Beer While Diving?
If you were ever wondering about the effects of your marijuana hobby on your deep-sea diving hobby, look no further. Http://scuba-doc.com/marij.html has all the not-quite-sure-who-cares information you would ever need. Frankly, it seems like if you're the kind of person who takes drugs before he dives, you're the kind of person who takes his life into his own hands, and no amount of black text on a goldenrod background is going to change your mind.
It kind of looks like he made most of it up anyway. Symptoms apparently include "extreme panic" and "depersonalization" (whatever that is.) He tried a little harder with the alcohol one, refraining from the "nothing can sober you up but time" line, but his reasoning is clearly distorted by his own bias, in favor of nitrogen narcosis. Probably all other intoxicants are just not in the same league. At the same time, I think he shouldn't stop with alcohol and marijuana. Sure, those are the most popular drugs, but there are others. How is deep-sea diving affected by:
While we are on the same topic, there are a lot of semi-hysterical warnings about not bungee jumping under the influence of alcohol. Admittedly, most of these are from actual bungee jumping firms that want to limit their liability in certain indigestible ways, but some are not. I think, if you want to bungee jump stinking drunk (or under the influence of nitrogen narcosis, if it comes to that) then you might as well.
Assuming that sober professionals are measuring out the ropes and building the diving platform, what is there for the diver to do? Just fall down, mostly. Something drunk people are particularly good at. There is no concentration required to bungee jump. Like the deep sea divers, the bungee jumping people are all closet prigs. Or maybe they're afraid you'll get sick, but are too shy to say so. It probably would happen, when you come to think of it.
It kind of looks like he made most of it up anyway. Symptoms apparently include "extreme panic" and "depersonalization" (whatever that is.) He tried a little harder with the alcohol one, refraining from the "nothing can sober you up but time" line, but his reasoning is clearly distorted by his own bias, in favor of nitrogen narcosis. Probably all other intoxicants are just not in the same league. At the same time, I think he shouldn't stop with alcohol and marijuana. Sure, those are the most popular drugs, but there are others. How is deep-sea diving affected by:
- Methamphetamine
- Xanax
- Fasting and meditation (losers only)
- LSD
- Novocaine
- Heroin
- Thorazine
- General anaesthesia
While we are on the same topic, there are a lot of semi-hysterical warnings about not bungee jumping under the influence of alcohol. Admittedly, most of these are from actual bungee jumping firms that want to limit their liability in certain indigestible ways, but some are not. I think, if you want to bungee jump stinking drunk (or under the influence of nitrogen narcosis, if it comes to that) then you might as well.
Assuming that sober professionals are measuring out the ropes and building the diving platform, what is there for the diver to do? Just fall down, mostly. Something drunk people are particularly good at. There is no concentration required to bungee jump. Like the deep sea divers, the bungee jumping people are all closet prigs. Or maybe they're afraid you'll get sick, but are too shy to say so. It probably would happen, when you come to think of it.
posted by apk01004 at 8:08 PM
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did you know diving regulators are designed so you can throw up into them? Because if you took it out of your mouth to throw up you'd drown when the gag reflex caused you to inhale. Don't ask why I know this.
I did not know that! But how often does it really come up? Maybe it's a manifestation of the "severe marine infections" he mentions. What other symptoms can diving suits cope with? What about severe ocular bleeding?
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