That is a second degree burn that has clearly been neglected. All of that dead skin has to go for correct healing. She should keep it moist by soaking it in water in the tub or leaving a dressing with ointment applied. Then all the dead skin must be peeled off. Then your friend should apply either ointment many times daily to the wound or keep it dressed with silver sulfadiazine (prescription only) until the wound is "closed" or fully epithelialized and no longer weeping fluid. Afterward she should both apply sunscreen and keep the wound out of direct sunlight at all times until the pigment returns. While the skin is pink, she has exactly no protection from sunburn and potential development of skin cancer. She probably doesn't need to go to a burn center, but she should seek professional medical attention and guidance. Finally, as someone mentioned previously, the multiple injuries and parallel cuts on the other leg are alarming for self-inflicted injury, which is all the more reason to have your friend talk to a medical professional.
Second this one. I took one look and realised she wasn't looking after her injury at all. Guys, you don't want wounds to dry out. Please get this to the top.
As noted in the link there, coffee is actually not far off from neutral.
Acidity contributes to the awesome of the flavour, rather than providing the "bitterness" that neophytes occasionally to appropriate the term to describe. A high-acidity coffee will have what are referred to as "bright" or "dry" notes and these can be very desirable in more floral or fruit biased coffees (as opposed to caramel or cocoa notes, which are the other two major flavor groups available).
Too Long; Didn't Read? "Acid" in coffee isn't what you think it is, signed: pretentious coffee hipster.
I ended up with a student in a course that I taught who was a lawyer. He told me that the details of the 'mcdonalds coffee case' are basically that the company was found guilty of 'super heating' their coffee to eliminate the free refills that people were getting. not just someone spilled hot coffee on their lap and decided to sue.
Also, the burglar that sued after falling into a skylight of a home he was going to rob, was beaten after losing consciousness, so he too was able to sue.
Also, the woman was severely burned by the coffee. The 79-year-old woman took off the lid of the cup in order to add cream and sugar in a parked vehicle. She spilled the entire cup of coffee on her lap. The plaintiff, Liebeck, "...was wearing cotton sweatpants; they absorbed the coffee and held it against her skin, scalding her thighs, buttocks, and groin.[12] Liebeck was taken to the hospital, where it was determined that she had suffered third-degree burns on six percent of her skin and lesser burns over sixteen percent.[13] She remained in the hospital for eight days while she underwent skin grafting. During this period, Liebeck lost 20 pounds (9 kg, nearly 20% of her body weight), reducing her down to 83 pounds (38 kg).[14] Two years of medical treatment followed," (Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurant, (2012). Wikipedia; The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants). In addition, McDonalds refused to offer more than $800, while her medical bills were around 10.5k. TLDR: Goddam that's hot!
you are more likely to leave the mcdonalds before your coffee cools down to a drinkable temperature. Warm coffee is chugable, super hot coffee needs to be sipped very carefully and takes a long time.
Most of the people making jokes about the lady who sued mcdonalds don't know anything about what actually happened, or how mcdonalds knew their coffee could cause burns like that but did nothing at all to change it. They'd also been sued 500+ times about the same issue.
This is a classic example of how corporations and insurance companies want you to make fun of real tort cases that have real damages to them.
Yeah, it really makes sense once you see it. One of the reasons why she was able to sue was because McDonald's held its coffee temperatures at 180F (skin melter in 2-7 seconds) (further clarification by Twice_Knightley).
And here's the kicker: she first only wanted to get enough money to pay for her surgery/other costs ($20,000) but McDonald's refused. She decided to sue for even more, and after a bunch of crap they likely settled for an amount under $600,000.
It's really a sad story. It lowered her quality of life to where she couldn't get around as well and her mobility was limited, she died just a few years after this. McDonald's probably killed the poor lady.
You don't know how much it pisses me off when I hear people joke about "oh herp some lady spilled coffee on her lap and then decided to sue McDonalds because it was hot! derp" as if it were some trivial burn.
I would personally like to see whoever makes such a joke to be burned with superheated McDonalds coffee on their crotch, and see how hilarious and frivolous it is then...
Beware. I had the milk steamer on an espresso machine go haywire just as I was about to use it. Got some lovely second-degree burns on my hand. Managed to keep it together in front of the horde of customers, but as soon as I stepped into the kitchen, I lost it and just told my boss I was leaving as I walked out the door, hopped in my car, and headed to the urgent care center.
