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not very on topic, but for those who missed one of the more surreal reddit threads in history: - [MA] Post-it notes left in apartment [0] - and the update fro

not very on topic, but for those who missed one of the more surreal reddit threads in history: - [MA] Post-it notes left in apartment [0] - and the update from OP a while later [1] [0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/34l7vo/ma_postit_notes_left_in_apartment/ https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/34l7vo/ma_post... [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/49zfvb/what_is_the_weirdestcreepiest_unexplained_thing/d0wu4ne/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/49zfvb/what_is_t...

gus_massa 1y ago
It looks like he found a note in his room and see some strange thing in the window, and someone somehow says it's CO but it may be that the OP has unrelated hallucinations. Is this a symptom of CO poisoning? I think you only get sleepy, faint and die.
- maxbond 1y ago
  Chronic exposure can lead to memory loss, yes. You're describing the symptoms of acute exposure.
- hinkley 1y ago
  CO exposure is accumulative. If you’re around an intense source of it you’re toast. But with a small point source or decent ventilation it kills you slower. And your body produces new blood cells every day, so minor sources like wood smoke or burning a candle don’t dose you enough to be a problem, unless perhaps your day job is as an athlete.
  - hinkley 1y ago
    Also looks like the half-life of CO in the blood is around five hours.
- phatskat 1y ago
  Reading in a bit more, the second post links to a comment thread where further down they talk about post-it notes. The original thread about the post its had some updates along the lines of: someone in comments suggested OP get a CO detector. OP says “ya know, I have one. Maybe I should take it out of the box and plug it in.” Later OP said their detector rated the CO at 100ppm! They went to the hospital lol. Last update I saw was four months after - OP was guessing their recovery would go on for another year, and there was likely some permanent damage but overall they felt confident at getting back to 80%, maybe even 99%.

gus_massa 1y ago

It looks like he found a note in his room and see some strange thing in the window, and someone somehow says it's CO but it may be that the OP has unrelated hallucinations. Is this a symptom of CO poisoning? I think you only get sleepy, faint and die.

maxbond 1y ago
Chronic exposure can lead to memory loss, yes. You're describing the symptoms of acute exposure.
hinkley 1y ago
CO exposure is accumulative. If you’re around an intense source of it you’re toast. But with a small point source or decent ventilation it kills you slower. And your body produces new blood cells every day, so minor sources like wood smoke or burning a candle don’t dose you enough to be a problem, unless perhaps your day job is as an athlete.
- hinkley 1y ago
  Also looks like the half-life of CO in the blood is around five hours.
phatskat 1y ago
Reading in a bit more, the second post links to a comment thread where further down they talk about post-it notes. The original thread about the post its had some updates along the lines of: someone in comments suggested OP get a CO detector. OP says “ya know, I have one. Maybe I should take it out of the box and plug it in.” Later OP said their detector rated the CO at 100ppm! They went to the hospital lol. Last update I saw was four months after - OP was guessing their recovery would go on for another year, and there was likely some permanent damage but overall they felt confident at getting back to 80%, maybe even 99%.