I mean it's not wrong, there's a reason antioxidants are a thing.
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Seriously, though, when those blue-green fuckers came up with oxygenic photosynthesis and started shitting oxygen all over the place they killed practically everything else on the planet, the bastards. Paleontologists call it the Oxygen Catastrophe or Oxygen Holocaust.
Jeez man this oxygen addiction is too great cant withstand 30 seconds without oxygen
Rust on the Myrtle Beach ferris wheel has also been shown to reduce fertility levels of crabs nearby, causing a dramatic drop in their population and California Bill 34 was passed to drastically limit how many can be caught, devastating the local fisheries!
For more information, Google "Rust ferris crab rule 34"
Wait until OP learns about dihydrogen-monoxide.
there are three constants in life.
taxes, rule 34, And oxidation.
the fact that I made a rule 34 joke about this without even seeing this comment is so great
great minds think alike, or something.
So I know it's a joke, but isn't this why dietary antioxidants are good for you, is because they literally help inhibit the oxidation of your body?
Oxygen ravages electrons all day at the end of the electron transport chain and nobody bats an eye, but you steal one pair off some DNA and everybody loses their minds!
Also pure oxygen is bad long term
Oxygen is one of the key components of dihydrogen monoxide, and we all know how dangerous that stuff can be.
Oxygen toxicity is an iatrogenic illness caused by exposure to high FIO2 during oxygen therapy. Oxygen saturation should be monitored in patients receiving supplemental O2. As the oxygen gets metabolized, some molecules convert to superoxide anions known as hydroxyl radicals, which are human tissue toxic. The resulting pathophysiological changes at the alveolar level result in decreases in lung compliance, diffusing capacity, and PaO2 levels. Central nervous system (CNS) toxicity can occur with exposure to high partial pressures of oxygen. Acute changes in the lungs resulting from oxygen toxicity consist of alveolar and interstitial edema, alveolar hemorrhages, and proteinaceous exudates. Further prolonged exposure to oxygen leads to a proliferative phase, which includes the proliferation of type II epithelial cells and fibroblasts, followed by collagen deposits. Exposure to FIO2s greater than 0.60 for as little as 24 to 48 hours can lead to severe irreversible pulmonary fibrosis.[6][7]
I read some interesting comment before (so take it with a grain of salt) where someone who knew a bit of chemistry said, 'in a way we actually are damaged by the oxygen we breathe'. Details foggy but they mentioned that's kinda what free radicals are about, that we are burning up on a cellular level, albiet over the course of our lifetimes
It's true. The medical field over the last few decades has curbed when to give patients high flow concentrated oxygen for this reason.
Yeah it's why we have antioxidants. The idea is oxygen is constantly stealing electrons from nearby molecules and antioxidants help replace those electrons.
Life is just a constant form of slow death. Up until your body simply can't replace the old cells fast enough anymore.
Oh good i remembered it roughly right. you happen to have a good layman-friendly source just laying around? id love a refresher. I don't usually outsource my searches but i mustve used the wrong terms earlier, cuz i keep getting bunk ass health scam sites
It's true my friend works with it and their hair went blue
Who’s got that copypasta about how humans breathe poison and if you break their legs they just keep following you?
Ugh, I hate oxygen.
If you think that is bad, just wait til you learn about Dihydrogen Monoxide. That shit kills.
100% of the people who drink dihydrogen monoxide eventually end up dying. Shit's dangerous
Stop downplaying it, call it by its most descriptive name:
Hydric acid
Wait until they hear about a particularly nasty form of oxygen, dihydrogen monoxide.
I prefer the IUPAC name: Oxidane. Terrible stuff, it's even used as an industrial solvent and yet we are exposed to it every single day of our lives!
Oxygen is one of the most reactive gases. It can burn iron at 100°C.
It can burn diamond at 720 °C, what do you think it'll do to soft tissue over the course of an entire lifetime. Things helping aerobic life survive are
a) partially consisting of partially oxidized polymers in the form of carbohydrates (remember, the only thing that cannot burn is what has already been burned);
b) oxygen's peculiar, natural triplet state which greatly slows down its kinetics compared e.g. to its horrible relative, ozone.
everyday
Next.
Alright.
This but unitronically
This isn't wrong. Don't put oxygen on a pedastal, it's toxic stuff.
I mean, it wouldn't stay on the pedestal anyway. It would just float away.
That's just lack of creativity from your part.
The OP didn't say the composition of the pedestal, if it has cavities, its temperature...
Isn't that there one of them... "forever chemicals"? 😂
Never trust atoms, they make up everything.
I've also heard that electrons in them cannot be relied upon - especially to be anywhere that they say they will (instead, they zip off to the other side of the whole galaxy/universe, then before you can tell anyone they're gone, they are back again!) :-P.
Yes. Oxygen does degrade our bodies. Unfortunately, we also need it to stay alive. Life be like that.
Oh yeah, reactive oxygen species, right? But iirc those are only confined to certain parts of the cell
It's reported that many people who have died had varying amounts of oxygen in their bloodstream at the time of death.
Oxidative stress is a major factor in health and longevity. People who stop breathing oxygen before dieing generally live a bigger proportion of their lives healthy on average.
I mean thats essentially what we do all day everyday...