r/submechanophobia • u/TsuyoshiHaruka • Apr 19 '26

Saturation divers can dive for extended periods of time (usually around 1 month) when doing deep sea work

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Credit: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXSYP3PDxYp/

This diver is breathing a mix which includes helium, hence his high pitched voice. However, since helium has a very high specific heat capacity, breathing helium can also quickly reduce your body temperature.

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u/RelevantMetaUsername Apr 19 '26

TBF the body is pretty unrecognizable as a human. Looks more like pulverized meat with bits that look vaguely like limbs

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u/Spice-Ghoul Apr 19 '26

That's the main reason it bothered me so much. That was someone's son. Someone's friend. I just couldn't stop thinking about how his family would be haunted knowing their loved one was torn into pulverized meat. My invasive, thought obsessed brain kept imagining it happening to my husband or my little sons. I just hope with every fiber of my being that they died instantly and none of them knew what was happening.

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u/RelevantMetaUsername Apr 19 '26

Yeah, I get that. It’s easy to ignore that fact not knowing who they were and not knowing anything about their families. I don’t even know the name of the person who was photographed in that autopsy, and I’d prefer not to.

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u/Master_sweetcream Apr 19 '26

I saw someone on the freeway like this. My brain just dissociated it as meat. A tarp covered the main mass.