>>17539527heh I was hoping someone else was thinking it
>>17539528nah bruh you need them to maintain an ideal osmotic pressure. Otherwise your body wastes time and energy leaching it's own electrolytes into the water until the osmotic pressure equalizes and the water and minerals can be properly absorbed back in to the body's cells. Same reason they don't give IV's with pure water, it's both inefficient and medically unideal
