Would you rather be able to breathe underwater or be completely fireproof?

[DoNotFeedTheSneed]

There are some caveats.
If you choose breathing underwater, you’ll be able to process oxygen through water, but your lung capacity isn’t increased. You can still run out of breath underwater if you over-exert yourself, but you should be fine as long as you stop and/or surface to catch your breath. If you want to improve your lung capacity, you’re going to have to commit to an aerobic exercise routine just like any normal person.

If you choose being fireproof, if only applies to your body. If you’re exposed to a big fire for a long time, your clothes are going to burn off at some point, and anything you’re carrying on you is probably going to get destroyed.

 

[Core Theorist]

Hold on, breathing underwater means breathing underwater. What the hell is this bullshit about lung capacity? If we can't process the oxygen from the water while underwater this is basically useless. It just means we can hold our breath for an arbitrarily long, yet still limited, time.

Judging between the two as written, being immune to getting burnt alive is definitely superior. I could easily become the world's best firefighter, there's flame retardant clothes I could wear so I could just focus on the job. Indestructible job security and people always being glad to see me isn't so bad.

I would love to be able to breathe underwater (niggers can't swim), that's an even wider range of possibility, but if I can't actually replenish my oxygen down there or whatever the hell you mean it's a lame duck.

 

[A-Stump]

Does being fireproof also mean I'm immune to lava?

 

[Core Theorist]

Does being fireproof also mean I'm immune to lava?

If we take it to mean "FIREproof", I assumed he meant "can ignore temperatures and is immune to smoke inhalation". If you had some kind of lava-proof snorkel/oxygen tank and diving suit (so the lava doesn't go inside of you and make you heavier to drown or whatever) you could probably swim in lava if you were immune to high temperatures...?

 

[Grub]

If you choose being fireproof, if only applies to your body. If you’re exposed to a big fire for a long time, your clothes are going to burn off at some point, and anything you’re carrying on you is probably going to get destroyed.

So if i'm fireproof that means I'm both heat proof and capable of breathing in toxic gasses as well as surviving without oxygen. Being fireproof seems pretty op. That means I should also be able to touch extremely hot objects and go down into confined spaces and oxygen deprived or toxic environments.

 

[Core Theorist]

So if i'm fireproof that means I'm both heat proof and capable of breathing in toxic gasses as well as surviving without oxygen. Being fireproof seems pretty op. That means I should also be able to touch extremely hot objects and go down into confined spaces and oxygen deprived or toxic environments.

No kidding man, imagine all the bitches and money you could pull by saving puppies and shit. You could easily make a career out of this in multiple ways: on top of being the world's best firefighter you could do all sorts of crazy circus stunts involving flames. You'd be one of the world's finest entertainers on top of being the best firefighter: it'd be REALLY hard not to get a new job or a date whenever you want.

 

[dick brain]

I'd rather breathe fire and be completely waterproof.

 

[DoNotFeedTheSneed]

Hold on, breathing underwater means breathing underwater. What the hell is this bullshit about lung capacity? If we can't process the oxygen from the water while underwater this is basically useless. It just means we can hold our breath for an arbitrarily long, yet still limited, time.

The post as written mentions that you can stop underwater to replenish your lungs. “Stop and/or surface.” You can breathe the water. What I was trying to convey is that you’ll run out of breath quicker underwater, just like in real life. Swimming is a more exertive activity than running or walking. Then again I see how this can be confusing, so I edited the post to clarify it further.

Does being fireproof also mean I'm immune to lava?

Only from the burns. I don’t imagine you’d want a bunch of liquid rocks cooling off and solidifying in your skin.

So if i'm fireproof that means I'm both heat proof and capable of breathing in toxic gasses as well as surviving without oxygen. Being fireproof seems pretty op. That means I should also be able to touch extremely hot objects and go down into confined spaces and oxygen deprived or toxic environments.

Heat proof yes, ALL toxic gasses no. Only those emitted by a standard fire, such as smoke. If you’re exposed to say, mustard gas, you’re still going to die.

 

[DoNotFeedTheSneed]

Can I just breathe under water or all liquids?

Only water.

 

[Grub]

Heat proof yes, ALL toxic gasses no. Only those emitted by a standard fire, such as smoke. If you’re exposed to say, mustard gas, you’re still going to die.

Well yeah I figured that. It just turns out that a lot of the hazardous gasses emitted by fire just so happen to also be the ones people are most likely to be at risk from. I don't really give too much of a fuck if I'm immune to mustard gas. Being immune to CO and O₂ displacement are godly superpowers just on their own let alone all the other shit that's in smoke.

Also, not all fires produce the same gasses. It depends on the fuel. You didn't specify wood fires or any fuel type. Take electrical fires for example, they produce ozone. Fires can produce hydrogen chloride, hydrogen cyanide, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and a ton of other nasty shit.

And, if I'm fireproof, I should also be immune to the toxicological effects of any particulate matter I inhale in smoke, like lead dust and things like this. Which makes the list of things you would realistically need to be immune to to be truly fireproof pretty hefty indeed.

 

[DoNotFeedTheSneed]

but what if the liquid is mostly water?

Your lungs aren’t able to filter out the contaminants, like how fish can’t breathe in milk. All types of water are still fair game, such as saltwater and Indian river water (provided you can avoid all of the floating garbage and poop)

 

[Le b0wski]

I have both of these skills already, I just don't use them.

