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your try to chase me, but when the smoke clears, I am gone. Vanished into the blank whiteness of the distance. no force on earth can catch me. Follow me if you can, petty mortal

@Riorlyne pets

how do you do the strikethrough

You put two of these ~~ either side of the text you want to strike.
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becomes
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If a knife was on fire and stabbed someone in the chest, would it catalyze?

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this chat has seriously affected my search history
That was hard to get an answer for, but…I don't think so? No?

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Hmm thanks.
Okay, cant stab him in the chest. What else can I do?

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If a knife was on fire and stabbed someone in the chest, would it catalyze?

Do you mean cauterise/cauterize?

Yeahsorry, auto correct is a bad thing

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Oh, then definitely not. In fact, they used burning alcohol to treat blisters in the civil war. The knife would burn but the skin would not. Lol.

@Riorlyne pets

they used burning alcohol to treat blisters in the civil war. The knife would burn but the skin would not. Lol.

How does this work? Knives are generally made of metal which, when exposed to heat, heats up and (eventually) melts. Skin, when exposed to heat, burns. This link recommends heating a flat bit of metal (like a knife) to cauterise a wound.

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they used burning alcohol to treat blisters in the civil war. The knife would burn but the skin would not. Lol.

How does this work? Knives are generally made of metal which, when exposed to heat, heats up and (eventually) melts. Skin, when exposed to heat, burns. This link recommends heating a flat bit of metal (like a knife) to cauterise a wound.

I work at Conner Prairie Interactive History Park, so I'm fairly sure it's correct. They would pour some alcohol onto the wound, heat the bottom of a metal cup up, and press it to the alcohol-drenched wound to drain the blister.