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[–] TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

what kind of acid? can you actually touch it?

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 33 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I wouldn't recommend it.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/mans-tragic-last-moments-filmed-24291344

Man's last moments filmed as he dissolved in acid leaving just shoes and wallet

Colin Scott slipped and fell into the scorching water close to Porkchop Geyser in Yellowstone National Park while he had been out with his sister Sable looking for a swimming spot

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I am never ever clicking that link.

[–] juliebean@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 week ago

they don't actually show the video, fwiw. just grisly words.

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago

There's nothing explicit in it. Just says he fell in, died from the heat, and dissolved overnight. No video released.

[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago

Stop! I can only get so erect.

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