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Cosmic horror in a nutshell
- Cosmic horror works because we really are as powerless as it tells us.
I would argue that "instantly killed in a horrifying way" is oxymoronic. I don't care that I'll be torn to pieces by rabid centipedes while being boiled alive in a vat of acid, as long as it's an instantaneous death. Horrifying, maybe, to observers, but any instantaneous death makes the means irrelevant to the killed.
- Not instantaneous; just too fast for you to see the trouser snake.
- Maybe he's not the only one who is horrified by it?
- They do form social bonds so there is a chance a friend of his saw it happen.
- Of course the meaning is horrifying to the observers and to those contemplating it.
- First, I don't think this was instantaneous. Depends on how high the voltage was.
  Regardless of that, I wanted to point out that I once had a third-degree burn next to my ankle made by the escape pipe from a motorbike. It barely hurt at all, and it smelled like steaks. Thing is, the nerve terminals burn, and so you don't feel any pain. But it was ugly, following days I had to keep it clean... And the mark lasted a few years.
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No matter where you are on the planet, you’re never much more than 100 km away from the Kármán line. Death is (generally speaking) always just overhead.
- Going by that logic, just a meter deep is a crushing death. And right where you are you could smash your head against something... which is at least also something that happens all the time, no need to look at theoretical far-away things when the boring truth is far worse.
  
  And most modern cars are less than a second or two away from deadly speeds while driving if not already travelling at deadly speeds 😅
  
  Just a few days ago, someone I know had to be hospitalized because of somehow slipping and smashing badly into their desk while doing normal, boring office work. From how it was described to me, I cannot help thinking sex was somehow involved, like receiving or giving oral sex from under the table maybe.
  EDIT: Typing this, I was reminded of a guy who got smacked in the back of his head. Got X-rayed, everything looked normal. They kept him in the hospital for observation, though. X-ray again after an hour, a huge hematoma had evolved under his skin, pressing on the upper spine. They immediately drained it. Otherwise, it would have killed him very quickly.
- You don't have to get to the karman line to asphyxiate, the karman line is only relevant if you are trying to move faster to generate lift. The Death Zone starts at only 8 km altitude.
- For your body to stay alive, a lot of things have to go right for the “engines” to keep running.
  On the other hand, just a few things going wrong is all it takes to take down the overly complex Rube Goldberg machine that is your body; all being inevitable due to how entropy and randomness work in our universe.
Looks fake.
The voltage difference between the two terminals would be minimal so no current flow, the back plate should be non-conductive. The other reason is there are no scorch marks or other signs of burning.
Now if the mouse had gone between the green and yellow (where the terminal separator is); then we would see a big voltage difference.
- Lmao, what make you so sure there would be minimal voltage difference???
  
  Generally same coloured wires are at the same potential.
  It is extremely bad practice to have different potentials on the same wire colours. Especially since they are in same terminal block.
  I don't know which country this picture is from, but yellow/red would be safe to assume line voltage, green would usually be earth potential.
- That’s such a mean thing to say.
That hits
Wow, I'm officially at the "Abyss staring back" part of my life now. Serves me right I guess.
Is that a Douglas Adams quote? That feels like Douglas Adams to me.
- feels more like Lovecraft than Douglas Adams, tbh
- Oh interesting, it does feel like one of his.
For your crimes against rodentkind, Rat Court sentences you to a handstand in the Chamber of Death.
Some say it still smells like roasted hot dogs
- "Honey, did you leave the stove on?"
  "I don't think so. It's probably the pans in the sink."
Was this post written by F. Scott Fitzgerald? Shit reads like it was straight out of The Great Gatsby.
- Yeah, I love that this person not only thought this way about this random turn of events, but then also shared his thoughts on it
- For sale: One pair rubber electricians gloves, mouse sized. Never used.
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What animal was this?
- Mouse
- A mouse or rat I think
  
  MouseRat?
  
  I'd say mouse, rats are way bigger and too smart to be electrocuted! 😏
Related: Pandora's Box
RIP in peace, Electrovole
Rat gyang
I've read this in EmpLemon's voice
Mmmm... Crispy

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