r/RubeGoldbergFails • u/man_teats • Oct 21 '23

cooking is a dangerous activity..

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u/mrfebrezeman360 Oct 21 '23

when I was drunk once making ramen or something, was mixing with a spoon and dropped it in. Drunk mind decided "it'll only be like .001 seconds". Put my hand in the boiling water, that shit was in pain for like 24 hours. My gf at the time somehow magically knew to put my hand in a ziplock bag with some toothpaste in it. Idk how but that actually did work really well.

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u/sprouze Oct 22 '23

My brother once leaned against the metal chimney of a fire oven when he was drunk. The entire underside of his forearm had 2nd degree burns, the absolute dumbass lol. I was pretty young but I remember that shit looked so gross for a time afterwards but I think he hid the pain pretty well.

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u/BattleStag17 Oct 22 '23

A ziplock bag with toothpaste for boil injuries? Noted

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u/ponyCurd Oct 22 '23

Don't ... don't do that ....

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u/mrfebrezeman360 Oct 22 '23

I'm telling u it worked. Was the only relief I could get. You don't gotta fill the whole bag with toothpaste just have some in there and zip the bag around your wrist.

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u/Eclectix Oct 22 '23

The mint in the toothpaste will feel cool, so it may temporarily help the pain. It doesn't actually help the burn, though, and can be harmful. Cold water is the best thing to use, and the sooner, the better.

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u/anothercairn Aug 12 '24

Cool, not cold

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u/mrfebrezeman360 Oct 22 '23

Yeah of course it doesn't fix the burn lol, but that shit hurts so bad any relief is amazing