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[–] Technus@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My first thought was "why is nitrogen dangerous?" but I was thinking about it at room temperature or around 20C.

I know about decompression sickness (the bends) but I wouldn't expect that to be a problem at 1 atmosphere. Then I stumbled upon isobaric counterdiffusion and I wondered if that could happen from pumping any pure gas into the rectum at atmospheric pressure, since it'd be at a higher partial pressure than any gas in the tissue.

[–] Simon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah I think gasses in the rectum have several severe issues that liquids don't have. Mostly because liquids don't exert pressure. Could get pretty in-depth.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Going in deep, you say