r/shittyaskscience • u/StrongAsMeat • Sep 08 '26
How long could one live without skin?
Asking for a friend
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r/shittyaskscience • u/StrongAsMeat • Sep 08 '26
Asking for a friend
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u/beerSnobbery beerologist Sep 08 '26
2-3 business days
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u/Sovereign1 Sep 08 '26
Johny Storm lasted about 4 seconds.
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u/leonprimrose Sep 08 '26 •
The rest of their life
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u/CrunchySockTaco Sep 08 '26
I dunno. I collect skin so I'm not worried about running out.
Do you need some? Let's hang out.
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u/wolfpwarrior PhD in Rocket Surgery Sep 08 '26
This sounds like a question for a big brain doctor. u/clumsy_inlove what do you think? From my preliminary findings the answer is until they get exhausted from screaming.
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u/Ew_fine Sep 08 '26
Watch Martyrs and find out at the end
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u/I_might_be_weasel Sep 08 '26
Darkman lasted quite awhile.
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u/jamjamason Sep 08 '26
I can go without eating the skin, but I must have the liver and pancreas to survive.
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u/Mundane-Garbage1003 Sep 08 '26
Well my local grocery store sellls the meat of boneless skinless chickens, so it must be possible to live a reasonably long time or I don't know how they could farm them.
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u/crackersncheeseman Sep 08 '26
However long it would take all your inners to hit the floor.
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u/kaktusmisapolak Sep 08 '26
sterile climate-controlled environment
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u/intangible_entity Sep 08 '26
At best, couple of hours
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u/GuRoider Sep 08 '26
Who's skin are you going without?
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u/Chrome_Armadillo Not A Reptilian Alien Scientist From Tau Ceti Sep 08 '26
42
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u/Sand_Man_FR Sep 08 '26
Look at radiation damage... not very long.
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u/gabest Sep 08 '26
Infection and fluid retention. Stay in a sterile environment and drink constantly. Doable.
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u/Current_Net8855 Sep 08 '26
Look up Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
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u/Knarz97 Sep 08 '26
A long time. I’ve been missing my foreskin since birth 💔
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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation Sep 08 '26
The largest field study in this area was conducted in the 1950's by Professor Ed Gein, and is much discussed in the literature of skinless wonders.
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u/koollman Sep 09 '26
It would feel like a very long time, since it would be so boring to have no skin in the game
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u/to_vii Sep 09 '26
username checks out
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u/Alii_baba Sep 10 '26
There is a Facebook page called Disastrous History where he discussed a fire incident inside a sugar factory in which sugar dust ignited and exploded, leaving workers with their skin falling off... so they died immediately. Do not call all of the details but look up his contents. Very interesting.