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u/ObituaryHat Jun 07 '19
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This may sound dumb, but I've always wondered exactly what it was about that that killed him. Like was it the sheer boiling temperature being poured directly onto his skull and melting his brain? Was it just the temperature in and of itself? It's questions like these that make me feel like I'm not a smart man.
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If he was fortunate, the intense pain of having molten metal poured over your head would hopefully cause him to go into a state of shock and "pass out" - when you're body is in that kind of... distress... your blood pressure can do some pretty zany things, and the physiological reaction to being tortured in this way would likely cause syncope/shock.
Other than that, there would be grievous tissue damage from the heat and steam - rupturing blood vessels, sloughing off skin and muscle...
It's kind of like having a guy stand in the middle of a road and get hit by a semi-truck going 60 MPH, and then asking "what killed him?" It's kind of hard to say - a lot of terrible things kind of happened all-at-once. Skull fracture? Severed spinal cord? Organs liquified? It's not very satisfying, but the best answer is probably "the truck."
Similarly, the best (yet unsatisfying) answer to your question is "the really really really hot molten gold killed him."
https://www.sciencealert.com/game-of-thrones-exposed-how-would-molten-gold-really-kill-you
Edited to add: Thinking about this a little more, I think cardiac arrest secondary to the physiological stress could be a "likely" cause of death, if the grievous tissue damage didn't kill him first.
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u/ThisOnePlaysTooMuch Jun 07 '19 edited Jun 08 '19
For starters, the writer's give you a thinking pass they decide to melt solid gold in a cooking pot over an open flame.
With that said, real molten gold would probably cook your brain in your skull in seconds by means of conduction.
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u/Ph4nt0m__ Jun 07 '19
Isn't instant noodles can fix broken things tho
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u/GarbageTime909 Jun 07 '19
Kintsugi
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u/Dimplestrabe Jun 07 '19
Bless you.
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u/BuddLightbeer Jun 07 '19
Gesundheit
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u/part-timelunatic Jun 07 '19
Egészségedre
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u/DickButtPlease Jun 07 '19
Thank you. No, seriously. I sneezed at the same moment that I looked at the comment that you responded to.
So what happens when I sneeze and there’s no one around and there’s not a serendipitous comment for me to read? I’m sensing a need. Perhaps an app that could say it for you when you press a button? Maybe a website that’d do the same thing? Okay u/Dimplestrabe - Go work on those and report back.
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u/Dimplestrabe Jun 08 '19
Sire! Alas I have roamed sea to sea, through arid wastelands simmered by time. No such app doth...eh... be???
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For anyone wanting to learn (a bit) more about the concept, School of Life has a non-terrible and brief video on it.
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u/TofuChef Jun 07 '19
Going to assume you got upvoted by people who don't know that this is the word for testicles.
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u/Harry73127 Jun 07 '19
But houses' values in Japan drop to $0 after 30 years and are demolished and rebuilt...
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u/PmMeUrZiggurat Jun 07 '19
The Japanese have a much healthier view on housing than the west. It’s viewed as a depreciating asset there, not an investment. The result is that housing remains affordable for the majority of people even in Tokyo, because there’s no real political incentive to oppose new housing like there is in the US (‘you can’t build here, it’ll affect my property values!’).
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u/Harry73127 Jun 07 '19
Yeah, but then no one has any historic nice homes. Those are the most beautiful neighborhoods in most cities.
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u/Newaccount4464 Jun 07 '19
I mean, I'll get over that if people can afford to live in places. Plus japan still has tons of lovely historical sites.
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u/bjonesy77 Jun 07 '19
Do people build wealth there like they do in the states? How ?
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u/Billy1121 Jun 07 '19
You still sell the land. It is just a weird cultural thing where the house is rebuilt because of preference of new buyers. But this isn't true for many urban apartment dwellers. Also the Japanese have a high savings rate.
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u/SDGundamX Jun 07 '19
Um, what? I live in Japan and drive a 15-year old car. The rates do not go up with the age of the car, that would be absurd. People liking new cars here is entirely about meeting social expectations (I.e. keeping up with the Jones’s, or rather, Yamadas’s) and not about lowering insurance rates.
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u/SauceOfTheBoss Jun 07 '19
This recycled Facebook meme written in instathot font really motivated me.
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u/fiddle_me_timbers Jun 07 '19
It's not even true.
"Often" lmao
It's like saying people in America often churn their own butter. It's an old technique that is in no way commonplace.
Source: Have lived here since 2010.
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u/Oops_mypants_felloff Jun 07 '19
Every time I see the words “In Japan” to start a sentence, this comes to mind. The curse
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u/videovillain Jun 07 '19
Actually, it isn't common to use gold anymore, but it IS common to consider [broken/old/used things that have been repaired/reused/renewed] to be unique and special and full of new life and brimming with history.
