Am I Going to Die?

[sheic99]

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Uh.
Not to get off topic but, Fahrenheit makes no sense?
Since when?

It makes more sense to say 0 Degrees is 0 Degrees and go from there, unlike Celcius which makes 100 degrees be like 40.

Okay, this will probably be best explained in anchoring points (I just made that term up) of the two systems, i.e. the points on the scale that measure everything else:
0F, 32F, 96F

Celsius? Simply 0 and 100.

0 degrees in Fahrenheit? The temperature where, and I quote:

The zero point is determined by placing the thermometer in a mixture of ice, water, and ammonium chloride, a salt.

32F? The temperature at which water freezes.
96F? The human body temperature.

0 degrees in Celsius? Simply the temperature at which water freezes and the same temperature where things start to get cold as hell when you walk out the door.

100 degrees in Celsius? The boiling point of water, very useful for cooking.

Now you look at that and tell me which one is easier to understand.

This has been bugging a lot since I read it. The human body temperature is 98.6f. Kelvin is the simplest to work with, because you have no negatives, but that is based off of the Celsius scale. Otherwise, I agree with you, the metric system is better to use.

 

[scoHish]

The thread title reminds me so much of the Travelocity gnome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLXV6gTD9GA&feature=related
I thought that I was going to die when my brother pushed me into a pool when I was 5 and didn't know how to swim.

Good to know. Was hoping for a least one comment like this.

EDIT: And I'm referring to the gnome by the way just to avoid any confusion.

 

[HL Plague666]

got hit by a truck once

 

[minarri]

I've had a small handful of those experiences, though that could probably be more easily attributed to the fact that I'm a bit neurotic.

1. When I was a kid I very nearly flipped a riding lawn mower onto myself when it got caught on part of our swing set.

2. My freshman year of college I got really sick, and at one point I woke up during the night because I wasn't passing any air. It took me what seemed like an hour to feebly cough enough to clear my throat.

3. Also during college, I very nearly was in a collision on the Interstate. I was driving past Cleveland and it was snowing pretty hard, which I normally have no problem with. Unfortunately though the lane I was driving in suddenly ended because it hadn't been plowed properly (it looked like the plow driver had just given up) and I narrowly missed hitting a minivan that had been driving next to me in the high traffic.

4. Last year I got kidney stones, but since I was 21 I suspected the terrible pain I was experiencing might be appendicitis. The pain subsided a bit by the time I was seen by an ER doctor, and he told me that "Sometimes the appendix stops hurting right before it's about to burst, so we'd better get you checked out." That scared me quite a bit.

5. I'm not afraid of flying normally, but this past December it was extremely windy during our descent, to the point where the plane was being buffeted about like a toy (it wasn't a tiny plane either, it was 5 seats across). For a time of about 20 minutes I had a deathgrip on my armrest and just hoped that we wouldn't hit a downdraft or crash-land.

 

[j0frenzy]

When I was 10-ish I developed a rather large lump in my hand. At the time I did not think much of it but my parents were really concerned. It wasn't until a couple of years later that the idea of it being cancerous even occurred to me. I really can't say how I would have reacted if it instead grew overnight today instead of when I was too young to really conceive the idea of cancer, but I do realized I should have been more panicked then than I was.

 

[sneakypenguin]

Back in my younger days I used to race all the time(not drag just 55mph starts to until someone lets off or one car pulls away)
Well me and a RX8 where doing 145-150 mph on a 5 lane high way 2 lanes each direction one center turn lane, hes in the left lane i'm in the right and we are neck and neck for about half a mile when this car turns onto the highway right in front of me, I had no time to react I just went left and hoped the Mazda would go in the center lane so I wouldn;t clip him. Luckily he did and I that was my last little race on roads where people can merge.

 

[Zephirius]

On the whole Fahrenheit/Feet/whatever thing, yes, Celsius/Meters are much more practical if you ask me.

On topic: There was this one time when I was like...10, 11, something. I was in the bathroom brushing my teeth when suddenly out of fucking NOWHERE the lamp cover thingy(bulbous shape) just fell out of it's socket and proceeded to crash to the floor and broke to pieces. If I hadn't stood as close to the sink as I did it would probably have landed on my head (Bathroom is quite small). I did get one large but not very deep cut on my foot, after failing to navigate through the broken pieces without hurting myself (bathroom's small size notwithstanding, fancy that ).

 

[jdnoth]

When I was 16, me and a friend went wandering around my home town at the dead of night with a backpack full of spirits and booze. The night ended with me throwing up the contents of my stomach whilst lying face down in a ditch. Almost got hypothermia. Was pretty freaky waking up with all those tubes in my arms.

 

[Dread_Reaper]

Accidentally choked on a piece of steak.

No one was around to give me the Heimlich, so I ran wildly around the store until I passed out mid-step from lack of oxygen. Long story short, my fall dislodged the piece of meat. The staff found me unconscious on the floor about ten minutes later.

I then preceded to go back and eat the entire rest of the steak, choking bite included. Not going to let some fucking meal put me down.

-Dread_Reaper

 

[Evilbunny]

Accidentally choked on a piece of steak.

No one was around to give me the Heimlich, so I ran wildly around the store until I passed out mid-step from lack of oxygen. Long story short, my fall dislodged the piece of meat. The staff found me unconscious on the floor about ten minutes later.

I then preceded to go back and eat the entire rest of the steak, choking bite included. Not going to let some fucking meal put me down.

-Dread_Reaper

That's just about the manliest thing I've ever heard.

