[2012-Sep-13] Why are SMBC dads so terrible.

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Re: [2012-September-13] Why are SMBC dads so terrible.

by GUTCHUCKER » Sun Sep 30, 2012 2:11 am

But everybody DOES have misconceptions about the world planted in their head as a child.
(What do you wanna be when you grow up, kiddies?)

Re: [2012-September-13] Why are SMBC dads so terrible.

by Arandur » Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:32 pm

carbonstealer wrote:I'd like to think that all the dads in SMBC are like this because Zac's father was like this and he actually led a horrible and traumatic childhood that involved him having misconceptions about the world purposefully planted in his brain so that he would be unable to function in society so that his father could feel the pleasure of someone else feeling his pain
... Yes. That would be fantastic. o_O

Re: [2012-September-13] Why are SMBC dads so terrible.

by carbonstealer » Fri Sep 21, 2012 11:48 am

I'd like to think that all the dads in SMBC are like this because Zac's father was like this and he actually led a horrible and traumatic childhood that involved him having misconceptions about the world purposefully planted in his brain so that he would be unable to function in society so that his father could feel the pleasure of someone else feeling his pain

Re: [2012-September-13] Why are SMBC dads so terrible.

by Arandur » Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:53 pm

Suddenly this guy seems a lot less crazy.

Re: [2012-September-13] Why are SMBC dads so terrible.

by DonRetrasado » Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:22 am

"STOP QUOTING THE SIMPSONS YOU UNORIGINAL HACKS!!!111"-Lisa Simpson (off The Simpsons)

Re: [2012-September-13] Why are SMBC dads so terrible.

by Jewlian » Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:08 am

STOP QUOTING THE SIMPSONS YOU UNORIGINAL HACKS!!!111

Re: [2012-September-13] Why are SMBC dads so terrible.

by DonRetrasado » Sun Sep 16, 2012 11:10 pm

smiley_cow wrote:And here I am using my lungs like a sucker.
And how come everyone has a bed pan and I have to walk all the way over there!

Re: [2012-September-13] Why are SMBC dads so terrible.

by smiley_cow » Sun Sep 16, 2012 6:57 am

And here I am using my lungs like a sucker.

Re: [2012-September-13] Why are SMBC dads so terrible.

by Guest » Sun Sep 16, 2012 4:25 am

Re: [2012-September-13] Why are SMBC dads so terrible.

by FarleShadow » Sat Sep 15, 2012 11:35 pm

jkono29 wrote:I wonder if it would be possible to stop breathing through the lungs. Will oxygenated blood suppress the reflex to continue inhaling/exhaling? Seems to me that our bodies likely evolved to panic when the lungs aren't actively working (not just panic when organs aren't receiving oxygen).
The body can't detect oxygen in the blood, it works by detecting carbon dioxide (I think its due to dissolved CO2 making the blood more acidic, not sure bout that though), so provided the machine REMOVES CO2 then you shouldn't get the reflex.

Re: [2012-September-13] Why are SMBC dads so terrible.

by Lethal Interjection » Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:29 pm

The Sirens of Titan.

Re: [2012-September-13] Why are SMBC dads so terrible.

by jkono29 » Sat Sep 15, 2012 2:49 am

I wonder if it would be possible to stop breathing through the lungs. Will oxygenated blood suppress the reflex to continue inhaling/exhaling? Seems to me that our bodies likely evolved to panic when the lungs aren't actively working (not just panic when organs aren't receiving oxygen).

Re: [2012-September-13] Why are SMBC dads so terrible.

by Jewlian » Fri Sep 14, 2012 6:50 am

What's the point of having kids if you're not gonna troll them?

Re: [2012-September-13] Why are SMBC dads so terrible.

by angus beef » Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:36 pm

So this is a bit of semantics, but "intravenous oxygen" is probably not what Zach means. If any significant amount of oxygen or gas similar to air is injected into a vein, the result is an almost-instantaneous air embolism to the lung - since the venous circulation passes through the right heart and into the capillaries of the lung, where it will become lodged and prevent continued circulation, and therefore oxygenation of the rest of the body. In other words - catastrophic and possibly fatal. What Zach means is oxygenation of the arteries without oxygenation of the lungs. As previous posters pointed out, ECMO is essentially taking venous de-oxygenated blood and bypassing the heart/lung into an "oxygenating" machine, and then back into the arterial circulation. I'm not sure of any way to describe this with finesse suitable for a comic strip, though.

Keep up the good work, Zach! :D

- M.D.

Re: [2012-September-13] Why are SMBC dads so terrible.

by FarleShadow » Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:30 pm

Anon and his ECMO post, I thought precisely the same thing.

Pretty boring use of that tech though. Whoo! dads not breathing but is still somehow alive!!?!.....
BORRRRING. Lets play Tetris.

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