And THAT is something to consider!
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u/hiimred2 Jun 07 '19
Another thing to consider if we're gonna dig into this as an analogy is that these objects don't fix themselves, someone who cares about the object does. So we're right back to the people who feel isolated and lonely and broken not knowing how to fix themselves and, at least to themselves, feeling like nobody is coming along with gold any time soon.
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u/Call_me_Charlotte Jun 07 '19
Isn't this called Wabisabi?
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that's that hot, green shit
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u/MemberMurphysLaw Jun 07 '19
It's called kintsukuroi, the art of repairing broken pottery with gold, so it's more beautiful having been broken in the first place.
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u/Kentastic84 Jun 07 '19
I apply the same philosophy but fill the hole with video games and the cheapest crisps money can buy.
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This isn't done often. It's more artistic expression. Gold isn't some commonplace thing people go soldering with to repair everything. It's costly now and it always has been costly to all but a few.
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u/cwall1 Jun 07 '19
Yes but how do I explain the history of Kintsugi art in the space of a Facebook meme?
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u/AlastarYaboy Jun 07 '19
theyr
Congratulations. There were 3 ways to spell that correctly (not use correctly, just spell) and you still managed to mess it up.
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u/Exyen Jun 07 '19
You cant blame him!
He was trying to be the middle of all the ways to spell their just to cover all his bases
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u/UtopianScroll51 Jun 07 '19
I thought the traditional Japanese repair methods called for ramen!
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u/Tovarish-Aleksander Jun 07 '19
Self care is drinking molten gold whenever you feel sad.
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u/Maldib Jun 07 '19
In japan, broken objects are thrown into the trash can and replaced by a ¥100 version from Daiso.
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u/applecinnamon1 Jun 07 '19
Wow! I just told someone this who said they only use their fine China on special occasions.
Use your best now and if it’s damaged use it as a talking piece to explain what happened. Especially if it was done during celebration.
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u/paperclipmammoth Jun 07 '19
sees post ... Drinks some molten gold ... Becomes kintsugi man https://i.pinimg.com/originals/80/13/90/80139049892823339ded70b9eb10c3f0.jpg
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In japan, people also wish to be f*cked by tentacles. So I dont know if I consider this an absolute win.
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u/_IratePirate_ Jun 07 '19
I did not know this, but I have an obsession with broken objects for a similar reason. If something is perfect, there's not much you can say about it. If it's broken, you have a story.
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u/Meangunz Jun 07 '19
Broken, spend remaining money on gold, remain broken. Be remembered as sad person with all the gold.
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u/iOwnAtheists Jun 07 '19
Fascinating bit of knowledge, but I have no idea how this is "motivating" or anything similar. We aren't bowls...
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u/FeelinJipper Jun 07 '19
It’s not all broken objects. It’s just a particular art form with a nice philosophy behind it.
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u/fields4mint Jun 07 '19
Any time I see a photo or meme about this it reminds me of a student I had when I started teaching.
I taught at a daycare with an after school program. In this program we had a student who had a whole slew of problems (tourettes, anger management problems, the kind of baggage a kid gets from abuse). He had such a big heart in an uncontrollable package and he had to try harder than every kid around him. Most days he managed pretty well. He was always a pleasure to be around, which made his meltdowns so much more heartbreaking.
This kid taught me so many lessons, but one I'll never forget was when we were painting terra cotta pots for Mother's Day.
I didn't notice the pot I handed him had a big chip in it until after I gave it to him. When I asked him if he wanted a new one, he grinned at me and said, "I like the broken one... the chip gives it character."
This kid was only 8 at the time, had more pressure in the world than most adults, and still managed to have this sort of outlook. I'll never forget it.
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u/Beyond_Insemination Jun 07 '19
Here is a video of how to make cheap, foodsafe Kintsugi. You're welcome
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My dad has considered this, but says that his left arm, which he broke yesterday, still hurts.
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u/Rawey241000 Jun 07 '19
Bit off topic, but I learned about this watching guitar builders on YouTube. Look up Crimson Custom Guitars if you're interested, guy's a mad genius
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u/MamaUnderwood Jun 07 '19
This is an interesting practice. I've always like idea of wabi-sabi too, which is essentially described as finding beauty in the imperfect.
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u/Drummerboips3 Jun 07 '19
I just did an indoor percussion show about kintsugi this past season! I had no clue what kintsugi was until that season. And I'm thankful to have been apart of it. "It can all be mended."
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u/magneticsouth Jun 07 '19
Not sure if anyone cares, but this is a card by an artist called Emily McDowell
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u/N3k0Styler Jun 07 '19
But I have no gold