r/IncreasinglyVerbose 4d ago

Do what you do

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u/LeechDaddy 4d ago

This Man consumed a rather large amount of about 70 pounds of a moisture absorbing substance commonly used in the packaging of dry foods and electronics and was subsequently named deceased by either dehydration or asphyxiation.

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u/darkfifik007 4d ago

The man pictured above has been reported to have consumed approximately 70 pounds (31,751 kilogram) of the amorphous and porous form of silicon dioxide, commonly known as silica gel, which is a substance commonly used to remove and prevent moisture from damaging merchandise. As a consequence of orally accepting such an amount of this material, which is not safe for human consumption in any dose, the person fell ill and later lost their life, likely due to dehydration caused by the nature of how this moisture absorber irritates and inflames the digestive tract, or because of some of the material inadvertently entering the airway and lungs during consumption, which would in this amount completely prevent the respiratory tract from functioning, ceasing the body's supply of oxygen and causing death

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u/Miserable-Willow6105 4d ago

This poor, insonsiderate youngster has consumed approximately 32 of silica gel, intended to absorb water. This is greater than deadly amount by orders of magnitude, and the unfortunate man has met a terrible demise.

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u/PurpleGspot 4d ago

There's a promo below this with epic orchestral music and reading this caption w that music playing in the background set my expectations way too high and it was just funny is all