Comment on The scientific method

smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• peanuts4life@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The whole premise of this meme is a bit silly. If there was a corpse floating near the beach, I think most people might wait for the corpse to be removed, and perhaps even a reasonable cause of death to be determined, before entering the local area. The same is true for pools.

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  • thefartographer@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “Smithens, the corpse is growing near me again. Use the pool-skimmer to push it into the deep end”

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  • smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ah, so corpse count AND proximity are both factors? Along with knowledge of the presence of said corpse?

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    • oxideseven@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And corpse size. The variables are piling up… This is gonna be a difficult study

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    • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This can be simplified to the individual’s understanding of how quickly they could be touching a corpse.

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      • smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Corpse size still plays a role. You wouldn’t want to touch a dead tadpole, but you may not even notice.

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  • marcos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As it says, there’s a minimum acceptable volume/corpse ratio.

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• MonkderDritte@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ah no, a dead fish indicates that the water isn’t healthy. You should shy away from it.

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  • Bertuccio@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, fish always make sure to leave the water before they die.

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    • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Fish tend to die by being eaten, a dead fish that nothing has eaten yet is a concern.

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  • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Like too much chlorine?

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• pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Now what if it’s a severed human head?

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  • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Or a couple of severed toes or fingers?

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    • Hupf@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What about a clipped fingernail? There’s some kind of acceptability threshold here as well.

      Speaking of which, what percentage of poo would be acceptable? Does it matter whether or not it’s family?

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      • Revan343@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Fingernails aren’t flesh; there’s no such thing as a dead fingernail because there’s no such thing as a live fingernail. It’s like shed hair floating in the pool; kinda gross, sure, but not dead body gross

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      • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Similar to corpses, it’s not the %, it’s the accessibility: “How quickly could I be touching a corpse / poo right now?”

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      • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        How distantly related we talking here? Siblings/parents or cousins? We’re not the hapsburgs, no incestuous shit eating in this pool.

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  • smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hard no, leaking is gross.

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    • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What if the head was laminated after it was severed?

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      • smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        How exactly do you propose to laminate a severed head??

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• WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What about a dead baby?

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  • smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Dead babies don’t care how many bodies there are.

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    • deus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ah, the old Lemmy switcheroo!

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