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[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 30 points 1 month ago

Is that enough pressure differential to injure you? Get stuck yes but 6.5 PSI doesn't seem that crazy.

[-] duckythescientist@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 month ago

Actually maybe. Imagine you got your back stuck on a 1 ft diameter pipe. That's 735 lbs pushing on you.

[-] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 month ago

Add the in the weight and speed of the water already moving through the pipe and the pressure on the other side becomes hugely negative.

You're going in that pipe.

[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 58 points 1 month ago

But I don’t want to go in the pipe

[-] UnimportantHuman@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 month ago

You're still getting piped buddy

[-] chortle_tortle@mander.xyz 13 points 1 month ago

Rip to your homogenate or whatever, but I would simply avoid the pipe 😏

[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

I wanted to respond with a funny delta P crab video, but if you search delta P on YouTube now you get a ton of AI generated shit, including a video where a guy sticks his have in a hole and it comes out with 6 fingers.

They’re all like 2 months old.

I don’t know why Google did this to themselves.

[-] Cavemanfreak@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Found it for you! It's as frightening as the first time I saw it...

Edit: Just saw that someone linked it further down three hours ago...

[-] Hawke@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago
[-] chortle_tortle@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

He was on the pipe. Instead I would avoid the pipe.

[-] jmill@lemmy.zip 33 points 1 month ago

That hole may not have been made for you, but you WILL fit.

[-] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

That's what she said...

[-] Malyca@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago

You really don't

[-] socsa@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

Get in the pipe, Shinji.

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Shh, it's easiest if you just go with it.

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 1 month ago

You get to experience the shift from physiology to physics today!

[-] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My understanding is, this is a very common cause of death among divers. The pressure doesn't kill you, but it gets you stuck long enough that you suffocate. Because even if safety teams are notified immediately, getting you out is difficult enough that they might not be able to get you out in time before you die

[-] Gladaed@feddit.org 16 points 1 month ago
[-] bizarroland@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Probably the closest thing to experiencing a black hole the average human being that is currently alive could ever encounter.

[-] socsa@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

It depends on the actual cross sectional area of the space.

[-] WraithGear@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

i don’t know, i see 21+ psi. how hard does master have to be to not conform to new dementions under that pressure change?

this post was submitted on 22 Apr 2026
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