ADHD not stupid

With you on 1 and 3, not so much 2…

When I was 18 ADHD was something kids had and you outgrew it. I probably couldn’t have been evaluated then. So nuclear engineering it is.

Holding down the up and power button brings my phone into recovery mode… It’s a bit like that. Just don’t run both commands, if you don’t want to wipe disable your device.

No, and it’s rats that we are citing the LD₅₀ for.

You still haven’t answered my question: are you trolling? or just not intellectually capable of understanding simple medical terminology and statistics?

My point is the LD50 is much lower than 192mg/kg. Even a middleschooler could observe that much…

Are you trolling or do you genuinely not understand basic medical terminology or statistics?

And claiming that the story is fake because “36 red bulls would literally kill a horse” is just plain old hyperbole.

While I’m not big on equine nephrology, or veteranary physiology in general even, I suppose that it’s reasonable to assume, that not 100% of horses would survive ingesting the caffeine equivalent of 14l of coffee at once. But going from “some horses would die from this” to “this story is definitely fake” is just bad reasoning.

Sure, it’s reasonable to question the story, but dismissing it because a horse couldn’t do the same? WTF?

Not every horse, human, or humpback whale would survive consuming 36 red bulls. But it’s not unreasonable to assume that a majority of humans would survive.

Personally I want to believe the story, if for nothing else than it’s not a story about how the world is going to shit.

Yes, there’s always going to be outliers, that’s how statistics work. That LD₅₀ is 192mg/kg just means that 50% will have died by that point. Some individuals can survive beyond that point, while 50% couldn’t.

I’m not saying that 50% of the population will be honky dory a-ok after surviving, what killed the first half. Just that it’s not unlikely that you could survive consuming 18l of red bull over the course of 10h23m. You’d probably still be pretty fucked up, but surviving is a subset of being fucked up, not the other way around.

If reddit is to leak, then this shitposting community seems suitable

This video was about nipples, right? I didn’t really see anything else

One thing is how you’d feel, another is survivability. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine states that LD₅₀ for oral caffeine ingestion in rats is 192ppm, and only estimates the value for humans. Wikipedia doesn’t exactly state it but it’s safe to assume that the surviving 50% of rats will definitely not have had a good time though.

But “36 red bulls” is how much? I can buy red bull in 0.25l and 0.5l cans in local stores, what is available in the US in unknown to me, so I’ll assume equivalent can sizes. So between 9l and 18l of red bull over about 11hrs. IDK that sounds like a lot of fluid no matter what. Maybe the electrolytes in the red bull will prevent water intoxication, but he’d definitely have had to pee a lot. Perhaps his kidneys would have a hard time following along with the excess electrolytes, but enough to become hypertonic?

Anyway a liter of red bull contains 320mg of caffeine, and thus 9l is 2.88g and 18l is 5.76g. Assuming a 100kg human body that’s 28.8-57.6ppm spread out over 11hrs.

Had the caffeine been ingested all at once, then he’d at worst have hit 30% of LD₅₀. But given that the subject probably didn’t ingest 18l of fluid instantly, because then the story would include that in the title, the consumption was spread out. Elimination half-life for caffeine is 3-7hrs, meaning that the initial caffeine could be reduced to 1/8 by the end.

I don’t have the time to do the integral equations, but my best bet is that our subject plausibly could survive, but his kidneys, penis and psychiatric state could do with a check up.

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I’m just gonna go make some popcorn while I wait for the random Swede or Canadian to wander into this thread.

Sowreee ofeesir, I’m on diet

But that’s just indoor shooting, right? (The page doesn’t work on my phone)

I wouldn’t want to shoot much larger guns than 22 indoors routinely. But that’s maybe the viking in me talking ❄️⚔️🔥

Whenever this comes up I like to add:

• Don’t get a gun in some obscure caliber. Get a pistol in 9mm or a riffle in 223 (even better get a 5.56x45 NATO) or 308 win, that way ammo will be cheaper and you can better afford training with it. Shooting a few hundred rounds is not really enough. You’ll need to train regularly.
• Learn how to maintain your gun. As in how to clean it, what parts need lubrication, adjusting the sights, etc.
• Speaking as an electronic engineer, get passive ear protection. Active noise cancelling is cool and all, but what about when the batteries run out and you have no protection? Or what the electronics fail? Protect your ears, but when you can get +100 rounds of ammo for the price difference, then I would prioritize the ammo budget.

If you’re not a gun person don’t bother with a rifle or handgun, get a shotgun.

You don’t have to worry about over penetration with a shotgun, and it’s easier to hit with than a pistol.

If you want to know what a proper rifle is, then that’s really a subjective assessment. I would say that a 22lr is ok, unless you need fight people in body armor. But I can see how big burly Muricans want something in 338 lapua or 50 bmg.

I can see the URL, I know it’s the NY Times … but it feels like it could just as well be a link to the Book of Revelation. Fuck this timeline sucks

As a fellow engineer I’m also never arguing, only explaining why somebody’s wrong.

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Once women hit menopause they’re experienced and can take all your creampies. IDK 'bout y’all, but I’d assign that great value.