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[Boogybro]

 

[Septimius]

I told him that's not how digestion works and that the cartridge would pass through his body within a day or two, but he argued that since our bodies extract nutrients from food there would be some type of infusion taking place, where he would absorb some of the coding from the game into fat reserves or bone marrow or something else.

Tell him to read up on how ROMs work. The short of it is that there are many pins on a ROM-chip. Some are address pins, and some are data out pins. You put a voltage on some pins to indicate which address line you want, then the chip outputs 1s and 0s on all the output chips to output that line of memory. So.. Unless his body knows how to connect to the pins and then read it, it's.. well.. yeah.. a fucking stupid idea.

... he said that since the liver and stomach are so close together, it would increase the chances of Zelda code spreading to other areas of his body if pieces of it travel thesame route as the alcohol does for digestion.

You know what, I'm pretty sure the transportation cells that move alcohol from the intestines to the liver are set to also pick up code. But hey, I'm just a programmer, not a biochemist. I also would dispute that either of the enzymes aldehyde dehydrogenase, alcohol dehydrogenase, or catalase are involved in breaking down a ROM and converting the code to be transported through the brain. That's given that code even can pass through the brain blood barrier.

Has anybody run into DS or 3DS games being swallowed before, be it by a sibling or a pet or something? Is there any science I can point him to in an attempt to dissuade him from doing this?

If you need science to tell you this is a bad idea, I don't know what to tell you. I'd cheer him on, but sadly the cartridge won't fit through his esophagus.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

If he loves it so much, why does he insist on making Ocarina of Time a shitty game?

 

[EmCeeGramr]

Tell your imaginary friend that you made up for a funny thread to eat a biology textbook instead so he can learn its secrets and then when he doesn't learn anything he'll feel stupid

 

[Draconian]

Early candidate for thread of the year so far. I dunno what I expected when I clicked on the thread, but it wasn't this.

 

[Scooby]

Subscribed

 

[Vitet]

My reaction

Seriously, how can somebody even think of this? My mind can't assimilate such a thing

 

[RangerBAD]

Someone call the Darwin Awards.

 

[Thezez]

Should surgically implant it instead, extreme body modification.

 

[SSReborn]

Hahaha absorb the coding.

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

One of the best topics on the gaming side in a while xD

 

[NotDreamcast]

I don't know if I should be laughing at this, but I can't stop.

 

[DedValve]

I honestly thought this was going to be another nephew topic.

I'm so happy it's not.

Same thing here. I was thinking "he's moved on from sony products to nintendo now?"

 

[BY2K]

 

[Usually Right]

He should blend it up and smoke it. That's just obvious.

 

[PJV3]

If you can open the heavenly doors to the chocolate factory wide enough to get a blu-ray up there, I actually think it's a lot better for you to get the blu-ray up there than eating a cartidge.

Unless you plan on getting the blu-ray all the way up for oral exit of course.

I'd practice with a Gamecube disc first.

 

[Nafai1123]

You should convince him to get it implanted in his skin and then get a tattoo on top of it.

 

[Timeaisis]

Looking forward to the inevitable "do not eat cartridge" warning on the bottom of all 3DS cases following this.

 

[Zeth]

He should put in a micro SD card in a SD Card Adapter, download the game via eShop on it and just eat the micro SD card.

This is a much better idea for your friend. OP. Same basic logic, just less possible hurdles with digestion.

 

[Zee-Row]

Damn, now I'm curious to see if an undigested 3DS cartridge will still play.

Thanks gaf

I wonder if it would work after cleaning it off? See if that Nintendo durability still lives on!

 

[Cbajd5]

This is why all games should be made out of bacon.

 

[Tyeforce]

I bet the guy hasn't even played every Zelda game, lol.

 

[Lettuce]

I doubt the circumference of an average gullet is physically large enough to fit a 3ds card whole, it would need to be cut in 2 or even better 4.....or even better more DONT DO IT

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

WAT? Check him into a mental institution.

 

[Bunta]

 

[psychedelico]

I desperately want to believe this is real.

 

[Draconian]

Looking forward to the inevitable "do not eat cartridge" warning on the bottom of all 3DS cases following this.

Or just Ocarina of Time. It's the only game good enough to cause this kind of a reaction from somebody.

 

[Lissar]

I'm going to print out this thread and eat it so it will always be inside of me.

 

[dcelone53]

So this is how natural selection works.

this

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

Your friend is really stupid.

 

[jacob armitage]

It is a bit of a romantic idea and in theory, a cute tribute. It is however also fairly stupid.

 

[TheOohChild]

Your friend is a dumb bastard, but as long as he doesn't choke on it I don't think anything bad will happen

 

[Broder Salsa]

I'd practice with a Gamecube disc first.

Still a bit ambitious I think. I'm not a trained professional but I would advice you to go with something like an UMD or a MiniDisc and slowly move your way up.

 

[dreamer3kx]

 

[comadorcrack]

He should crush it up and snort it. Much safer and then it goes directly into the bloodstream.

Win Win

 

[enanogrande]

I once had a friend whose little brother would bury games after he beat them because "They were done, and there's no point in replaying them."

His brother found out a week later his brother had buried some 3 N64 games out in the back yard. He was furious, and it was hilarious. The games still worked because they were Nintendo cartridges.

You should check if little brother is OP's friend. I mean, burying cartridges is nowhere near as stupid as this, but maybe he graduated in stupidity or something.

 

[DonDraper]

I've never seen someone die from stupidity before. Please record it. Post it to Youtube. Think of the monies you'll earn. Everyone loves to watch an idiot hurt themselves.

Do it!

 

[The Silver]

fuck it, let him do it, he'll learn the hard way

 

[Gorillaz]

So this is how natural selection works.

pretty much

 

[EVIL]

I think I would insult the mentally handicapped if I would call your friend a retard

 

[ChosenPredator]

just tell him not forget about the olive oil and a pinch of salt

 

[Occam]

So this is how natural selection works.

Excellent first post, well done.

 

[Nickle]

Just make sure it's not a used cartridge.

 

[mario_O]

Video or it didn't happen.

 

[Xun]

What the hell?

The first response was spot on.

 

[mjc]

Isn't there a small battery in the cart still? That can't be good to digest....

 

[Moxx19]

wtf

 

[L Thammy]

I met a guy sort of like this in a class once. Not sure if he's eat a game, but his obsession seemed genuinely unhealthy.

Tell your imaginary friend that you made up for a funny thread to eat a biology textbook instead so he can learn its secrets and then when he doesn't learn anything he'll feel stupid

You put the book under your pillow so that you absorb the knowledge through sleep.

 

[Urko]

Only the cartridge? Heh, amateurs.

 

[SummitAve]

If you're so worried, have him take it as a suppository.