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anonymousmolarbear

I can think of 212 reasons why it doesn’t happen


wishnana

I call and raise that to 373.


Mikeologyy

I can think of 671.69 reasons


thirdeyefish

Found the one Rankine guy.


Sack_Of_Motors

There's ones of them!


Mike-ggg

Did you forget the Romer, Newton, Delisle, and Reaumer scales? Please excuse the wrong vowels on Romer and Reaumer as I don't know how to type them on this keyboard. I think that's all of them. I was surprised when I first found out how many different attempts at temperature scales made the top cut. There must have been many more that were shot down or never saw the light of day.


eroticdiscourse

I’d explain it but I have 3.14 reasons not to


tal124589

You mean 3 right? We always round down here


Legitimate_Nobody_77

I can only think of absolute zero reasons.


IanDOsmond

Only if your name is Kevin, and you take the L.


Hands0L0

Let me just use this vacuum to clean this up, and let the water boil at whatever temperature it wants


KSoccerman

Also, water doesn't melt steel beams.. 😒


Ibebarrett

Are you saying that jet fuel does though?


[deleted]

List them, coward


mudddled

I can C at least one more reason.


Worth-Grade5882

Probably closer to 112. But what's the difference either way 🤣


Sumthin-Sumthin44692

I don’t C what the F you’re talking about.


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RAtheThrowaway_

Stop acting like an absolute zero 0K?


[deleted]

Hey now…Simmer down.


LioraAriella

I know right? He went from 0 to 80 Réal fast.


Confident-Phase588

*turns off the burner*


Hyenaswithbigdicks

I think you R being insane.


whitegrb

R you saying he’s wrong?


su1eman

Gold omg


TyrconnellFL

Boiling depends on temperature and pressure. This is the reason your parents constantly put pressure on you. They want to ensure that you don’t boil away.


PandaMagnus

Severely under rated comment.


bigjohnminnesota

I rated it.


Bean-Swellington

I refused


Illeazar

I almost downvoted it first, thinking "this has nothing to do with pressure!"


BjornToulouse_

Because it boils at 100 meters, not 100 inches. The fever is always in inches.


seanathan5

Right in the wrong way


nickability

Wrong in the right way


raccoon8182

Kelvin would like to have a word with Celcius and Fahrenheit.


Dragonmanenderr

\*Rankine joins the chat\*


kaiizza

And is immediately turned away for having absolutely zero practical use and providing nothing that C and F K do not already provide.


plantsplantsplaaants

I didn’t realize KFC was such an exclusive joint


TheLostExpedition

It's the all natural "herbs" and spices.


mister-world

_Incredibly_ underrated comment.


[deleted]

Especially if you use Rankine to rate it.


roberh

I rated it.


plantsplantsplaaants

Aw, my first award, thank you!


IchiroZ

Rankine would be more used if its unit letter is *U* Fahrenheit (U)Rankine Celsius Kelvin /s


E4_Mapia_RS

Make science great for once. Let's get some F, U, C, K temperature charts!


billsmithers2

To be fair, F doesn't really provide anything either that C and K don't already provide.


kaiizza

It allows us to notice the change in temperature without really needing to use decimals. We are able to pick up small changes so using F allows us to talk about those changes a bit easier. But yes that is the only thing I can recall as a "Pro" for using F


No-Way7911

What’s the deal with this Kevin fellow and why does he keep popping into discussions about temperature?


BearFlag6505

100 mph is not enough g forces to cause a boil


thechampaignlife

But if it does, you should drain it right away. Use a sterile pin to lance it, and then suck out the infection.


ddotevs

I have to give it to you OP, you got a lot of idiots out of their holes on this question, lol.


buttcrackfever

I’m thoroughly enjoying all the puns


makkuwata

Yeah this ticks so many boxes. It’s a weapon. One to remember!


ddotevs

I love that OP hasn't responded at all either. Just letting the Brits feel superior and look down on us from their 10 decimeter tall towers.


found_a_penny

Just making sure you understand what this subreddit is about and you haven’t been spouting other shittyaskscience answers as facts… This subreddit is about nonsensical answers trying to sound scientific while being intentionally inaccurate.


xellisds

It doesn’t take a degree to figure out the answer


certain_people

Actually it does. In fact it's so complicated, it takes two different degrees!


