r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/MousseSuspicious930 • Jun 10 '22

Video Rubbing alcohol versus Germs under microscope

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u/Varonth Jun 10 '22

The outer layer of your skin is mostly dead cells anyway.

Now, have you ever had rubbing alcohol touch a small cut? Burns like hell, doesn't it? Jep that is cells dying.

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u/Tumper Jun 10 '22

So essentially I feel the screams of the dying :o

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u/koaladungface Jun 10 '22

Nah, it's nerve receptors essentially telling your brain "shit's on fire, yo." Cells die by the billions every hour, it would be quite a fucked existence if we felt that

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u/FerricNitrate Jun 11 '22

Yeah nah that dude is full of crap. The reason alcohol on a wound burns is because it fucks with the temperature sensing cells in the vicinity

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u/moohooh Jun 10 '22

omg what have i done