Stung By a Maine Jellyfish? DON’T PEE ON IT! Here’s Why

Are you goddamn kidding me?! My entire childhood revolved around the idea that I knew what to do if somebody at the beach was stung by a jellyfish. I'll tell you what not to do; PEE ON IT!

Should you pee on a jellyfish sting?

Absolutely not. Nope. According to people that actually know what they're talking about like scientificamerican, peeing on it will actually make the sting worse. My entire life has been a lie. I'm going to need MORE therapy after learning this one guys.

Why does urine help a jellyfish sting?

Sodium. Depending on your diet of course will depend on the amount of sodium you'll have in your urine and most of the time I bet it's not enough.

What happens to you when you get stung by a jellyfish?

"Once stung, angry, red, whiplike lash marks mar the skin. The pain radiates from the sting site and starts to itch, burn and throb as it blisters. Scratching it, though, can make the pain worse, because rubbing activates the nematocysts, which release more venom" -scientificamerican

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Choo-choo, the honesty train is entering the blog station. Before just now, I actually had no idea what a jellyfish sting ACTUALLY does to us, nor what it looked like. I just knew it would hurt really bad and somebody was gonna have to pee on me.

I'm not kidding guys, this is serious in my friend group. We had designated jellyfish pee-er's in my group of friends.

If I got stung my best friend Madi would just pop a squat and vice versa. We were ready. Is it almost messed up of me to say that I'm kind of sad that will never have to come true?

I wanted to get married and have her speech be about urinating on my jelly sting and saving my life but hey.