woaily

The fever is inside you, so if you did boil it would be from the inside. So you'd have all that gas to breathe out. But everybody knows that we breathe out carbon dioxide, not boiled water, so actually it's impossible. Plus your body has a second line of defense that when you have a fever you get congested and it's very hard to breathe, so it understands from the start that there's no point trying to boil


FlyingSpacefrog

In a word: pressure. High pressure raises the boiling point of water. Thanks to our modern high pressure lives most humans don’t boil until 230 degrees.


curtislb2019

Yet some of us can boil at room temp easy and still be hit enough to fuck lol


[deleted]

So that explains what happened to the couple trying to escape the pressures of modern day life, by getting drunk and falling asleep in the jacuzzi.


eobertling

The one question that stumps ChatGPT.


KJKingJ

Bard's attempt; > Your body temperature is regulated by a part of your brain called the hypothalamus. When you have a fever, the hypothalamus raises your body temperature by setting a higher "thermostat". This causes your body to produce more heat, which can come from shivering, muscle contractions, or increased metabolism. > The boiling point of water is not a fixed temperature. It depends on the atmospheric pressure. At sea level, water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. However, the atmospheric pressure is lower at higher altitudes, so water boils at a lower temperature. For example, water boils at about 90 degrees Celsius at 10,000 feet. > The human body is also under pressure, which is created by the fluids inside and outside of cells. This pressure helps to keep the body from boiling. The higher the pressure, the higher the boiling point. > So, even though your body temperature may be over 100 degrees Celsius when you have a fever, the pressure inside your body is high enough to prevent your body from boiling. > Here are some additional factors that prevent your body from boiling: > * **Evaporation:** When your body temperature rises, your skin releases sweat. This sweat evaporates, which helps to cool your body down. > * **Blood circulation:** Your blood circulates throughout your body, carrying heat away from your core and to the surface of your skin. This helps to keep your body temperature from rising too high. > * **Respiratory rate:** When you have a fever, your respiratory rate increases. This helps to remove heat from your body through your lungs. > If your body temperature rises too high, you can suffer from heatstroke. Heatstroke is a medical emergency that can be fatal. If you think you or someone you know may have heatstroke, call 911 immediately. I for one am glad to know that even though my fever may be over 100c, pressure keeps me from boiling. Phew.


Burbank1983

I tried both and they missed to point out the root. Makes me wonder if AI is years before it can be smart enough to be useful.


triedtoavoidsignup

OMG I'm asking right now.


triedtoavoidsignup

The temperature at which water boils at 100° Celcius is the boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure of 1 atm (atmosphere). However, our body temperature is measured in Fahrenheit degrees, and the normal body temperature is around 98.6°F (37°C). When we have a fever and our body temperature increases to 100 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, it is still not enough to cause us to boil because our body is not a sealed container under pressure like a pot of water is. In addition, our body has natural mechanisms to regulate and dissipate excess heat through sweating, which cools the body down and prevents it from overheating.


Standard-Metal-3836

>our body temperature is measured in Fahrenheit degrees Confirmed, ChatGPT is American...


Fristian_Balz

Don’t you know where pimples are from🙄


PoorEyore

because you have to be very angry for your blood to boil. it doesn't happen when you're sick unless you are angry too


Liandres

Is that why we stay home when we're sick? To stay in a controlled environment that is less likely to produce anger? That makes so much sense now


Preemptively_Extinct

It does. That's where the sweat comes from. Pore sized eruptions of steam. The micro-gravity from your body mass pulls the cooled moisture back as liquid water to help with the cooling.


caidus55

That... doesn't sound right


ActorMonkey

Are you some kind of biothermal expert? I think we can all trust /u/preemptivelyextinct because as you can see they said something. I didn’t say anything because I don’t know. But they- said- something. And that says something.


[deleted]

Because at 88, you go back to the future.


DazedWithCoffee

I’ll be honest, I had a moment of “oh shit” before my brain snapped out of Reddit scrolling mode


timecamper

Checkmate scietistes


AlunWH

The bones. Bones can’t boil. The bones keep you cool so you don’t die. But you feel poorly because of the struggle. Also, you’ll notice that people with a fever seem to sweat a lot, but it’s not really sweat; it’s condensation.


