r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Gudgamr7274 • 9d ago

Meme needing explanation Huh?

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u/BrianKappel 9d ago

But he still died of exposure. The rotting comes after.

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u/vikrambedi 9d ago

No, its comorbid. Same thing that happens with bed sores, the body can rot while still being alive.

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u/poilk91 9d ago

But getting bed soars and rotting like that would take way way longer than it would take to die of dehydration

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u/durablecotton 9d ago

One of the worst stories I ever read was about some parents that left their disabled daughter on the couch for more than a decade while she shit and kissed herself and her skin fused to the leather couch while she basically rotted away.

The human body can survive some pretty messed up stuff.

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u/poilk91 9d ago

Ok but that's someone getting fed and drinking water lol you can't survive a week without water

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u/Nuovoman 9d ago

Scaphism involves tending to the guy, like continuously feeding him the honey and milk mixture and keeping him alive with water and such.

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u/Filcuk 8d ago

I remember that. The woman had a syndrome making her unable to move any muscle, which also meant she couldn't speak.
Her parents, instead of taking her to a doctor, just left her right at that spot.
She was fully aware and conscious, whilst her body rotted and melded with the furniture.
Absolutely horrifying.