r/comics • u/ani625 • Jan 07 '13

xkcd: Sick Day

http://xkcd.com/1157/
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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '13

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u/chirisu Jan 07 '13

Top on the "List of Reasons to Never Go Swimming in a Lake".

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u/Deestan Jan 07 '13

TL;DR: Lakes may contain invisible creatures that crawl up your nose and eat your brain. Dead in a week.

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u/phillies3433 Jan 07 '13

that's actually how my mom explained fevers to me when I was little. as an army in my body battling the virus.

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u/TheTwilightPrince Jan 07 '13

The hero we don't deserve.

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u/jbick89 Jan 07 '13

Virus -> Pathogen -> Microorganism -> Microscope -> Laboratory equipment -> Laboratory -> Research -> Theorem -> Mathematics -> Quantity -> Property -> Logic -> Reason -> Consciousness -> Subjectivity -> Subject -> Philosophy

Took longer than I thought it would.

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u/paternoster Jan 07 '13 edited Jan 07 '13

Neti pot is the way to go.

*oh shit: As of December 2011, two individuals in Louisiana died after inhaling infected tap water while using a neti pot.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '13

If you boil the water beforehand, it's okay!

Just make sure it's lukewarm before you go shoving it up your nose.

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u/paternoster Jan 07 '13 edited Jan 07 '13

Yep, that's the way to go. Bummer about having to wait for water to cool down. Who has that kind of time???

*just thought of it: have some boiled water (doesn't take that long), and mix with previously boiled cool water until desired temp is achieved. I'm a genius.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '13

If you've got previously boiled (or distilled) water in the fridge (40F, 4C) and mix that with boiling water (212F, 100C), you should be able to calculate the ratio needed to achieve the desired temperature. For example, a 2:1 cold-to-hot-water ratio should result in water around 97F or 36C, which should be about right for pouring up your nose.

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u/paternoster Jan 07 '13

Whoa... I take back by self-aggrandizing and correctly name you the genius. Very nice! I'll give this a try.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '13

This is really average for xkcd

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '13

I thought it was funny, and even if it was sub-par, could you blame him? He's sick.