Topic: What I learned today! (Read 185315 times)

Brentai · « **Reply #100 on:** October 07, 2008, 08:02:11 PM »

Okay, you can't do it yourself because of spasms. Got it.

A² · « **Reply #101 on:** October 07, 2008, 08:06:08 PM »

I can't do it because I'm not an ear doctor. My mother simply told me "If you want to put drops in your ear without the pain you need to let me do it"

Brentai · « **Reply #102 on:** October 07, 2008, 08:07:51 PM »

She's an ear doctor?

A² · « **Reply #103 on:** October 07, 2008, 08:10:50 PM »

Yes. Licensed and everything.

Brentai · « **Reply #104 on:** October 07, 2008, 08:12:49 PM »

Oh.

...this is one of those "dentists' children always have the worst teeth" things, ainnit?

Cannon · « **Reply #105 on:** October 07, 2008, 08:13:10 PM »

...Via Lyrai's tragic example (sorry for your episode(s), Lyrai - you have my empathy), I've learned that I'd never want to be isolated from a specialist should I develop another case of kidney stones so bad they require surgery.

Can we... Like... Think up something that would stop the zombies from eating doctors, electricians, engineers, and the like? Seriously, rotters. Eating whoever's handy is an utter dick move.

Brentai · « **Reply #106 on:** October 11, 2008, 05:20:53 AM »

You can, in fact, survive in space for about 45 seconds if you don't hold your breath. This is very comforting to me as I've always had an irrational fear of dying in space. And yes, I know in exactly how many ways that fear is totally ridiculous.

Büge · « **Reply #107 on:** October 11, 2008, 07:13:19 AM »

That's probably true. Your eardrums will pop like moldy corn kernels, though.

And I'm pretty sure something bad happens to your eyes. I think the capillaries burst or something.

Isn't there pockets of air in your sinuses?

God help you if there's gas in your colon.

The point is, you won't die.

For 45 seconds.

In which you will experience most of the above.

Welp, better hit the old dusty trail...

Mongrel · « **Reply #108 on:** October 11, 2008, 11:47:35 AM »

Quote from: Büge on October 11, 2008, 07:13:19 AM

God help you if there's gas in your colon.

I'd pop like a Fuel-Air MOAB.

Brentai · « **Reply #109 on:** October 11, 2008, 03:03:57 PM »

I said survive. I didn't say you'd particularly have a good time. As it turns out you won't stay conscious after 15 seconds, which is actually good because that's about when the eye-freezing and capillary-bursting starts.

François · « **Reply #110 on:** October 11, 2008, 03:34:54 PM »

You can't forget all the various and sundry cancers you'll get from the unhindered solar radiation.

Catloaf · « **Reply #111 on:** October 11, 2008, 03:49:28 PM »

Wait.... Are you saying that the episode of Cowboy Bebop with the thing from the fridge doesn't provide an unrealistic scene when the ~~demon~~fridge is kicked out the airlock?!?!?

Mongrel · « **Reply #112 on:** October 11, 2008, 04:22:02 PM »

Quote from: Catloaf on October 11, 2008, 03:49:28 PM

Wait.... Are you saying that the episode of Cowboy Bebop with the thing from the fridge doesn't provide an unrealistic scene when the ~~demon~~fridge is kicked out the airlock?!?!?

If you're going to invoke Bebop, then the asteroid truckers ep is better since he actually exposes himself to the vacuum of space in that one.

Brentai · « **Reply #113 on:** October 11, 2008, 05:02:32 PM »

Quote from: ZedPower on October 11, 2008, 03:34:54 PM

You can't forget all the various and sundry cancers you'll get from the unhindered solar radiation.

For 15 seconds. Unless you're really close to the sun, it's not a huge issue.

Quote from: Iron_Mongrel on October 11, 2008, 04:22:02 PM

If you're going to invoke Bebop, then the asteroid truckers ep is better since he actually exposes himself to the vacuum of space in that one.

I never got that far in the series, but apparently that's one of the best examples. Spike survives with minor unpleasant side effects, while the other guy dies from actual explosive decompression (due to the pressure around your body changing rapidly, not just from not being there).