What kind of ambient cold damage would near absolute zero do?

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by simply Nathan

Every single water molecule in your body freezes into a crystal state suddenly

You die, no save

Actually, I think it just solidifies without forming crystals... which means you don't take massive tissue damage until you thaw. You are probably not dead yet. It just takes a TL11 chrysalis machine and nanotech to safely 'thaw' you or TL10 uploading technology to copy your brain state.

[Mark Skarr]

Now, my question is, since you've died by freezing to death, if you go to Hell, at some point shouldn't you be really comfortable?

[simply Nathan]

Originally Posted by Mark Skarr

Now, my question is, since you've died by freezing to death, if you go to Hell, at some point shouldn't you be really comfortable?

Depends on which circle they throw you into. One of them is cold as hell.

[Anaraxes]

Originally Posted by Mark Skarr

since you've died by freezing to death, if you go to Hell, at some point shouldn't you be really comfortable?

Luciferian thawing involves discontinuous functions, just to skip over the comfortable interval between frozen and roasting. This is hell, after all.

[Mark Skarr]

Originally Posted by Anaraxes

Luciferian thawing involves discontinuous functions, just to skip over the comfortable interval between frozen and roasting. This is hell, after all.

Hmm, I've received this answer once before. Not quite as well explained, but the gist was the same.

I'm beginning to think it may be the correct answer.

[RyanW]

Originally Posted by Mark Skarr

Now, my question is, since you've died by freezing to death, if you go to Hell, at some point shouldn't you be really comfortable?

I would assume you spend those moments getting feeling back. Frostbite doesn't hurt until you start to warm up again.

[Flyndaran]

Originally Posted by RyanW

I would assume you spend those moments getting feeling back. Frostbite doesn't hurt until you start to warm up again.

Only living tissue can hurt. It's not the completely frostbitten parts that hurt, but the damage sections next to them.
It's like how if severe burns don't hurt, things are VERY bad. It means the underlying nerves are dead.

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by Flyndaran

Only living tissue can hurt. It's not the completely frostbitten parts that hurt, but the damage sections next to them.
It's like how if severe burns don't hurt, things are VERY bad. It means the underlying nerves are dead.

Yeah, that happened to me once. Got a third degree burn at work, it didn't hurt so I just wrapped a bandage over the cold pack I slapped on it and kept working.

An hour later when I checked it.... yeah, that's when I realized just how bad my arm had been burned.

[(E)]

There is also the.effects of cold on materials. Most metals will contract, many will weaken. Counterintuitively it will strengthen others (speed of cooling/warming being critical)

Either way it will probably make a lot of noise.

[RyanW]

Originally Posted by Flyndaran

Only living tissue can hurt. It's not the completely frostbitten parts that hurt, but the damage sections next to them.
It's like how if severe burns don't hurt, things are VERY bad. It means the underlying nerves are dead.

Yes. Frostbite is nasty in that the tissue is usually thoroughly numbed by cold before it gets to that state. When you start to warm up, and blood starts flowing in your extremities, it's like the pins-and-needles feeling you get when pressure is relieved on a compressed nerve, and that's when you haven't suffered any major tissue damage. At least fire usually causes pain during the event, rather than long after when there's nothing you can do about it but start amputating. (In case anyone's wondering, I only know of all this secondhand. Still have the usual 10 and 10.)

Of course, I assume in Hell dead tissue can again feel pain.