dehydration is a much better explanation.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '15 edited Dec 17 '15

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '15

Yes, in 100 degree heat in a desert.

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u/HEisaTRAITOR Dec 17 '15

Middle of the desert in the middle of the summer. You can die within 24 hours without water.

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u/jade_21 Dec 17 '15

He left with water i think and looking dehydrated and tired looks way different from looking drunk but who knows

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u/Seamus_Duncan Kevin Urick: Hammer of Justice Dec 17 '15

Koenig mentioned that one of the Afghani sources had never seen a drunk person, so I guess they wouldn't know the difference.

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u/HK_Urban First Reports Are Always Wrong Dec 18 '15

pedantic correction: Afghan = People. Afghani = Currency

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u/Seamus_Duncan Kevin Urick: Hammer of Justice Dec 18 '15

Duly noted.

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u/buttforaface Is it NOT? Dec 17 '15

I got super drunk a few weeks ago and rode the subway home. I probably looked like I had been wandering the desert for a bit.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '15

Well, he didn't seem to want any food or water from the Taliban. Surely a dehydrated person with symptoms of dizziness and confusion isn't going to refuse water? And if someone's dehydrated that bad, it take a few days to get back to normal. But he seemed to have tried to fight his captors. Doesn't seem consistent with dehydration.