In reply to foxtrapper:
Where the heck do you work that you're used to being in a high-helium environment?
In reply to foxtrapper:
Where the heck do you work that you're used to being in a high-helium environment?
Deep sea work?
I can believe it. People feel like they're asphyxiating if they have high CO2 levels. Our bodies don't bother to check for oxygen. So you could breathe pure nitrogen and feel just fine until you fall over, and you could be breathing 95% oxygen and 5% CO2 and feel like you're going to die.
I understand that burrowing animals do sense oxygen levels, which makes sense given that dead air might be a problem for them.
Knurled wrote: I can believe it. People feel like they're asphyxiating if they have high CO2 levels. Our bodies don't bother to check for oxygen. So you could breathe pure nitrogen and feel just fine until you fall over, and you could be breathing 95% oxygen and 5% CO2 and feel like you're going to die. I understand that burrowing animals do sense oxygen levels, which makes sense given that dead air might be a problem for them.
Plot twist: you're breathing far more than 5% CO2 right now. 
https://youtu.be/5lL5xRKquPQ
Swank Force One wrote:Knurled wrote: I can believe it. People feel like they're asphyxiating if they have high CO2 levels. Our bodies don't bother to check for oxygen. So you could breathe pure nitrogen and feel just fine until you fall over, and you could be breathing 95% oxygen and 5% CO2 and feel like you're going to die. I understand that burrowing animals do sense oxygen levels, which makes sense given that dead air might be a problem for them.Plot twist: you're breathing far more than 5% CO2 right now.
Shouldn't be. CO2 is at 400ppm, 5% is 50,000ppm.
Derp. Confused it with nitrogen. Sorry.
In reply to Toyman01:
I'm (morbidly) curious as to how any of those methods would leave 12 people "horribly disfigured". I wonder if the robot accidentally tore their faces off or something. 
gamby wrote: In reply to Toyman01: I'm (morbidly) curious as to how any of those methods would leave 12 people "horribly disfigured". I wonder if the robot accidentally tore their faces off or something.
Hi gamby,
I’m afraid you’re walking into the middle of this movie…the story has been debunked.
RX Reven' wrote:gamby wrote: In reply to Toyman01: I'm (morbidly) curious as to how any of those methods would leave 12 people "horribly disfigured". I wonder if the robot accidentally tore their faces off or something.Hi gamby, I’m afraid you’re walking into the middle of this movie…the story has been debunked.
Yeah, GPS sucked all the fun out of it in the 8th post.
Snopes, ruining wild speculation for everyone since 1995. 
gamby wrote: In reply to Toyman01: I'm (morbidly) curious as to how any of those methods would leave 12 people "horribly disfigured". I wonder if the robot accidentally tore their faces off or something.
That was one of the funny scenes from Ichi the Killer. (Funny if you like splatstick) Guy wades into an apartment full of yakuza, blood and gore and stuff starts flying out of the door, and toward the end a guy's entire face flies out and sticks to the opposite wall in the hallway.
Also:
(references this page You're gonna need a peg face! Peg faces for everyone!)
That's what we need to call the person that makes the last post in the most threads.
Suicide Bear, thread killer of the week!
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