Alice McFlurry

hoy, 2:56

Alice McFlurry
hoy, 2:56

There are a lot of smart people on Mastodon, so I’m looking for someone with the knowledge to help me build a death pod but it's more like a badass bobsled that rides a water slide into a volcano but it can't be plastic because it would melt and it probably shouldn't be metal because it would likely get too hot before you were launched into the lava so please let me know what materials would work best because this is not something I want to mess up.

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Rockmaster Mike

in reply to Alice McFlurry hoy, 2:59

borosilicate glass

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Alice McFlurry

in reply to Rockmaster Mike hoy, 3:06

@rockmastermike I knew I could count on you, bud.

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Jello Bea Arthur 🍄

in reply to Rockmaster Mike hoy, 3:44 (Recibido hoy, 4:02)

@rockmastermike Perfect for enjoying that once in a lifetime view.

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australopithecus

in reply to Rockmaster Mike hoy, 4:28 (Recibido hoy, 4:47)

@rockmastermike
Even borosilicate will soften significantly at lava temperatures, not to mention the thermal shock of going from liquid water to liquid rock.
What you want for any see-through bits is fused quartz.

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Wyatt H Knott

in reply to Alice McFlurry hoy, 3:00

What do you have against a bottle of propane, a rubber hose, a plastic bag, and some duct tape?

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knwmoon

in reply to Wyatt H Knott hoy, 4:36 (Recibido hoy, 4:47)

@Wyatt_H_Knott
The (brief) smell.

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Wyatt H Knott

in reply to knwmoon hoy, 4:58 (Recibido hoy, 5:11)

@knwmoon c'mon, you can handle 18 seconds, right?

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Maddad The Friendly Ghost 👻

in reply to Alice McFlurry hoy, 3:01

Diamonds..... diamonds might work..🤔

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australopithecus

in reply to Maddad The Friendly Ghost 👻 hoy, 3:57

@maddad
Diamonds are flammable

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🇨🇦 Littler-k

in reply to Alice McFlurry hoy, 3:01

Make it out of cushions ... always works when the floor is lava.

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CheDN

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this sounds like a job for Russian Trump asbestos.

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Danny Boling ☮️

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@DrollTide

@Alice

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for a day, while . . . 🗽

in reply to Alice McFlurry hoy, 3:15

. . . is this a gift for your crush?

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Astronot

in reply to Alice McFlurry hoy, 3:16

Beryllium absorbs a bunch of heat is strong doesn't rust comes in all sorts of alloys. It won't melt in lava. You'll die machining it. It's kinda perfect!

They used to use beryllium heat sinks to protect the radios in cars when baking the paint on.

I'd suggest space tiles from the shuttles but you need vacuum to make them work well and that's hard to manage in our environment.

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Large Format Projectionist

in reply to Astronot hoy, 3:55 (Recibido hoy, 4:23)

@astronot
Shuttle tiles don't need vacuum. They work on re-entry to the atmosphere. They'e fragile, but unbeatably good at insulation and they don't ablate.

If you prefer, the epoxy-filled honeycomb of Apollo and Orion style heat shields DOES ablate, but it's tougher material.

What's our weight situation? Tiles are lighter, but not at all structural.

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Sam Levine

in reply to Alice McFlurry hoy, 3:24

This is why asbestos exists.

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Pumpkin Spice Amy

in reply to Sam Levine hoy, 3:26

@SRLevine Just don't breathe when you're riding it.

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PonderStibbons

in reply to Alice McFlurry hoy, 3:25

The Apollo heat shield?

(I don't trust these new fangled spacers, and the space shuttle had deadly engineering problems)

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Sin Vega

in reply to Alice McFlurry hoy, 3:32

what about clay
they're doing wild things with clay. its this new stuff

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Steve's Place

in reply to Alice McFlurry hoy, 3:36

Asbestos-coated, lead-lined, ceramics. I can hook you up with a guy who knows a guy who might be able to help, once he gets out of prison.

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Frank Heijkamp

in reply to Alice McFlurry hoy, 3:38

A thick piece of wood does the job. That is the cheaper variant of a spacecraft heat shield, an ablative heat shield made from fiber glass in resin. Woud will burn at high temperatures but it doesn't melt. The outer layer will burn away milimeter by milimeter exposing a new fresh layer. As long as your piece of wood is thick enough, something like 50 mm, you will have enough time.

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iwein

in reply to Frank Heijkamp hoy, 4:14 (Recibido hoy, 4:23)

@alterelefant 1cm per hour was the rule of thumb at the fire dept iirc.

