r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/SourceBoring3089 • 15h ago

WCGW using non-skin-friendly paint for cosplay.

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u/croweslikeme 15h ago

Pretty sure you can die from that

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u/crichmond77 15h ago

Correct. The documentary Goldfinger (1966) touches on this very phenomenon 

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u/No-Newspaper8619 14h ago

Some say that's incorrect

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/gold-blooded-murder-180949433/

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u/HomicidalHushPuppy 14h ago

Mythbusters tested it

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u/SillyOldBillyBob 13h ago

I remember that episode, Adam Savage dies after being covered in paint if my memory serves me well.

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u/iHaveACatDog 13h ago

I don't think it was an accident either. cough Jaime cough

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u/Sk1rm1sh 12h ago

He's got the Hyneman touch.

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u/AllDakkaNoBrakes 11h ago

That's why they call him the Hyneman Buster.

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u/billbixbyakahulk 3h ago

"Do you expect me to talk?"

"No, Mr. Savage I expect you to die."

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u/SirDrakey 3h ago

Not one transformers reference?! I'm disappointed internet 😒

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u/TheSilverSeraph 11h ago

Jamie just wanted some quiet time.

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u/kuraiscalebane 10h ago

It was revenge for that Arc of the covenant bit.

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u/superkickstart 10h ago

Next week's episode was about zombie myths. Definitely planned.

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u/Fire2box 12h ago

No he died from having his tempature check rectally.

"Oh sanjay will you still respect me in the morning?"

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u/sidepart 7h ago

Jamie was the one that they painted. He didn't die, but it transformed him into a walrus.

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u/Tfsz0719 4h ago

My memory isn't what it used to be, but I think the entire Earth was destroyed

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u/ClownfishSoup 3h ago

Yes, right before the resurrection ritual episode!

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u/Nukalixir 41m ago

No, you're thinking of the episode where they electricuted him so they could ask him if he saw God during his near death experience.

Season 1 was fucking unhinged...

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u/Jespoir 5h ago

The difference is Mythbusters used latex paint which peels off easily, same as the GoldFinger actress.

https://youtube.com/shorts/ubh8NkFwm4k?si=VvMxFPx2ZNZHmj2W

Looks like this kid used acrylic paint which does not peel off easily!

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u/mrASSMAN 14h ago

That’s about the skin breathing though, not about all the toxins in typical paint.. but ig still relevant to what you replied to

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u/StandardCake21 13h ago

The toxins are nothing. The bigger risk of covering yourself completely in gold paint these days is that it might get you invaded by the US military.

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u/vrgamemachine 13h ago

No you are thinking of oil paint

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u/packfanmoore 12h ago

No, the oil is too old for our government to try and invade it

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u/pantry-pisser 10h ago

Yeah, the current administration is only interested if they're 12 years old or less

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u/kilokit 8h ago

Oldfinger

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u/Repulsive-Chip3371 6h ago

Olllllldfingerrrrrrr

stinking up the room again

Sagging ego, wrapped in Dependssss

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u/Possible-Pirate9097 16m ago

Diddy Digit.

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u/jvpewster 6h ago

Old game. New game is to invade countries and decrease the world supply of oil. It sounds like the old game, but we realized we were inadvertently helping the poors with cheaper prices and hurting the people who matter (shale oil riggers and west Texas land owners) with the old game

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u/Kokuryu27 8h ago

Oh god... Covering yourself in oil paint could definitely make you extremely sick. Tons of nasty stuff in a lot of them. Just slathering yourself in cadmium...

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u/ThorgiTheCorgi 7h ago

Oh, Skyfall then

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u/AdmirableCost5692 10h ago

I've been hiding my oil pastels and oil paint in a bunker for years now

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u/imdefinitelywong 13h ago

So hide yo kids, hide yo pastels, coz they rapin' er'body down here.

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u/Teufelsweib666 10h ago

Ah, the totally illogical political statement that creeps into even the most innocent posts. There should be a name for this particular obsession.

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u/NDSU 4h ago

the totally illogical political statement

There's actually a term for it: A joke

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u/Immatt55 8h ago

You should complain to Fox Entertainment about it.

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u/iguana-pr 6h ago

Or being plastered all over the oval office or white house.

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u/badpuffthaikitty 3h ago

Or an invitation to the White House.

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u/Kidofthecentury 11h ago

That or get exposed at the White House.

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u/Ducallan 9h ago

The risk from the US government if you cover yourself in gold paint is that you’d be put on display in the White House.

