You Know How Canaries Were Historically Brought Into Coal Mines, Because If The Mine Was Full Of Carbon

You know how canaries were historically brought into coal mines, because if the mine was full of carbon monoxide the canary would die first and the miners would be able to escape before they died too?

I just found the greatest thing.

You Know How Canaries Were Historically Brought Into Coal Mines, Because If The Mine Was Full Of Carbon

This is a canary resuscitator.

When the miners notice the canary getting sick with carbon monoxide poisoning, they can close that circular hatch so no more gas gets into the canary cage, and open the valve on that oxygen tank to keep the canary breathing. In other words, they made a spacesuit for birds.

By immediately giving the canary access to clean air, the miners can save it from the poison. The bird lives. To be clear, this is not for economic purposes, this was specifically created because the miners felt bad and wanted to save the bird.

Isn’t that just the perfect demonstration of what humans are like? We started sacrificing small creatures to save ourselves, and then felt bad and spent our valuable resources on saving the critters too. Because yeah the canary was the only way to test for CO, but it’s a living creature too, dammit!

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He’s probably fantasized about this moment happening over and over again and spends his sleepless nights analyzing how he’d accept. He needs more time to choose the appropriate reaction. 

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You Can Clearly See Jim Thinking Deeper And Deeper As He Tries To Figure Out If This Is A Proposal Or
You Can Clearly See Jim Thinking Deeper And Deeper As He Tries To Figure Out If This Is A Proposal Or
You Can Clearly See Jim Thinking Deeper And Deeper As He Tries To Figure Out If This Is A Proposal Or
You Can Clearly See Jim Thinking Deeper And Deeper As He Tries To Figure Out If This Is A Proposal Or
You Can Clearly See Jim Thinking Deeper And Deeper As He Tries To Figure Out If This Is A Proposal Or
You Can Clearly See Jim Thinking Deeper And Deeper As He Tries To Figure Out If This Is A Proposal Or
You Can Clearly See Jim Thinking Deeper And Deeper As He Tries To Figure Out If This Is A Proposal Or
You Can Clearly See Jim Thinking Deeper And Deeper As He Tries To Figure Out If This Is A Proposal Or
You Can Clearly See Jim Thinking Deeper And Deeper As He Tries To Figure Out If This Is A Proposal Or

you can clearly see Jim thinking deeper and deeper as he tries to figure out if this is a proposal or not.


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