They did mention in the training it was quite constant up until the temp where wood explodes, so a slow death is not likely with this setup 👍

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Frank Heijkamp

in reply to iwein hoy, 4:30 (Recibido hoy, 4:47)

@iwein
Rapid expansion is indeed an issue. It can be overcome by layering and using resin to strengthen it, but testing will have to be done.
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ambiguous0

in reply to iwein hoy, 4:50 (Recibido hoy, 5:10)

@iwein @alterelefant I agree. OP is already looking for a "water slide" and might as well make a real amusement park style log flume.

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Frank Heijkamp

in reply to ambiguous0 hoy, 5:02 (Recibido hoy, 5:35)

@ambiguous0
Where the log flume in an amusement park never involve any actual logs. Every time I ride one I end up in a fiberglass vehicle.
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The Sage Grouse

in reply to Alice McFlurry hoy, 4:02

Google "Soapbox Derby"

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avatastic

in reply to Alice McFlurry hoy, 3:51 (Recibido hoy, 4:02)

asbestos?

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Carlos Solís

in reply to Alice McFlurry hoy, 4:17

Given you specifically described it as a "death pod", that means any material goes as long as it works at least once, right?

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astroPug

in reply to Carlos Solís hoy, 4:22

@csolisr

I get the feeling the slide itself needs to be reusable, but the pod one rides in is single use. But I welcome clarification.

Or were you thinking of a short enough single-slide?

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SlatsGrobnik

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following...

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デイヴ

in reply to Alice McFlurry hoy, 4:46

I think rosewood is the obvious option. But I would consider other nice scented essences, like maybe maple… To give a nice smokey flavour along the way.

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paul

in reply to Alice McFlurry hoy, 4:47

What was the dumbest way somebody died that you personally knew?

reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1x7sbmd/what_was_the_dumbest_way_somebody_died_that_you/

"she rode a borosilicate glass bobsled down a water slide into a volcano" is up there.

also this negates your viking funeral in a pool.

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Alice McFlurry :bc: (@Alice@beige.party)

Attached: 4 images I figured I'd be nice and compile all of my dying wishes into one post so that you don't have any excuses for forgetting any of my demands.

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TeflonTrout he/him

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@amiserabilist
Untreated (treated solely with quackery) prostate cancer is a lot less glamorous

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paul

in reply to TeflonTrout he/him hoy, 5:13 (Recibido hoy, 5:35)

@TeflonTrout

i hope this is not you.

i have done so much stupid shit i am beginning to believe in quantum immortality, but i know it is survivorship bias.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_suicide_and_immortality

i have know too many friends who died.

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Quantum suicide and immortality - Wikipedia

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TeflonTrout he/him

in reply to paul hoy, 5:15 (Recibido hoy, 5:35)

@amiserabilist Oh FUCK no, I'm full on "this is our only shot at sentience" atheist, while I'm not scared of death I certainly will fight to live as long as I enjoy doing it. It was my idiot stepfather, world improved when he left it.

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paul

in reply to TeflonTrout he/him hoy, 5:22 (Recibido hoy, 5:34)

@TeflonTrout
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."

i have never believed in not speaking ill off the dead.

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paul

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@TeflonTrout
believe it or not, i am not universally popular.

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Alice McFlurry

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@amiserabilist @TeflonTrout Stupid universe.

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TeflonTrout he/him

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@amiserabilist That meshes will with my pov though, and nearly all of my favorite people are assholes. However they are also KIND.

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paul

in reply to paul hoy, 5:20 (Recibido hoy, 5:35)

we have a winner:

"A Russian guy I knew decided to play Russian Roulette with a semi auto."

reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1x7sbmd/comment/ph6ur0v/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=…

it is a shame the 34% that still support trump are not winning more darwin awards.

make Russian Roulette with a semi auto great again.

Comment byu/Positive-Seaweed-180 from discussion inAskReddit

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David P

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@amiserabilist

A lot did, effectively win Darwin awards, by not vaccinating for COVID and not taking any precautions.

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paul

in reply to David P hoy, 5:43

@pewnack
the excess death rate among Republican voters was 43% higher than the excess death rate among Democratic voters.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37486680/

In the United States, there have been 103,436,829 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,239,049 confirmed deaths

so about 60% of 1.2e6=720,000 maga deaths.

v 480,000 dem deaths.

loss of 240,000 out of 75,017,613 votes= 0.32% xs votes lost.

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jeffron

in reply to Alice McFlurry hoy, 5:10

last time I used bathroom tiles found at the dump they probably have them at home depot

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Devlin Leathercraft

in reply to Alice McFlurry hoy, 5:15 (Recibido hoy, 5:34)

I'm thinking some thick cow hide would do it. With enough mink oil it will handily survive the water slide.

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Rupert V/

in reply to Alice McFlurry hoy, 5:49

Boosted for visibility, because I definitely want to see this.

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CaliCarol

in reply to Alice McFlurry hoy, 5:52

Good luck.

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