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[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 75 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They have one of the most potent venoms in the animal kingdom and people apparently often don't even feel the bite. It's also assumed by some scientists that venomous animals with this warning pattern is the reason some people have trypophobia

[–] justabaldguy@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Is that true about trypophobia? Man that would be wild and so cool if so. I'll need to go read about this...

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 21 hours ago

maybe also wasp nests

[–] lavander@lemmy.dbzer0.com 84 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If I recall the story correctly, the dude holding it knew what he was doing and did multiple times. Also he was terminal ill so he really didn’t care if things went wrong.

So I guess who knows even more may be relieved if in favour of consensual euthanasia 🤷‍♂️

[–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 24 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Terminally ill people playing with venomous animals is definitely a choice.

[–] Shayeta@feddit.org 16 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

It's the "You can't fire me, I quit!" mentality taken to a bitter extreme. All for the slightest sense of control over a hopeless situation.

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[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Many life insurance policies pay out for accidents but not suicide. Looks like our friend here is just trying to have an accident.

[–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago

die smart not die hard

[–] OddMinus1@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This comment section has both this story and another story sqying it was a woman who had no idea and posted it online.

Which one is it!?

[–] lavander@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 1 day ago (2 children)

my source is a super solid “dude on internet” 🤷‍♂️

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Man that's another level of "people who know"

[–] QuantumStorm@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know if I'd count myesthenia gravis as a terminal disease. Sure you can't get rid of it, but it's manageable with meds.

[–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I would assume the Liver cancer they mentioned is the terminal disease they're referring to. It sounds like the guy has multiple chronic health conditions, which isn't all that uncommon.

[–] QuantumStorm@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Gah, the adhd skimming got me and I missed that at the end.

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

You're supposed to list the thing that's killing you the most first, it's kind of a rule. But I suppose this guy thinks he's too good for that too.

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If there's going to be a background story, why not make it multiple choice?

agreed hold on i want to make a 3rd competing background

[–] Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 49 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] Hjalamanger@feddit.nu 87 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 211 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Blue ringed octopus is extremely venomous and their beak is so sharp you might not even feel it when it bites

Wiki

The blue-ringed octopus, despite its small size, carries enough venom to kill 26 adult humans within minutes. Their bites are tiny and often painless, with many victims not realizing they have been envenomated until respiratory depression and paralysis begins.[12] No blue-ringed octopus antivenom is available.[13]

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Only good thing is that the venom doesn't have lasting effects if you get artificial respiration in time.

They put you on a ventilator until it wears off, and then you're fine.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

"in time" is the key, here.

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 day ago

AND hopefully remember to close your eyes for you. That's nightmare fuel for sure, right there.

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[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 79 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Aww... They even play the sad trombone for you when you realize you're dead!

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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 day ago (5 children)

But how bitey is it? Why would it even want to bite? What if I'm very very gentle?

[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 56 points 1 day ago (3 children)

If it's cornered it will bite. First it will flee (can't), then it will show the rings you can see in the picture to warn predators. If it does that and you still touch it, or worse, pick it up, it will bite.

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[–] dxc@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 day ago

I'm speaking for a human here but I'm very bitey. From this sample size being 100% bitey we have to assume its the same for the blue-ringed octopus.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 day ago (6 children)

The biteyness increases when one gets moved out of the zone one can breathe in.

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[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

What if I'm very very gentle

You’d die and the octopus would be fine.

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[–] JillyB@beehaw.org 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's a blue-ringed octopus, which has one of the most potent poisons known. The person handling it could easily die.

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[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 day ago (5 children)

envenomated

That's a neat one for scrable

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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is this a real pic or wtf?

[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Yeah, this is an old one. IIRC, the lady holding it didn't know it was dangerous, just thought it was adorable, then when she posted it and ppl told her, she explained she had a meltdown at how wildly dangerous that situation was and she had no idea

[–] glorkon@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That's why education isn't just some nice-to-have luxury. Moments like these should make people go "wait, maybe it's a shitty idea that conservatives like the Trump regime oppose proper, widely available and cheap education for everyone".

I sometimes wonder how many lives would not have been lost if those people had known "sea magically disappear from beach mean big wave coming" when that Indian ocean tsunami happened. Instead, many even went to the beach to observe this strange phenomenon.

Knowledge can save your life.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

A lot were doomed by the speed (500mph/800kph) and sheer size of the waves, which they couldn't have escaped even if they had tried. But those in the escapable areas died needlessly.

[–] glorkon@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago

Tsunamis move at those speeds you mentioned only at open sea. The closer to land they come, the slower they get, as all that kinetic energy is used to build up height.

But even when they reach shore, they're still much too fast to escape from on foot, as we have seen on all those videos.

she explained she had a meltdown at how wildly dangerous that situation was and she had no idea

I probably would too in that situation, followed by immense relief that I survived it lol

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[–] individual@toast.ooo 6 points 1 day ago

its just a spider

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