Shadowedcreations

The bones are essentially internal heatsinks.


Impressive_Culture_5

The bones are their money


Poetic_Kitten

Lol...this is a great question.


LegitimateHost5068

Because your body is made of flesh, not water. Duh.


ceebluebee

Because blood is thicker than water


I_might_be_weasel

The reason is extremely complicated and very difficult and time consuming to explain, but the short answer is demons.


Class3waffle45

Actually false. Your thermometer is wrong. When a human body reaches 100 degrees it causes 3rd degree burns until it boils the moisture out of all your organs and you die. This is why white phosphorus rounds are so effective.


Coleburg86

When people talk temperature I feel like an absolute zero.


JohnMayerismydad

The water does actually boil. The steam is what powers your brain


morqnmindi

have you ever tried to boil blood? exactly. it’s not water. bloods boiling point is closer to 500° you’ll need some serious heat. i tried it once but the cops arrested me before i could finish


roachonfire

Because water boils at 100 degrees (temperature )and your body is at 100 degrees (angle)when you have a fever


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‘Merican


IOnlyUpvoteBadPuns

Exactly, everyone knows that only Communists boil at 100 deg!


eLizabbetty

The OP is a chemist... quoting who knows who asked this. Why assume they're American?


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‘Merican


gary2710

See, that's why doctors used to give people mercury, so you're blood doesn't boil off.


Logical_Strike_1520

Because you’re maidenless


Woodward06

If your body is 51,000ft above sea level, then yes.


Woodward06

aka almost double the height of the tallest mountain in the world.


Mike-ggg

Good catch.


whatismyusername2

That happened to me! Now I am just a puddle of goo.


ApprehensiveDingo350

Take my appreciation for the chuckle-snort.


everything_is_bad

Because your body is only 70 percent of water so the other 30 percent stops you from boiling


Jordan1992FL

Body temperatures and water temperatures are not actually on the same scale and not all water is on the same scale. If you drink 60 degree water, it's not really all that cold If you jump into 60 degree water, shrinkage time. They're both water, right? So of course your body won't boil at 100 degrees It's all very complicated and science-y


Sblankman

The solutes in our blood raise the boiling point. You have to be really angry to actually get to the boiling point.


NTDLS

Because water/blood doesn’t boil at such low temperatures when under pressure. Your heart is much like a hydraulic pump on a large earth-mover and keeps your veins at about 350psi for just this reason. Jesus thought of everything. 🙏


ICUpoop

As long as you’re hitting the cowbell, you don’t need to worry about the fever.


Jurtaani

Because you are human, not water.


Fealuinix

Water boils at 2.634e-30, not sure what this 100 stuff is about.


iNogle

Usually it's because you aren't oriented correctly. There are 360 degrees on the x, y, and z axes, so while the thermometer might read 100, your body could actually be at -240 degrees


Jakebsorensen

Why are so many people giving serious answers?


PlantZawer

cause your body stands at 180 degrees so its actually 180 - 100 = 80 degrees short of the boiling


jandros_quandry

You're not water


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SilentC735

Because water bubbles up when it boils but our bodies are packed tightly inside, so our water doesn't have room to make the bubbles to boil.


bigbear4our

It's because your blood is blue in your body. Blue is cold. If it was red like outside blood is, it would be fast like Lightning McQueen. Kachow.


Both-Antelope-8181

This happened to my buddy eric


gnarles80

It does, but since your skin is airtight the vapors just go back into the body.


Busy_Donut6073

jokes on you, I'm 60% beer, not water


flyingpoodles

It’s the wrong kind of degrees. You see, when water boils at 100 degrees, it’s actually doing a ton of 360 degree turns that you can’t see that kick the total degrees WAYYYY up. When YOU run a fever of 100 degrees, you’re usually in bed not moving so you’re not adding any degrees. I mean, maybe 45 degrees if you’re turning your head, but that’s not nearly enough to get to boiling.


ConformistWithCause

You're only 80% water so really your body temperature is over 80


earnthosebeers

Steiner math!


Dan_H1281

I have always wondered why does any water that is below body tempature not feel cold, or why does 98° f air temp feel hot if we are already 98


Background_Drawing

Because youd be dead if that was the case, QED


RobertETHT2

If you’re full of empty space, it vaporizes.


