06-21-2020, 07:57 PM
NEW TOPIC: The Rule of Three
It may be too "basic" but as this can become a very long thread, I feel it best to detail just what I just spoke about before delving deeper into more advanced subjects since I don't know the audience's level of experience and refreshers never hurt as you can see the synchronicity and synergies among concepts. I will try to remember to preface a post with a topic change to make it easier to sort random commentary from a different concepts. Moving on doesn't mean an older topic is done. I suspect there will always be questions about various traps long after discussing them. But that is way ahead of myself right now.
The Rule of Three
3 minutes without air
3 hours without shelter
3 days without water
3 weeks without food
3 months without companionship
Will you die breaking these rules? No, that would make them laws and not rules. Can you die before time is up? Yes. I can't hold my breath three minutes in toxic smoke environment or on a deep dive underwater. And I have heard 3 seconds on the surface of the sun, but honestly you would probably burn up long before hitting the heliosphere.
But the reasons while these rules (of thumb) are good to know is that it helps you prioritize while taking stock of your situation. Fire is shelter, because dying of hypothermia will happen long before dehydration in most cases. And boiling water before drinking it is going to require a fire. Which I know you all get, but maybe haven't been forced to think in such order of priorities.
But surely I am pulling your leg on the last one. Isolation and cabin fever impact everyone, including my own self. In Cast Away, Tom Hanks depended on Wilson so much that he contemplated swimming away from the raft to search for him. That whole relationship was so Tom Hanks had dialogue but also to address that last point.
I can also tell you that a much higher number people than you would expect also suffer from that final point. That they limit their deeper connections with other human beings digitally. It shows when dealing with them if you know what to look for. Seen it quite a bit over the years and decades online...and not only where you might be thinking, but all over. In fact it was quite common in IRC and ICQ back in the day.
It may be too "basic" but as this can become a very long thread, I feel it best to detail just what I just spoke about before delving deeper into more advanced subjects since I don't know the audience's level of experience and refreshers never hurt as you can see the synchronicity and synergies among concepts. I will try to remember to preface a post with a topic change to make it easier to sort random commentary from a different concepts. Moving on doesn't mean an older topic is done. I suspect there will always be questions about various traps long after discussing them. But that is way ahead of myself right now.
The Rule of Three
3 minutes without air
3 hours without shelter
3 days without water
3 weeks without food
3 months without companionship
Will you die breaking these rules? No, that would make them laws and not rules. Can you die before time is up? Yes. I can't hold my breath three minutes in toxic smoke environment or on a deep dive underwater. And I have heard 3 seconds on the surface of the sun, but honestly you would probably burn up long before hitting the heliosphere.
But the reasons while these rules (of thumb) are good to know is that it helps you prioritize while taking stock of your situation. Fire is shelter, because dying of hypothermia will happen long before dehydration in most cases. And boiling water before drinking it is going to require a fire. Which I know you all get, but maybe haven't been forced to think in such order of priorities.
But surely I am pulling your leg on the last one. Isolation and cabin fever impact everyone, including my own self. In Cast Away, Tom Hanks depended on Wilson so much that he contemplated swimming away from the raft to search for him. That whole relationship was so Tom Hanks had dialogue but also to address that last point.
I can also tell you that a much higher number people than you would expect also suffer from that final point. That they limit their deeper connections with other human beings digitally. It shows when dealing with them if you know what to look for. Seen it quite a bit over the years and decades online...and not only where you might be thinking, but all over. In fact it was quite common in IRC and ICQ back in the day.