 

[Cliff_m85]

I have died. As a child I took a medication that no one knew I was allergic to and went wild with energy. After 5 minutes I crashed into a coma. After 5 more minutes I died. My father revived me, but I still remember my "Near Death Experience". Lots of colors flowing so calmly and my family near me with some odd comforting buzzing sensation.

 

[barryween]

Numbers make no sense to you? Once as a kid I had a simple condition that looks similar to lukimia and they thought i had cancer. i didnt learn this till later though.

It's not numbers that make no sense, it's what those numbers are based off of:

Spoiler: Long winded explanation

Okay, this will probably be best explained in anchoring points (I just made that term up) of the two systems, i.e. the points on the scale that measure everything else:
0F, 32F, 96F

Celsius? Simply 0 and 100.

0 degrees in Fahrenheit? The temperature where, and I quote:

The zero point is determined by placing the thermometer in a mixture of ice, water, and ammonium chloride, a salt.

32F? The temperature at which water freezes.
96F? The human body temperature.
Yeah I know. farenheit sucks. I was just kidding, hence the
0 degrees in Celsius? Simply the temperature at which water freezes and the same temperature where things start to get cold as hell when you walk out the door.

100 degrees in Celsius? The boiling point of water, very useful for cooking.

Now you look at that and tell me which one is easier to understand.

edit:

Fahrenheit is more exact because it was designed for mercury rather than water and alcohol. That created a more accurate thermometer AND introduced a wider range of temperature values as well. The Fahrenheit scale is better for human living day-to-day than Celsius, which is small, messy and hilariously stupid with that -18 to +38 nonsense.

Come on. Zero is very, very cold. One hundred is very, very hot. That mid-range of 40 to 60 degrees is mild. How is that hard to get?

I'm having a hard time believing that you actually understand the Celsius system. 0 is the temperature where water freezes, anything below that and it get's really cold when you step out the door. 100 is the temperature at which water boils, extremely freaking hot.

Read my longwinded explanation above if you want to read the exact details of why Fahrenheit is an arbitrary and senseless system.

I know. It sucks. iwas just kidding. hence the

 

[Adam Jenson]

I was once stabbed in the stomach. I can remember it vividly. Everything went cold and clammy, I lost feeling in my legs. My vision blacked out. I can even remember the sensation of my own blood on my hands.

I woke up from that dream soon after but It was so real.

 

[barryween]

When I was 10-ish I developed a rather large lump in my hand. At the time I did not think much of it but my parents were really concerned. It wasn't until a couple of years later that the idea of it being cancerous even occurred to me. I really can't say how I would have reacted if it instead grew overnight today instead of when I was too young to really conceive the idea of cancer, but I do realized I should have been more panicked then than I was.

what was it for real? I had a similar situation but i posted it already.

 

[barryween]

I was sent by my doctor to a hospital, because I'd noticed my heart rate was quite fast all the time. No matter how relaxed I was, my heart was always racing, and I'm just 19 so I should've had a more normal heart. Had tests done at the hospital and they found something very, very serious. Basically, they wanted to check me in right then and put me under, and shock me until my heart was normal. I was terrified, told I would die if this wasn't done. Well, for whatever reason, this was put off for some time while I had more tests done.

Finally, I went to another hospital, and you know what happened? It turned out that the other hospital had done the tests wrong -every single time-. My heart was fine, just faster than average. I'm still angry that I went months thinking I was going to die.

Do you drink soda?


Caffeine does that.

Caffeine doesn't effect me, actually. It's weird. I can have tons of soda and then go to sleep immediately afterward. However, just to be sure, I did try not having soda for a few months. Didn't change my heart rate.

Jesus christ! I would be pissed too. Also, I'm the same way with caffeine.

When I got diagnosed with cancer I was pretty sure I was gonna die within the next few months. Still alive, though. That was two years ago this June.

You got me and all the rest of the Escapist pullin' for you bro.

Definitely going to second that statement.

I dont care if people are annoyed, I'm thirding this comment. best of luck to you.

 

[acer840]

I had a panic attack once where I really was convinced I was going to have a heart attack and die. It was the strangest thing. To this day I have no idea what brought it on. I wasn't doing anything spectacular.

Yeah, I had one of those during accounting class a few years ago. All I remember was everyones voices sounding really far away, and I couldn't breath properly. I walked outside where I thought I was going to collapse, I just sat down and calmed down. Not a fun experience.

 

[Whobajube]

So once when I was a young one, of about 5 or 6 I'd say, I was playing on a reef of the beach at my grandparents cottage. It was a REALLY windy day. Out of nowhere, something wraps around my neck and shoulders and knocks me off the reef. I hit my head, get a little disoriented, start thrashing around in the water and nearly drown (not to mention this thing is choking me too). Turns out it was a kite that was blowing around in the wind and the string got wrapped around me. It was INCREDIBLY windy at the high altitude that the kite was at I'm assuming, because it was pulling on me with a lot of force... haha... so yes, my near death experience was kite related.

 

[J-Man]

Hmm...
I've had major head injuries several times as a child, the worst involving stitches and no anaesthetic, but at no point in my life have I honestly thought I would die. Well, maybe once. I was doing a skydiving simulation and the instructor lost his grip and I basically did 720 degrees in ten seconds and flew up a dozen or so feet, but the guy grabbed me and pulled me out.

 

[Lord George]

Nearest I've had once was when I was walking out at night, due to lack of sleepiness and although there's no street lights its usually ok because there's never any vehicles, but on that night a jeep shot down the road, I only just got out of the way of the damn thing, though the side mirror smashed into my shoulder, luckily I only had a purple arm for a week instead of dying. I know detest anyone in a 4X4 slow down you bastards