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Flesh doesn't melt. The coffee was hot enough to cause third-degree burns. Specifically, it was 82–88 °C [1]. I couldn't find a definitive "correct" temperatur

by twic 5y ago

Flesh doesn't melt. The coffee was hot enough to cause third-degree burns. Specifically, it was 82–88 °C [1]. I couldn't find a definitive "correct" temperature at which to serve coffee. It seems that people typically want it at 60 °C when they drink it [2], but since not everyone wants to drink it straight away, often coffee shops serve it hotter than that. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restau... [2] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230106152_At_What_Temperatures_Do_Consumers_Like_to_Drink_Coffee_Mixing_Methods https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230106152_At_What_T...

SkittyDog 5y ago
When someone says "He got his head blown off" in reference to a cranial gunshot wound, do you also pull this "WELL AKSHUALLY..." routine on them, by pointing out that the victim's head is still attached to their body? The characterization of "melt the genitals shut" is not a precise medical, physical, scientifix statement. It's a colloquial, even poetic phrasing, and it does a FANTASTIC job of describing the impact of this woman's injuries.
- spywaregorilla 5y ago
  It seems fairly clear to me that it was not intended to be read as a colloquial phrasing. It's stated twice, in italics. There's nothing wrong with pointing out this idea is just false. The responder isn't telling the whole story though. The reason the coffee was so hot was because they wanted to limit the practical ability of customers to make use of endless refills on coffee. Not consideration for the average customer's wants.
  - SkittyDog 5y ago
    I thought it was pretty clear that it is colloquial language, and that the italics are for emphasis... For example, "They blew his head off. In the future, maybe you'd be better served to trying asking the other person how they meant it, rather than jumping to correct them. Unless your actual purpose is mainly to aggrandize yourself by dunking on someone else by correcting them... In which case you should just carry on, as you have been doing.
    - spywaregorilla 5y ago
      And yet here you are making two posts trying to correct someone on whether the factual correction was necessary. I assure you, that is far more uninteresting than the issue you're trying to address.
      - SkittyDog 5y ago
        I'm not trying to correct you by calling you out... I assume you're a lost cause, already. But hopefully other people reading this will think twice before they act the fool.

by twic 5y ago

SkittyDog 5y ago

When someone says "He got his head blown off" in reference to a cranial gunshot wound, do you also pull this "WELL AKSHUALLY..." routine on them, by pointing out that the victim's head is still attached to their body? The characterization of "melt the genitals shut" is not a precise medical, physical, scientifix statement. It's a colloquial, even poetic phrasing, and it does a FANTASTIC job of describing the impact of this woman's injuries.

spywaregorilla 5y ago
It seems fairly clear to me that it was not intended to be read as a colloquial phrasing. It's stated twice, in italics. There's nothing wrong with pointing out this idea is just false. The responder isn't telling the whole story though. The reason the coffee was so hot was because they wanted to limit the practical ability of customers to make use of endless refills on coffee. Not consideration for the average customer's wants.
- SkittyDog 5y ago
  I thought it was pretty clear that it is colloquial language, and that the italics are for emphasis... For example, "They blew his head off. In the future, maybe you'd be better served to trying asking the other person how they meant it, rather than jumping to correct them. Unless your actual purpose is mainly to aggrandize yourself by dunking on someone else by correcting them... In which case you should just carry on, as you have been doing.
  - spywaregorilla 5y ago
    And yet here you are making two posts trying to correct someone on whether the factual correction was necessary. I assure you, that is far more uninteresting than the issue you're trying to address.
    - SkittyDog 5y ago
      I'm not trying to correct you by calling you out... I assume you're a lost cause, already. But hopefully other people reading this will think twice before they act the fool.