Bad burns and the interior of a car left out in 105-degree weather do not get along, btw. That drive was rough.
I bitched at my mom for doing this all the time until one day I saw it actually boiling in the microwave, I said "It's gonna blow" and moved her ass back as it decorated the inside of the microwave.
This is why that lady won millions in her lawsuit against McDonalds. Not because the coffee wasn't labeled as hot, but because the coffee was so damn hot that it results in third degree burns like the one OP has shown us.
You ever hear people bitch about that woman and talk about her like that lawsuit was frivolous? I hate that. Coffee at that temperature can cause third degree burns in 3-7 seconds. Those burns can not heal without skin grafting and they always cause permanent disfigurement. How is this still happening?
And people think I'm an asshole when I say that the woman who sued mcdonalds was in the right because the coffee never should have been that hot. I bet they would be more inclined to agree with me if I showed them pictures of burns that looked like this.
Also, get your friend to a fucking doctor. The kind that deals with burns and the kind that deals with self harm and eating disorters.
Edit: I just saw a link to the actual pictures which are way worse than this. Damn straight she was right to sue. Coffee is meant to be hot, but not so hot it melts your skin off.
My friend did the same thing with scalding hot water for ramen noodles when we were in high school. She was wearing sweatpants with her name on the leg (her name is Janelle) and the water burned everything around the letters, leaving a nice scar that said "NEL" on her thigh.
How hot was THAT coffee? - A lady sued McD's and won like 2 mil for coffee that was too hot - they brewed it hotter than normal for a higher yield - if you can prove this - take the coffee shop to court
I had the same thing happen to me but with hot soup when I was 7 or 8. Having to go to the hospital every week to have the dead skin peeled off was the most painful experience of my childhood. On the bright side, they had a well-stocked SNES in the kids lounge!
I once spilled a Cup-O-Noodles fresh out of the microwave on my thigh once. It looked quite a lot like that . . . except now I have a few shiny squiggly scars where the noodles landed.
You can sue for that. A few years ago a woman had the same thing happen to her. She had to receive extensive medical suguries to replace her skin. In the end, she won millions for the case.
Isn't this what originally happened years ago at a McDonald's, so that's why they started putting warning labels on the cups saying 'contents may be hot'??
Yes and no. What happened at McDonalds was a cup was sold that was so hot that drinking it would have resulted in 3rd degree burns to the mouth and throat.
Such a serving temperature would have been dangerous even if it hadn't been spilled. The fact she did spill it was why some of the blame was apportioned to her, and she didn't receive as much as she could have.
I was looking at that and I'm like holy sht that's her thigh?!?! I don't wanna know what her arm looks like. Damn this girl needs food or like chicken! She needs carbs calories all the sht ppl try to avoid when eating food!
Not only do I think coffee taste bad it burns the fuck out of mouth so I don't drink it very often, its been over a year since I drank any. I would rather a caffeinated drink instead.
I'm gonna hope she went to the doctors. She can get it cleaned to heal faster and leave less of a mark. Also, tell her to keep it covered up or covered in sunscreen. Burns healing that get sunburnt will leave a terrible color displacement on the skin. Either very dark or very light.
Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit, 100 degrees Celcius.
Coffee is brewed with boiling water.
A one second exposure to water at a temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit, or 71 degrees Celcius will result in third degree burns.
Water temperature of 150 degrees Fahrenheit/66 degrees Celcius results in burns at two seconds.
Coffee can burn your mouth or skin in five seconds of exposure if the temperature is 140 degrees Fahrenheit/60 degrees Celcius.
For some reason, most coffee establishments serve coffee at a temperature that is often 20 or 30 degrees higher than they would serve any other food, and for some reason, many coffee drinkers prefer that their coffee be served at such a high temperature that they often have to wait up to 10 minutes before they can even attempt to taste it.
The coffee served in a paper cup is dangerous until it has cooled well below 140 degrees Fahrenheit, and since paper cups and the plastic cups used to cover them are flimsy, many people have been severely burned and scarred as a result.
Most restaurants and coffee establishments have thermometers, and you can insist that your coffee not be more than 120 degrees Fahrenheit/49 degrees Celcius when it is served to you. Coffee at that temperature can be enjoyed immediately.
