# on the urge to jump from high places

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-urge-to-jump-from-high-places/740196>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 11, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-urge-to-jump-from-high-places/740196 "2015-12-11T20:25:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-urge-to-jump-from-high-places/740196/21 "2015-12-19T00:50:20Z")

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> [@Deeg](#):
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> I thought “oral rehydration therapy” was a typical snark by Cecil. I mean, c’mon, isn’t that just drinking water? Turns out it’s a real thing: [Oral rehydration therapy - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_rehydration_therapy)

If you lived in the Third World, it would be a completely familiar term.

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