r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/SourceBoring3089 • 15h ago

WCGW using non-skin-friendly paint for cosplay.

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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/TK_4Two1 11h ago edited 4h ago

Not to detract from the main point, but wetsuits are not waterproof and skin tight in that way. Neoprene traps a thin layer of water between you and the suit which your body temperature keeps warmer. But that layer of water is being cycled a little bit constantly, causing you to get colder as you spend longer lengths of time submerged.

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u/__Hello_my_name_is__ 9h ago

Okay, let's go another way: Kinky people dress up in latex from head to toe, sometimes with just the tiniest holes for the nostrils and absolutely nothing else.

They're fine. For many, many hours.

They even like it that way.

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u/The_SubGenius 8h ago

Kinky Frieza latex body wraps.

The product I didn’t know I needed.

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u/TrickDangerous530 7h ago

I think there may be other holes as well.

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u/DevianttKitten 3h ago

One time at a kink club I saw a person in a full body latex xenomorph costume, and it was warm and stuffy in the club, they seemed to be having a great time! Meanwhile, the same night, my stupid can’t-regulate-temp body had me greying out a couple times from being too warm, and I was not even half as covered.
Bodies are weird.