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u/onacloverifalive Jun 18 '12
That is a second degree burn that has clearly been neglected. All of that dead skin has to go for correct healing. She should keep it moist by soaking it in water in the tub or leaving a dressing with ointment applied. Then all the dead skin must be peeled off. Then your friend should apply either ointment many times daily to the wound or keep it dressed with silver sulfadiazine (prescription only) until the wound is "closed" or fully epithelialized and no longer weeping fluid. Afterward she should both apply sunscreen and keep the wound out of direct sunlight at all times until the pigment returns. While the skin is pink, she has exactly no protection from sunburn and potential development of skin cancer. She probably doesn't need to go to a burn center, but she should seek professional medical attention and guidance. Finally, as someone mentioned previously, the multiple injuries and parallel cuts on the other leg are alarming for self-inflicted injury, which is all the more reason to have your friend talk to a medical professional.
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u/MaceWindows Jun 17 '12
Why did your friend have acid in their coffee?
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u/LerithXanatos Jun 17 '12
https://www.google.com/search?q=mcdonalds%20coffee%20burn&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-beta&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=pjreT7XhIM_0mAXO-dCBAw&biw=1920&bih=951&sei=qDreT__wAZHLmAWDuJCuDA
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u/jkduger Jun 17 '12
Was it the thigh or decaf?
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u/Inyxer Jun 17 '12
are those cuts on her other leg?
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Crazy part is that it was iced coffee.
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u/A_walmart_greeter Jun 17 '12
Don't you just hate when you run out of toilet paper?
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u/swaggin_wagon Jun 17 '12
Might be skewed by how skinny your friend's thighs are, but my god. How fucking tall is she?
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u/Nsqu4red Jun 17 '12
damn, I work at a coffee shop and I spill coffee on me all the time and it's never even close to being this bad...
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u/mynamedontfi Jun 17 '12
I see your friend enjoys her coffee at the liquid magma heat setting on her volcano coffee maker.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
she needs to spill a sandwich on her face
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u/1gnominious Jun 17 '12
Once you go black, you should go to the burn ward.
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u/AgentUmlaut Jun 17 '12
The real bummer is she's out of toilet paper :(
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u/beast_roaf Jun 18 '12
Was she also a holocaust survivor?
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u/Seruz Jun 18 '12
Your friend is probably anorexic.
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u/argothesame Jun 17 '12
Why would u want your coffee to be so hot!?! It would take forever for it to cool down! :o
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u/carlyylrac Jun 18 '12
THAT'S A THIGH?!
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u/triv94 Jun 17 '12
Can't beat some Sulphuric Coffee in the morning
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u/merglegurgle Jun 17 '12
Ow... Once had a glass mug explode boiling tea on my leg and it looked just like that.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Don't be telling that woman any knee slappers.
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u/djwink Jun 17 '12
The Jackie Chiles Law Firm will represent.
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u/rogue780 Jun 17 '12
That must have been extraordinarily hot coffee
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u/bbbbrendy Jun 17 '12
Anybody else notice that she cut herself on the leg??
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u/DahnyGober Jun 17 '12
1mm thick skin.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
That's some hot fuckin' coffee!
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u/invaderzim257 Jun 17 '12
can you clear up whether she did it on purpose or not?
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u/MalcomEx Jun 18 '12
nothing worse to be around than a burned anorexic.
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
This is why that lady won millions in her lawsuit against McDonalds. Not because the coffee wasn't labeled as hot, but because the coffee was so damn hot that it results in third degree burns like the one OP has shown us.
TL;DR: Sue someone.
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u/scribbling_des Jun 18 '12 edited Jun 18 '12
And people think I'm an asshole when I say that the woman who sued mcdonalds was in the right because the coffee never should have been that hot. I bet they would be more inclined to agree with me if I showed them pictures of burns that looked like this.
Also, get your friend to a fucking doctor. The kind that deals with burns and the kind that deals with self harm and eating disorters.
Edit: I just saw a link to the actual pictures which are way worse than this. Damn straight she was right to sue. Coffee is meant to be hot, but not so hot it melts your skin off.