 

[We Are The Witches]

And, if I'm fireproof, I should also be immune to the toxicological effects of any particulate matter I inhale in smoke, like lead dust and things like this. Which makes the list of things you would realistically need to be immune to to be truly fireproof pretty hefty indeed.

That's not what fireproof would mean, why would you be immune to all those toxic gasses? It just means your body is capable or resisting "great" heats; OP has not thought that far, so they've introduced the (immune to gasses from "standard fire", whatever that means) bulletpoint afterwards.

There's so many effects these different gasses can produce (not just by limiting the oxygen delivered to tissue, but other types of toxicity, like carcinogens), to properly ask this question you'd need to be super specific.

 

[Grub]

That's not what fireproof would mean, why would you be immune to all those toxic gasses? It just means your body is capable or resisting "great" heats; OP has not thought that far, so they've introduced the (immune to gasses from "standard fire", whatever that means) bulletpoint afterwards.

If i'm fireproof I should be able to go into a fire. You will die in a fire even if you're heatproof because of a variety of factors unrelated to heat. If i'm fireproof, I should be immune to those too. Op's poor understanding of the dynamics of fire isn't my problem. He said fireproof, I take that as fireproof. Fire is a chemical reaction between heat, fuel and oxygen that begins with an ignition source. To be fireproof means you are immune from all effects of that chemical reaction.

There's so many effects these different gasses can produce (not just by limiting the oxygen delivered to tissue, but other types of toxicity, like carcinogens), to properly ask this question you'd need to be super specific.

Well, like I said, op asked a dumb question and wasn't specific enough to appease annoying autists who like to take the fun out of things.

 

[We Are The Witches]

If i'm fireproof I should be able to go into a fire. You will die in a fire even if you're heatproof because of a variety of factors unrelated to heat. If i'm fireproof, I should be immune to those too. Op's poor understanding of the dynamics of fire isn't my problem. He said fireproof, I take that as fireproof. Fire is a chemical reaction between heat, fuel and oxygen that begins with an ignition source. To be fireproof means you are immune from all effects of that chemical reaction.

Well I disagree on this, as fireproof (while used broadly) means impervious or resistant to fire, or incombustible. Meaning the heat and direct damage by the fire, not the subproducts that it may release such as gasses.

While yes, it makes sense for the superpower to have this additional immunity, it requires something more than just being fireproof or fire-resistant, because those literally mean that are (more) capable to withstand flames and heat.

So their lungs could be fireproof, yet incapable of processing the chemicals absorbed by their alveoli once inside the organism, causing damages as a result.

 

[Grub]

Well I disagree on this, as fireproof (while used broadly) means impervious or resistant to fire, or incombustible. Meaning the heat and direct damage by the fire, not the subproducts that it may release such as gasses.

If your house burns down and you're stuck inside you will die from suffocation long before you die from being burned.

While yes, it makes sense for the superpower to have this additional immunity, it requires something more than just being fireproof or fire-resistant, because those literally mean that are (more) capable to withstand flames and heat.

Op said fireproof not flameproof. If he had said flameproof I would agree. But op said fireproof.

 

[We Are The Witches]

If your house burns down and you're stuck inside you will die from suffocation long before you die from being burned.

I know, but ths is irrelevant to the conversation.

Op said fireproof not flameproof. If he had said flameproof I would agree. But op said fireproof.

That's what fireproof means as I've said, it has nothing to do with being able to breathe & withstand toxic gasses.

Unable to be damaged by fire, resistant to fire, unaffected by fire, non-combustible, nothing to do with the resulting gasses and their toxicity for living organisms. That's what the material does, resist flames.

I'm done here, you're a stubborn (yet happily dancing) caterpillar even when you're in the wrong.

 

[Grub]

That's what fireproof means as I've said, it has nothing to do with being able to breathe & withstand toxic gasses.

You can try and define fireproof to mean whatever you want but your tranny logic won't change reality. In order to be fireproof you must be able to withstand the effects of being in a fire.

Unable to be damaged by fire, resistant to fire, unaffected by fire, non-combustible, nothing to do with the resulting gasses and their toxicity for living organisms. That's what the material does, resist flames.

I'm done here, you're a stubborn (yet happily dancing) caterpillar even when you're in the wrong.

The gasses are part of the fire. As I said above, fire is a chemical reaction. Flames are not the fire. Fire is the process of oxygen, fuel and heat reacting. The entire process including the production of smoke and gasses.

 

[We Are The Witches]

You can try and define fireproof to mean whatever you want but your tranny logic won't change reality. In order to be fireproof you must be able to withstand the effects of being in a fire.

The gasses are part of the fire. As I said above, fire is a chemical reaction. Flames are not the fire. Fire is the process of oxygen, fuel and heat reacting. The entire process including the production of smoke and gasses.

It's what the word means, like it or not. The subproducts of the reaction such as gasses (entering your body) are not considered for this, or else, you would be immune to a lot of other stuff, making you far more than "fireproof".

You're arguing that being fireproof would make you be able to process carboxyhemoglobin with no trouble for example, sorry, that's not what it means.

Your body being of that material does not mean that you can now process all the myriad of toxic components generated in a different way, you will be damaged indirectly by it, while being fireproof.

What a stupid statement, "tranny logic".

 

[Kosher Dill]

I'm not picking fireproof unless I'm immune to dying of old age as long as I stay in a fire.