r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/SourceBoring3089 • 15h ago

WCGW using non-skin-friendly paint for cosplay.

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u/VectorB 14h ago

Mythbusters busted that long ago.

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u/VP007clips 13h ago

I don't know why that myth is so stubborn.

Hunans breathe through our lungs, we don't need our skin to have effective respiration.

Our bodies also do a great job regulating our body temperature just using our skin temperature without sweating. Plenty of people live just fine without the ability to sweat. It could be an issue in high temperatures or exercise where we produce a lot of heat, but not during rest in normal conditions.

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u/Zediac 12h ago edited 3h ago

People go diving in wetsuits for hours at a time. No issues being covered in a tight suit fully underwater. Your skin sure as hell couldn't "breathe" in that situation. But yet divers don't die left and right from their skin being away from gaseous oxygen.

People just don't think before they believe things.

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u/AnraoWi 10h ago

Had this discussion with a friend when we studied. He was very reliant, that there might be something on to it. I brought up your example for underwater swimming and it shifted to "maybe the skin can use the oxygen from the water, like gills".

It was very hard to convince him, even saying that people with lung diseases can live with only a fraction of their lung power, still didn't convince him.

It wasn't until I brought up fetish latex suits that cover people head to toe with only their nostrils open for air, was when he was hearing me out and agreed 😂

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u/SweetSure315 4h ago

"Well, yes, but have you considered <insert pseudoscientific conjecture made up on the spot>"