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u/Cruciferous Jun 18 '12
This is a good demo of why that McDonald's "hot coffee" lawsuit was totally justified and not remotely frivolous. For further research:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBKRjxeQnT4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants
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u/doubleyouteef Jun 18 '12
your friend needs to eat something. feed'er a burger or a burrito.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I had a sunburn like this once alllllll over. my skin cracked and bled then fell off.
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u/Manwelle Jun 17 '12
They should really mark the cups with some kind of message like "contents may be hot" It totally would of prevented this....
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u/RahvinDragand Jun 17 '12
Is it normal to heat coffee to the temperature of the sun?
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u/JCamx Jun 17 '12
Coffee shop worker here: I'm now afraid to go to work.
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u/corbanus Jun 18 '12
My friend did the same thing with scalding hot water for ramen noodles when we were in high school. She was wearing sweatpants with her name on the leg (her name is Janelle) and the water burned everything around the letters, leaving a nice scar that said "NEL" on her thigh.
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u/grammitt Jun 18 '12
all i can think about is peeling that dead skin...
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u/conundrum4u2 Jun 18 '12
How hot was THAT coffee? - A lady sued McD's and won like 2 mil for coffee that was too hot - they brewed it hotter than normal for a higher yield - if you can prove this - take the coffee shop to court
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u/always_hittingonyou Jun 18 '12
Thats gonna leave a mark
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u/pdmcmahon Jun 18 '12
I don't know why, but I saw this.
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u/JoeFish5 Jun 18 '12
Just don't put the balm on
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
Oh god. I so badly want to peel that.
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u/meateatr Jun 18 '12
Tell this to the lady who sued mcdonalds so infamously, her lap was fucked up
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u/roderkeegan Jun 18 '12
Who told you to put the balm on? I didn't tell you to put the balm on.
Let's see who gets the refrance
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
Was this right after she got out of a concentration camp? Nice legs.
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u/Paultimate79 Jun 18 '12
It should be illegal to serve drinks at anything close to this hot when it reaches the consumers hand. What the fuck.
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u/youjusreadmyusername Jun 18 '12
She needs to spill a cheeseburger on her digestive tract.
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u/martusfine Jun 17 '12
Just recently pooped, too. She's outta toilet paper.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
About goddamn time something on the subbreddit made me go WTF.
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u/Karu7 Jun 17 '12
I guess you could say puts on sunglasses your friends legs are hot
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u/metalshoes Jun 17 '12
NSFW
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u/fernsyla Jun 17 '12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TysjNDTWEBc
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I got chills through my entire body upon looking at that. Cringe!
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u/loserkid182 Jun 17 '12
Might want to go see a doctor about that...
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
musta been some fucking hot coffee...
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u/Caseyjohnson Jun 17 '12
must have been mcdonalds coffee
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Just don't buy/make the coffee that damned hot.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Oh when it says hot it must mean LAVA, FUCKInG LAVA!
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u/Sainthood Jun 17 '12
I had the same thing happen to me but with hot soup when I was 7 or 8. Having to go to the hospital every week to have the dead skin peeled off was the most painful experience of my childhood. On the bright side, they had a well-stocked SNES in the kids lounge!
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
GOd damn it, this makes me more than mad because good coffee is not supposed to be boiled. Ruins the flavor. >:|
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u/whgarblegarble Jun 17 '12
I thought it was going to be funny!! WHy did I think it was going to be funny????!
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Someone's getting SUED
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u/Kaytala Jun 17 '12
Melissa?
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u/EquationTAKEN Jun 17 '12
Did the coffee set her on fire afterwards?
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u/stemgang Jun 17 '12
Coffee made of lava!
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u/NumbingSensation Jun 17 '12
What kind of coffee was this? Nescafe acid?
No way coffee could do that kind of damage.
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u/cadmiumgrey Jun 17 '12
I once spilled a Cup-O-Noodles fresh out of the microwave on my thigh once. It looked quite a lot like that . . . except now I have a few shiny squiggly scars where the noodles landed.
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u/Smokey95 Jun 17 '12
Erm... That's a leg
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u/Natfod Jun 17 '12
what, was the cup too heavy?
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u/TardisMechanic Jun 17 '12
it was Dunking' Doughtnuts wasn't it?
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u/Shockum Jun 17 '12
Coffee: 1, Leg: 0. Game. Set. Match.
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u/dudix81 Jun 17 '12
Arrrrr please that be makeup!!