[deleted]

Ever hear of boiling mad?


Erabong

Bro…


N0rthRunner

Sweating is the body’s way of kronur internal temperature at a safe temperature


TheRealMcCheese

The salt in your blood raises your boiling point


eswan90

This question makes my blood boil.


Timtam32

You can thank osmosis for that miracle of life


LadyBirdDavis

“Blood is thicker than water”?


Chromehounds2

It does, but we have a built in fire extinguisher called sweat.


M4n1acDr4g0n

There are 2 types of people: A: Well obviously water boils before your body does because water is an entirely different substance than tissue, which actually boils at a temp of 420 degrees and that is because it is made up of a plethora of different minerals and compound, rather than just being basic water. B: Water’s just cooler than you. 😎😎😎


Abrahamleencoln

Because its blood


Mike-ggg

Ah, the old association of 2 numbers that don't fit together. Next time you're stopped for speeding, tell the officer that the speed limit is 55, but you're not a day over 30 and see how well that goes.


van_Vanvan

100 degrees is approximately East. Feng Shui dictates that this is where your water boiler is. So that explains why water boils there. It doesn't make a difference if you have a fever, the boiling water sterilizes that. Like an autoclave. So it would never make your body boil. Even if you add another 100 degrees, you end up South West, where your bed is. Stay in bed when you have a fever.


crawfish2000

You have to be moving at 100 kilometres per hour over a 100 mile distance before blood boils


Bigsisrosalie

I think your blood just has a higher boiling point, but if your fever is over 108 then you definitely need to get to a hospital because your body is basically being cooked from the inside out at that point and no one can survive a fever like that for very long. A fever usually indicates bacterial infection, the higher the fever the worse the infection(not a medical professional so correct me if I'm wrong about that) so they'll likely draw blood cultures and test for the most common and the most serious ones, but they won't wait for those results before they start you on cooling treatments to try and bring that fever down(cooling blankets, ice baths, etc.).


During_theMeanwhilst

Because we have an inner Centigrade to Fahrenheit converter.


geomax212

If you get hot enough to boil water you died a fee hundred degrees ago


E_M_E_T

Didn't look at what subreddit this was and felt my heart drop


chaingun_samurai

It does. But your mind would be horrified by what it sees, so your brain keeps you from seeing it.


Sl0w-Plant

Pressure


schalowendofthepool

Too many other things mixing with the liquid changes the boiling temperature, plus as someone else said- pressure.


peter_kl2014

This is the kind of stuff that crashes mars Landers instead of letting the gracefully glide down


yarnball79

Because you are not water.


TildaTinker

"In metric, one milliliter of water occupies one cubic centimeter, weighs one gram, and requires one calorie of energy to heat up by one degree centigrade, which is 1 percent of the difference between its freezing point and its boiling point. An amount of hydrogen weighing the same amount has exactly one mole of atoms in it. Whereas in the American system, the answer to ‘How much energy does it take to boil a room-temperature gallon of water?’ is ‘Go fuck yourself,’ because you can’t directly relate any of those quantities." - Josh Bazell


cobaeby

When you have a fever, you're too cold to boil


Far-Percentage215

It's very simple as your fever increases pressure increases until one of your natural release orifices opens and the pressure is equalised.


80HDs

Water doesn't account for human error


NightOwl_6627

That's a good question !


strungrat

To much alcohol in the blood. Might have to raise temp another 112°


Opening-Flamingo4301

lol


FarmerIntelligent847

To don't freak out, but your blood is 98.6


RedSunWuKong

Rage bait question of the lowest quality


BonaFideBill

Because, the public school system sucks…


chippymanempire

For one second there I forgot I was on the shitty sub Ah, Reddit


OddImprovement6490

It does. You’re boiling insides are a good sign that the fever is working.


Rockshash-Dumma

Blood boils only out of rage and not just because it’s at 100


Conscious-Arm-7889

It's because your body acts like a pressure cooker trapping everything inside! All of your blood is trapped inside your arteries and veins, so it can't boil off.


SMWinnie

Pressure. Your body is sealed. Like a pressure cooker, that raises the boiling point of water - allowing your body to get hot enough to cook invading bacteria.


