[OT] Helping stupid people

[Uzumaki]

I am a stupid person. Please help me. I was eating dinner out tonight, and I was bored while I was waiting for my dish. So, I poured some sugar on a knife (no spoons) and melted it over the little candles they put out. Now, I know and I knew long before then, that melted sugar is much hotter than boiling water. I don't know why I did it, but I stuck my finger into the liquid sugar.

Say it now everyone: THAT'S SO STUPID, STUPID!

Anyway, I now have a very painful burn on my finger, even though it was about .25 of a second from the time I came into contact with the sugar until the time I jammed my hand into some ice water. Besides giving you all the first Very Good Reason Not to go Anywhere with Uzumaki, I'm asking you, please, if you have any handy remedied for burn obtained while doing things you knew were dumb.

Thank you. ::crawls into corner::

 

[DerianCypher]

I know this will sound stupid but toothpaste on it.

Toothpaste will reduce scarring and make it so it doesn't blister.

DC

 

[WayneLigon]

Aloe. Or, if you beleive My Big Fat Greek Wedding , Windex.

 

[Alzrius]

The problem is that stupid people don't realize they're stupid, and grossly overestimate their own intelligence. Ironically, intelligent people are likely to underestimate their own skills. A further irony is that these truisms are perpetuated when you help a stupid person out; when you show them their failings, they correct them, making them that much smarter, but realizing how dumb they were, they now underestimate themselves more than they did, despite having become smarter.

Case in point: Uzumaki now realizes he's stupid, but in realizing that, has become smarter - but now underestimates his own intelligence, not realizing he's become smarter.

Read this study for more information: Unskilled and Unaware of it (make sure to read the Concluding Remarks also. It's a good laugh).

 

[Kilmore]

I'm always glad to see you, Uzumaki, but... um... I'm not sure how good typing with it is.

 

[JRRNeiklot]

The aloe plant. Nothing else even comes close.

 

[Impeesa]

*whispers* I see stupid people... they're everywhere... and they don't know they're stupid..

--Impeesa--

 

[Tsyr]

The aloe plant. Nothing else even comes close.

Agreed. Every home should have an aloe plant or two growing somewhere.

 

[The_lone_gunman]

The best way to treat a burn immediately is with cold. Running it under cold water or ice immediately will reduce the immediate damage (you are getting the heat out of your skin which is what is causing the damage). Cold also restricts blood vessels, and will numb the pain of the injury.

If you could not put cold on the wound immediately, then the damage is pretty much done and all you can do is try to reduce the pain and speed healing. The aloe suggested is a good one, also cold again can help reduce the pain of the burn.

TLG

 

[tleilaxu]

the best thing to do is injure a different part of your body. make sure the new injury is worse. congratulations, your finger no longer bothers you!