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TheTechnician27The killer almost had me, but I learned in self-defense class that “poisonous [organism]” only inherently means ingested in colloquial usage and that venoms are more properly a subset of toxins (naturally-occurring poisons) which are a subset of poisons. Consequently, it’s like the killer showed me a square and called it a quadrilateral: I’m too pedantic to be affected.
stephen01kingIf you’re too pedantic, wouldn’t you want to share this knowledge with the killer or at least confirm that he used the term with the proper knowledge and not because of a mistake?
I don’t have a strong opinion on this, since in my language we use the same word for both. I’m aware of the difference in English, but but I just don’t have it internalised enough to care if someone makes a mistake.
Feeding his poisonous snakes to you would be much more effective.
To be fair, the snakes could be poisonous, and the killer could be feeding you to them, but he’s just telling you his plans for body disposal, not his method of killing you. He’ll likely use a knife, that way he can give the snakes bite sized pieces. You will be alive for this at first.
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Have we as a collective eaten every species of snake in the world to know that absolutely none of them are poisonous? Can we rule out genetically modified snakes that would make them so? Or maybe they are fed a diet of human flesh and a steadily increasing amount of some supplemental toxic substance such that they have become immune to the toxin as it slowly builds up in the snakes’ flesh causing them to also become poisonous? Is it possible most snakes are actually poisonous but only if consumed in sufficient quantity on Thursday November 18th, 2084 at 6:30 p.m.?
Killer: actually, they’re red-necked keelbacks, so they’re both venomous AND poisonous!
My even-more-pedantic take is that poisonous is correct, but imprecise. There’s lots of ways to be poisoned. Ingestion, inhalation, dermal contact, and, yes, injection. But it’s all poison.
A poison is a harmful substance. A toxin is a poison created by a living organism. A Venom is a toxin that’s delivered subcutaneously.
Poison is the parrallelogram to venom’s square.
I’d be much more bothered by the fact that there is no venomous or poisonous snake in the world that could swallow a whole adult human. The only ones that could arguably get close to food of that size are all constrictors.
MinnesotaGoddamIts like the Rodger Rabbit shave-and-a-haircut bit, but for internet losers.
I don’t think anyone owns a venomous snake strong enough venom to kill them.