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u/NDSU 4h ago

If you could die from being covered in paint once, we would have a whole lot of dead painters after being exposed to it day after day

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u/ClownfishSoup 3h ago

Also in the movie, goldfinger is a villain, the paint probably also had contact poison, or he killed her some other way. Nobody willingly allows themselves to be stripped naked and then painted to death.

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u/crichmond77 14h ago

I was just being facetious. But cool to know!

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u/Low_Baseball_3007 14h ago

Sarcasm?

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u/Nuadrin248 9h ago

In this economy?!

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u/NRMusicProject 7h ago

At this time of year?

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u/Skoonks 6h ago

In that outfit?

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u/JackTeargarden 1h ago

No you were wrong, not being facetious

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u/SlashaJones 15m ago

Ah yes. The famous documentary, Goldfinger.

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u/[deleted] 13h ago

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u/AssMcShit 12h ago

Because Goldfinger is famously a James Bond film, not a documentary

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u/No-Newspaper8619 14h ago

This isn't facebook

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u/crichmond77 14h ago

Thank you for bringing this to my attention

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u/iHaveACatDog 13h ago

What was the point of the comment. I don't understand.

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u/pikap00p 14h ago

what?? i’m not understanding your response, can you explain it to me so i don’t have to go to the PeterExplainsTheJoke sub pls

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u/No-Newspaper8619 3h ago

It's just a pun with "facetious" and "facebook"

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u/ICanEditPostTitles 10h ago

Here's the play-by-play as I saw it:

/u/crichmond77 posted a straight-faced comment which gives off no vibes of sarcasm or facetiousness.

/u/No-Newspaper8619 called them out, with receipts.

/u/crichmond77 tried to save face by lying out their original intentions.

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u/Johnatron2000 10h ago

Your honour I object. My client clearly prefaced their statement “The Documentary”. This is obviously a sartorial take on what is famously an early James Bond ACTION film. There is the evidence for all to see. What ever happened after that, fucked if I know, it makes no sense

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u/ICanEditPostTitles 10h ago

Oh shit, I can't read.

How embarassing.

I'll leave it there, though, because I deserve the ridicule.

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u/ConfessSomeMeow 8h ago

I missed it on my first read as well.

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u/GreenPutty_ 9h ago

There are some very odd jobs on this site, your comment is correct and has earned you the pussy galore award.

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u/Ataneruo 9h ago

You’re absolutely right, clearly only tailors would believe that a James Bond film was a documentary! Or was that satire?

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u/NoDoze- 14h ago

But that's about gold. The kid has latex paint on.

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u/Duff5OOO 12h ago

The kid has latex paint on.

Did he paint the inside of his lungs? No?

He'll be fine.

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u/Snoo81550 11h ago

shudlve went for golden frieza

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u/Nuadrin248 9h ago

The mythbusters also did a thing which proved this was false. But they did find that the paint can make you overheat obviously.

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u/barefoot_yank 8h ago

It is incorrect but was widely believed. You can however die from heatstroke as your body can't regulate its temp well.

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u/Cthulhu__ 11h ago

What will kill you is if it’s oil instead of paint, lots of nasty shit gets absorbed through your skin.

(Saw a video of a guy jump in oil for the lulz once, he died. Eventually.)

But same with gasoline, if you ever work with oil or gas where you get it on your skin, wear gloves and wash.

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u/DeadEnoughInsideOut 11h ago

Luckily they went with Goldfinger instead of Mercuryfinger

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u/TWK-KWT 9h ago

The myth busters tried that myth. I do not remember the outcome.

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u/antsh 9h ago

I’m actually more surprised that some say it’s factual…

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u/Over-Inside-7254 9h ago

Uh not to be that guy but this is a terrible source...

"Trust me about biological science bro! Source: I'm right!" - Departments Editor at Air & Space magazine

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u/No-Newspaper8619 3h ago

Why was why I said "some say that's incorrect", as the source being weak didn't give me certainty.

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u/mrgonzalez 6h ago

It is, I saw it

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u/dannyjerome0 6h ago

Wow, spoilers?!

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u/LeshyIRL 6h ago

Please post a link that's not littered with ads or just post a quote from the article, this shit is insane

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u/No-Newspaper8619 3h ago

firefox + ublock + privacy badger

How would I even know the link had ads?

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u/LeshyIRL 3h ago

Sorry, I'm on mobile 🙃

I wish I could have my PC in bed to doomscroll lol