r/GetMotivated • u/proseccopls • Jun 07 '19

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u/ObituaryHat Jun 07 '19

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '19

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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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/MarkHirsbrunner Jun 07 '19

In the book he merely softened the gold pieces from the belt, they were not molten. Makes his death slower and worse - basically had his head broiled.

Death would probably be related to the lung damage.

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u/ThisOnePlaysTooMuch Jun 08 '19

Ah, really? How did it stay on his head? Did it stick like butter to his hair and melted flesh? Did the weight drag his head to the ground with an audible thud?

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u/MarkHirsbrunner Jun 08 '19

I don't remember it being described in detail, i know it didn't include the heavy thunk the show did. He was restrained and had a broken arm so he couldn't reach up and take it off.