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[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Doesn’t all the water in us boil. Like instant Bends.

Also aliens who evolved on planets without magnetospheres: “these earthlings are interesting but they seem to get stressed and lumpy in space.”

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It boils, but because of the pressure drop, not because of the temperature change

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, also the nitrogen escapes (along with the rest of the now gasses too), but I guess you wouldn’t have time to feel those effects.

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, that doesn’t happen. The bends is worse because you can go from multiple atmospheres of pressure to just 1. The worst space can get is from 1 atm to 0 atm.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah good point, also you wouldn’t have time to feel the effects, since the water is all going to vaporize, not just dissolved gases in your blood.