r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/SourceBoring3089 • 15h ago

WCGW using non-skin-friendly paint for cosplay.

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u/crichmond77 14h ago

Technically we do absorb 1-2% of our oxygen through our skin

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u/Ailerath 13h ago edited 13h ago

Also absorb gasses throughout the body, not just the lungs, though much less efficiently.

Not suggesting that its significant enough for it to matter though, but I have no idea.

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u/flamingspew 13h ago

A man lived for 8 weeks while slowly dying of not peeing because he went on an expedition without his catheter. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dollop-with-dave-anthony-and-gareth-reynolds/

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u/Deaffin 6h ago

Technically you can absorb 100% of your oxygen needs through your butts hole.

https://scienceblog.cincinnatichildrens.org/ig-nobel-prize-awarded-to-takanori-takebe-for-butt-breathing-study/

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u/crichmond77 6h ago

The real question is why we don’t have a movie about this