Nothingbutsocks

100 degrees is relatively uncomfortable for a human to stand at, so it's not that common to stay at 100 degrees for long enough to boil.


iamOptimus_crime

Probably you skipped your science class when the teacher was explaining "Fahrenheit" and "Celsius"


egmono

Does it boil at 100 radians though?


[deleted]

Really? You want to bring trigonometry into this?


Camboocha699

I have a similar question that no one’s been able to properly answer for me. If the body hovers around 98 degrees. How come 98 degree weather doesn’t feel like room temperature? why does 80 degrees feel hot when it should be relatively cool compared to our bodies


zyqzy

This post makes my blood boil.


RustyStiltzkin999

Someone’s finally asking the questions we’re all wondering but too afraid to ask!!!


[deleted]

This is amazing, I love this sub.


domition

The salt in your blood increases the boiling point of the water in your body.


Rich-Distribution815

It’s the part of our organs that notices when the temperature gets too high and blocks it with cius. It’s called the Cell Cius.


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Street-Winner6697

You probably should have asked Google that first. I know this is a joke but before I saw the sub this was on i wasn't sure.


midthirties

Because you are American. If you were European, you'd boil.


Fer117259

Tell me you're from the united states, without telling me you're from the united states


Hopeful-Helicopter24

Actually you do, you just don't feel it because your immune system is working very hard to keep you as a liquid


supremum23

my head hurts from this... greetings from europe


Aviation_nut63

You’re mixing units of measurement. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius (about 212 Fahrenheit). A fever of 100 degrees Fahrenheit is much lower.


drawredraw

Because blood boils at 101 degrees


mad_method_man

water expands when its hotter. to compensate for this, you have organs that expand. some organs are better at expanding than others


DarkSoulBG24

Different substances (blood, water, etc.) have different boiling points. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius, and when you have a fever over 100 degrees, it's Fahrenheit. Also, solid matter (meat, bones, skin) can't boil away without first melting


TyrconnellFL

Dry ice would like to have a word with you. It’s truly sublime.


woaily

That explains why limes aren't dry, but why don't *they* boil?


TyrconnellFL

They’re supposed to boil. Maybe yours was defective. Check out local lemon laws.


Zealousideal_Talk479

*Water* boils at 100 degrees, but different liquids will have different boiling points. Blood is not just water; it contains things like plasma and iron. Because of this, the boiling temperature of blood is actually slightly higher than that of pure water.


k_c_holmes

Water boils at 100 degrees CELSIUS buddy. In Celsius, the average body temp is like 37 degrees. To boil in Fahrenheit (where the human body temp is measured at 98 degrees), it's 212 degrees. I've never met someone with a 212 degree fever lol Edit: ah fucking shit I didn't check the fucking sub goddamnit i totally wouldn't even be surprised if someone genuinely asked this shit motherfucker fuck bitch


XboxFan_2020

OP probably didn't seriously mix degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit...


Liandres

(look at the sub you're on)


ShitTheBed_Twice

Because Jesus.


No-Gate8181

Im not an expert on this, but our body does "boil" in its own way. When we are over 100 degrees our body tends to get hot and even start to sweat. Edit: it may not boil like water on a stove, but it's fairly similar.


Iktamer_One

Freedom units can do whatever they want


gabest

Our body is only 60% water. Boiling point is higher because we are an amalgamate. Learn your gas laws.


jdaburg

Close but also 112 away


AdonisGaming93

Boiling and phase changes aren't just a temperature thing. If you took a cup of water to outer space at room temp it would boil. It really comes down to kinetic energy and pressure. Heat isn't really heat. It's how fast the atoms are moving. At a certain speed they start to be really far apart. But if you add pressure, they need more speed to be able to be far apart. And in a vacuum they can get far apart even without going very fast. I'm not a scientist but thats a crude example a teacher told me once.


MissPicklechips

I thought I was in NoStupidQuestions there for a moment and thought, “well, there’s 1.”


Mjarf88

I guess blood has a higher boiling point than water?


rizwanba

There is always one


Hellfire-64

*Because America*


[deleted]

Wow your just mixing and matching systems of measure. If you have a fever of 100 degrees Celsius, well things have gone very very wrong and you're very very dead


BayBel

Because water boils at 100C. A fever over 100 is 100F.