Uh…sure.

  • Tiresia@slrpnk.net
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    23 days ago

    Technically, free electrons entering your body would give you a negative charge, which would reduce oxidation because oxygen ions are negatively charged. The same effect is used to reduce rust on ship hulls.

    Unfortunately you need oxidation to breathe - that’s how hemoglobin works - so if you actually had enough electric charge to serve as an antioxidant you would suffocate. Also maybe the electric repulsion would be strong enough to dismember you, I haven’t done the math.

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      18 days ago

      that’s how hemoglobin works

      from time to time, I stumble onto this fact, and every time it feels weird that we’re rusting our blood so we can live