I'm refusing to read the article.
But how the heck are you injecting gold? Did he melt it, crushed it - actually just used gold nail polish?
That sounds a lot of work towards a terrible idea.
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Survival of the fittest. Nature doesn't care.
Everyone is focused on body dysmorphia but after reading the article the entire thing sounds like a scam cooked up by the gold industry.
About That Idris Elba Gold Documentary Folding Ideas.
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Gold is inert, so it should not have done much, I think.
Can a scientist please chime in on this?
My take: The gold probably wasn't the problem. You have to ask yourself, how did he get metal into his veins? It was either dissolved or suspended in a liquid. If it was suspended, that guy was giving himself embolisms by injecting small foreing objects into his bloodstream. If it was dissolved he was probably injecting himself with pure poison.
your guess about what he actually did is as good as mine. gold salts are toxic and corrosive so it would be pretty obvious early on. small gold particles would occlude capillaries so that would be very obviois too. there is colloidal gold and gold nanoparticles are probably not very toxic. that discoloration could be some infection or irritation from whatever injected thing (not medical advice)
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Definitely a Darwin Award winner.
Article also reminds me of a Superman fanboy in my country going to huge costly lengths to look a lot like Christopher Reeve's Superman.
Injecting hot liquid gold into your blood stream. What kind of syringe could withstand the high temperature? Anyway, what a complete moron.
It's colloidal gold. People take these injections for joint pain but it doesn't actually do anything.
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Guy read too much Sanderson. Was trying to steal hybrid feruchemical powers
He actually got superpowers except he was assigned a super-nemesis called "the shittiest alchemist alive" who can instantly spoil milk and also turn gold into lead.
Guys having super powers from genes are pissed.
White powder gold?