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[Calidovi]

I mean, the most obvious example, a direct nuclear strike, would kill you within microseconds of detonation. Your conscious mind couldn't react fast enough to notice what was happening before you, and every solid thing within a large area, became high-velocity vapor heated to several times the sun's surface temperature. You'd probably see the flash, though.

Anywhere outside that direct radius, you die slowly. Perhaps even melting.

Immediate radiation death would be tolerably quick

Immediate radiation death wasn't what I meant, perhaps me saying 'anywhere' was too general a statement.

[Sirus]

(folks not finding my previous post scary)

WELL IT SCARES ME, ALRIGHT?

[Calidovi]

(folks not finding my previous post scary)

WELL IT SCARES ME, ALRIGHT?

wow u baby gte an spine

[Loud Whispers]

Spines come from SKELETONS that are SPOOKY

[Yoink]

Part of my scalp feels numb.
Like, just a patch of it. Am I gonna die?

[Loud Whispers]

Eventually

[Magistrum]

Exactly. Amputate it, just to be sure.

[Amperzand]

Weird and random numbness just happens sometimes, but if you're worried, and aren't taking any hard chemicals that could be causing it, talking to somebody who knows shit about things might be a good idea.

[Yoink]

It's mostly better now. Maybe I'll just go to a casino and wait to be scalped.

[Calidovi]

I did it. I gave in and now I feel like shit. I told myself I'd never watch those damn prodigies playing their Chopin to the note, and here I am, complaining on the internet on it. I'm self-indulging, whiny, and a generally loathsome person now. They have natural talent, a talent that they continually improve on. It doesn't affect me for anything.

I know this is a rant, but I need to vent before I watch more videos.
As that old adage goes: "Remember, no matter how good you are at whatever you do, there will always be some Asian kid out there who does it better."

[Yoink]

It's mostly better now. Maybe I'll just go to a casino and wait to be scalped.

It's still feeling a bit weird... I think I'll have a shower.

Oh gods, now I'm starting to really freak out about it... as if I don't have enough to worry about already.
I guess now I have even more reason to see a doctor once I'm back in Australia. This whole trip was... probably kind of a bad idea, as much as I've enjoyed (most of) it.

Next time I travel overseas, I'm going to be much better prepared. And I won't be travelling with family, or at least not my mother.
Life is hard. 

[Bohandas]

I mean, the most obvious example, a direct nuclear strike, would kill you within microseconds of detonation. Your conscious mind couldn't react fast enough to notice what was happening before you, and every solid thing within a large area, became high-velocity vapor heated to several times the sun's surface temperature. You'd probably see the flash, though.

Anywhere outside that direct radius, you die slowly. Perhaps even melting.

Wouldn't outside that radius just be like being blown up in a normal explosion?

Or were you referring to walking-ghost syndrome? The skin and intestinal tract don't "melt" in walking ghost syndrome, it's more that they just fall apart because they can no longer replenish their relatively short-lived cells faster than said cells die and they're eventually don't have enough left to form a cohesive working unit.

[Amperzand]

Assuming a one-megaton warhead, http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/NuclearWeapons

There's a video describing it more effectively on youtube, but I couldn't find it.

[Orange Wizard]

Assuming a one-megaton warhead, this here.

There's a video describing it more effectively on youtube, but I couldn't find it.

[Bauglir]

Well, I managed to fuck up using Gmail somehow. In a scheduling email chain with some fairly important people, I'd gone over revision of a response with the person I'm working with in my organization to make sure the tone and everything was up to par before sending it along outside the organization. Unfortunately, when I swapped back to the original set, Gmail decided to be helpful and append the entire thing - and, to boot, hide the actual content I intended to send in the footer so that the recipient couldn't help but see it if they unfolded it. Grah! I know this is entirely my fault but still.

There's nothing offensive in there or anything, it's just extremely unprofessional-looking and that's very bad. fuckfuckfuck.