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[–] Gleddified@lemmy.ca 69 points 2 years ago (3 children)

"Plunging"? I call BS, isn't lava way too thick for that?

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 56 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Your mom's too thick to plunge

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Roundcat@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But what if that anaconda don't want none?

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

I keep coming back and laughing at your comment. I literally only had a drain snake on my mind.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago
[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I’m pretty sure you’d lose more than just your arm if you were close enough to lava to “plunge” any sort of member into it.

Lava is typically 1300 F/700 C. Just exposure to the heated air around it would instantly burn you all over

[–] Roundcat@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] pillars_in_the_trees@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can actually walk on some lava (with boots.)

[–] Gerbler@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

Imagine slipping

[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nah I've been a few feet from flowing lava. It's really really hot, but not like, instant death hot.

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A few feet, eh? Move one big step closer and tell me how it feels

[–] uid0gid0@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

You can do this for yourself at Volcano national Park in Hawai'i. If they still let people into the lava field. We got close enough to poke the new lava with sticks. It's tolerable unless you make the mistake of standing directly over it. Also if you go take flashlights, it's no fun trying to navigate a lava field by moonlight.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I work at a blast furnace, you can get alarmingly close to liquid iron before you are permanently injured.

[–] bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Thank you and your apprentices for quantifying this threshold.

[–] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

It's fine as long as you have the high ground.

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah. It's molten rock. You can't sink or plunge into it.

[–] Sup3rlativ3@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Just like you can't plunge your arm into melted ice... xD