# Am I going to die?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-die/69201
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 18, 2001, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-die/69201 "2001-06-18T07:37:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2001, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-die/69201/1 "2001-06-18T07:37:55Z")
The CO[sub]2[/sub] tank at work was leaking tonight. I didn’t discover it until we were about to leave, it was probably going for a good several hours though beforehand. When I went back to check the back door, the tank was covered in a white icelike frost. The warning labels all made it sound really serious, that you should evacuate the building, etc. I called my boss to see what I should do about it, and he told me to just leave a note for the opening manager. I’m home now, and all dizzy and lightheaded. I’m afraid to go to sleep though, brcause I’m terrified I won’t wake up again. So please, ease my mind…can I die from CO[sub]2[/sub] inhalation?
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### Author:  [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2001, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-die/69201/2 "2001-06-18T07:42:25Z")
You can’t die from CO[sub]2[/sub] inhalation unless it pushes all the oxygen out of your immediate environment. If you’re away from the leak, you have nothing to fear.
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### Author:  [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2001, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-die/69201/3 "2001-06-18T07:59:29Z")
Maybe you should read [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=73678) thread.
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### Author:  [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2001, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-die/69201/4 "2001-06-18T08:08:16Z")
You’re cool, **Pam** … now, if you were still in the store…
Good night!
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### Author:  [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2001, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-die/69201/5 "2001-06-18T10:36:12Z")
You’re fine, or you’re not going to get any worse, anyway. 😉
At least your boss didn’t try to light the gas grill with an acetylene welding torch. I **STILL** shudder when I think about that one. :eek:
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### Author:  [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2001, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-die/69201/6 "2001-06-18T12:09:27Z")
The CO[sub]2[/sub] woun’t kill you, but yeah you’re gonna die.
It’s swallowing small amounts of saliva for 70-80 years that kills ya. Sorry, you’re doomed. (Unless you’re a drooler…)
-Rue
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### Author:  [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2001, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-die/69201/7 "2001-06-20T12:48:08Z")
Now if it had been carbon MONoxide . . .
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### Author:  [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2001, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-die/69201/8 "2001-06-20T15:10:17Z")
You’ll be OK. Maybe a bit more effervescent than usual.
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### Author:  [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-die/69201/9 "2001-06-20T17:51:23Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Airman Doors, USAF \*
> **At least your boss didn’t try to light the gas grill with an acetylene welding torch.**
Wife’s bosses brought a faulty nitrogen tank into her lab and stood there whispering about what they should do with it, since there is a possibility it will explode. Their solution: Leave it there, four feet from her desk.
Me: S, they are trying to blow you up?
Wife: Well, they aren’t trying very hard NOT to blow me up! I wanted you to know so you could sue them when it kills me.
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### Author:  [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2001, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-die/69201/10 "2001-06-20T17:54:17Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Finagle \*
> \*\*
> You’ll be OK. Maybe a bit more effervescent than usual. \*\*
that’s two for two Finagle. Your one liners drive me into squealing fits.
jarbaby