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Elemental mercury.
though can only be ingested once
Based on the posed question and its limiting conditions, elemental mercury is a correct answer. Pure hydrogen peroxide or isopropyl alcohol would qualify, too.
If you include materials which are liquid outside of "room temperature," things like magma and liquid nitrogen would also be correct answers.
Olive oil?
You wouldn't live long, but compared to the other options you're listing...
Not quite, actually! I mean, itβs not good for you, but once itβs in your digestive tract it mostly passes straight through rather than being absorbed. The vapor over the liquid is more dangerous, but once youβve swallowed it thatβs not a concern.
that's exactly why this is the right answer
You'll drink this until the end of your life. Works the same with molten iron though.
Nougat is a Lemmy user, presenting to the emergency room unconscious
No I'm not.
Why not gallium
always gave me a heavy feeling in the pit of my stomach.
I appreciate the creativity, but that is not a drink, good sir/madam...
I posit that any substance which can be ingested as a liquid by pouring it from a container into one's mouth (the act of "drinking") is, by definition, a "drink."