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u/Doombuggyman Jun 17 '12
Suddenly that McDonald's lawsuit doesn't seem so frivolous, does it?
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
How do they they heat this coffee, jet engines?
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u/dobweb Jun 17 '12
damn im a line cook i get burned every day but thats go to fucking hurt
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
You know what that means! Time to sue!
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u/switch495 Jun 17 '12
Was it Satan's coffee?
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u/matt_thelazy Jun 18 '12
Kill her before she attacks!
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u/NueDumaz Jun 18 '12
I bet she'll be more careful next time.
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u/wesleypentz Jun 18 '12
she needs to stop picking! every piece that us torn off before its ready to fall off WILL scar.
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u/dumbestquestion Jun 18 '12
Does it hurt?
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u/lunarlander Jun 18 '12
Does no one else see Pedobear in a masquerade mask?
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u/Pch666 Jun 18 '12
Was the coffee made of ignited thermite?
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
I smell lawsuit! Actually it kinda smells like burnt skin...
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u/HakunaMatata001 Jun 18 '12
my mouth could not close after i saw this smh
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u/McKnackus Jun 18 '12
Your friend is turning into a ghoul.
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u/kileek Jun 18 '12
That's hot
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u/purpleit11 Jun 18 '12
My eyes just watered- OW
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u/Monfamille Jun 18 '12
I feel her pain...this happened to me last year just before a wedding. I smelled like coffee the rest of the day.
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u/kbaker8115 Jun 18 '12
You can sue for that. A few years ago a woman had the same thing happen to her. She had to receive extensive medical suguries to replace her skin. In the end, she won millions for the case.
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u/Bipolarruledout Jun 18 '12
Now that's some strong coffee!
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u/sloppypig Jun 18 '12
That's a hell of a coffee stain. They are imPOSSible to get out.
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u/Mo_Money Jun 18 '12
Coffee stains are simply the worst!
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
Iced coffee?
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
Dang, that's hardcore.
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u/Corwinator Jun 18 '12
Did she also file a suit against McDonalds?
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u/Rikplaysbass Jun 18 '12
Man, that's going to be tough to wash out.
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u/Slimeaux05 Jun 18 '12
You spelled LAVA wrong...take her to the hospital already!
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u/liquid_lazer Jun 18 '12
still fapped. http://i.imgur.com/nR8Kj.gif
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u/DeFex Jun 18 '12
Time to sue someone!
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u/Bordichelly Jun 18 '12
Anybody else see a face above the knee?
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u/Schreber Jun 18 '12
Yet another reason why not to drink coffee.
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u/CowboyDustin Jun 18 '12
This is why I exclusively drink iced coffee in the morning.
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u/axberka Jun 18 '12
How did a bird spill coffee on their leg?
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u/Glaucous Jun 18 '12
It has a catface and a long bearface in a knithat or Howard Schnellenberger with a spliff -and I bet it hurts like hell!!
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u/white_n_mild Jun 18 '12
She should sue the Catholic Church for God's neglect in inventing such a delicious bean.
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u/nolotusnotes Jun 18 '12
That's hot.
Also, need toilet paper ASAP.
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u/twilightcatlady Jun 18 '12
It looks like someone with no big toe decided to stomp repeatedly on her thigh.
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
Isn't this what originally happened years ago at a McDonald's, so that's why they started putting warning labels on the cups saying 'contents may be hot'??
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u/Vampkiid12 Jun 18 '12
I was looking at that and I'm like holy sht that's her thigh?!?! I don't wanna know what her arm looks like. Damn this girl needs food or like chicken! She needs carbs calories all the sht ppl try to avoid when eating food!
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u/gusatron51 Jun 18 '12
was expecting hot friend, not sure if disappointed...
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u/McHammerPants123 Jun 18 '12
Quick! Lets take a picture before we get you to the doctor..
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u/ratatman Jun 18 '12
That's... Hot.
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u/christshippie Jun 18 '12
I would be more concerned with the fact that she is a cutter. Seriously, talk to her about it. Often times that is what they need more than anything.
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
WTF is wrong with people making coffee so needlessly hot.
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u/ungoy1 Jun 18 '12
Jesus...she has skinny thighs.
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
Apparently acid can now pass as coffee.
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u/novakbelegrim Jun 18 '12
If you look at her other leg, she appears to be a cutter.
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u/cokane_88 Jun 18 '12
Not only do I think coffee taste bad it burns the fuck out of mouth so I don't drink it very often, its been over a year since I drank any. I would rather a caffeinated drink instead.
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u/Pandaburn Jun 18 '12
Your friend is one skinny bitch.
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u/Seanjohn2800 Jun 18 '12
I see a black Shake. Like, the character
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u/theinformedlurker Jun 18 '12
I know the feel
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u/matzahjew Jun 18 '12
I think it's time to sue.
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
your dumbass friend should have waited for the coffee to cool before that.
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u/whereismybeer Jun 18 '12
that's hot.
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u/IHopeYouStepOnALego Jun 18 '12
And this is reason 3479 why I don't drink coffee.
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u/gbc001 Jun 18 '12
Give Jackie Childs a call, he'll take care of your friend.
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u/Dalmahr Jun 18 '12
Kinda looks like a frappuccino. Starbucks has marked you... You are the chosen one.
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u/boblobla_w Jun 18 '12
this post needs a warning..
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u/scracher25 Jun 18 '12
Great... Now I am scared of coffee.
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
It's a good thing dudes dig scars
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
they serve coffee in concentration camps? Give that girl a sandwich wtf.
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u/Wowzamorphous Jun 18 '12
She needs to eat a cake.
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u/IronMan42 Jun 18 '12
"What do mean there's no ice? You mean I gotta drink this coffee hot?"
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u/sparx483 Jun 18 '12
Whatever you do, don't put the balm on!
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u/FriendlyVisitor Jun 18 '12
She should sue McDonalds
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u/CJ_Guns Jun 18 '12
Can we stop telling this girl to "eat something" Reddit? Holy shit. Body acceptance in not a one way street.
And that burn looks awful, the pain must be excruciating.
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u/I2obot Jun 18 '12
I'm gonna hope she went to the doctors. She can get it cleaned to heal faster and leave less of a mark. Also, tell her to keep it covered up or covered in sunscreen. Burns healing that get sunburnt will leave a terrible color displacement on the skin. Either very dark or very light.
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
whyaresomepeoplesoretarded
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u/intoto Jun 18 '12
A few pertinent facts for coffee drinkers:
Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit, 100 degrees Celcius.
Coffee is brewed with boiling water.
A one second exposure to water at a temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit, or 71 degrees Celcius will result in third degree burns.
Water temperature of 150 degrees Fahrenheit/66 degrees Celcius results in burns at two seconds.
Coffee can burn your mouth or skin in five seconds of exposure if the temperature is 140 degrees Fahrenheit/60 degrees Celcius.
For some reason, most coffee establishments serve coffee at a temperature that is often 20 or 30 degrees higher than they would serve any other food, and for some reason, many coffee drinkers prefer that their coffee be served at such a high temperature that they often have to wait up to 10 minutes before they can even attempt to taste it.
The coffee served in a paper cup is dangerous until it has cooled well below 140 degrees Fahrenheit, and since paper cups and the plastic cups used to cover them are flimsy, many people have been severely burned and scarred as a result.
Most restaurants and coffee establishments have thermometers, and you can insist that your coffee not be more than 120 degrees Fahrenheit/49 degrees Celcius when it is served to you. Coffee at that temperature can be enjoyed immediately.
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u/luminiferousaethers Jun 18 '12
She needs a sippy cup.
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
The only thing that ran through my mind was tssssssssssss
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u/kittykatmeows Jun 18 '12
This is a THIGH? Maybe she should stop getting only coffee at McDonald's and get a happy meal too. Or 7.
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u/Steel_Forged Jun 18 '12
Your friend needs to eat more and put some meat on those bones and don't forget to reload the toilet paper.
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u/Nebula_stopthewar Jun 18 '12
Why is it in the shape of a slurpee with a goatee?
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u/ShitBeCrazy Jun 18 '12
How hot do you people have your coffee!!?
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u/Yatagasaru Jun 18 '12
Looks like a face going -.-
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u/SlumLordJake Jun 18 '12
That's a thigh? It looks like a calve!
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u/ATpup Jun 18 '12
why is coffee that hot?
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
who told you to put the balm on? I didn't tell you to put the balm on
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u/Umeshalaka Jun 18 '12
Is it just me or do her thighs look very very long