wampyres

how is it that vampires can have a severe reaction to sunlight, but have no problem cavorting in the moonlight.
rex

Something in the moon dust filters out the harmful part of the sunlight? What I want to know is why garlic is such a big deal. I guess if I were being chased by Dracula, I would flee to an Italian restaurant.

Rex R said:

how is it that vampires can have a severe reaction to sunlight, but have no problem cavorting in the moonlight.
rex

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I guess that reflects a flaw in the myth. (Picture the previously available bat emoticon here.)

well either a) it has something to do with the intensity of the moonlight, or b) the moon adsorbs the harmful portion of the light.
Rex

The spectrum of moon light is pretty much identical to the spectrum of sunlight, and the intensity of direct sunlight is about 400,000x the intensity of light from a bright full moon -- so it is clearly because vampires aren't real.

jlabrasca said:

so it is clearly because vampires aren't real.

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Hah!

jlabrasca said:

The spectrum of moon light is pretty much identical to the spectrum of sunlight, and the intensity of direct sunlight is about 400,000x the intensity of light from a bright full moon -- so it is clearly because vampires aren't real.

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I would argue
the solution to dissolution is dilution.

The allowable mercury content in ground water is 2 micrograms per liter
https://clu-in.org/download/contaminantfocus/mercury/Mercury-CAfs.pdf

Lethal dose is 24 mg/kg,

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/idlh/merc-hg.html

So for a 70 kg vampire (haven’t seen any fat ones) 1.68 grams

1.68 grams divided by 400,000 Is 4.2 micrograms, if I did the math and conversions right.

The mama vampires probably make their kids wear moonscreen if they are gonna be out all night.

Could it be the moon does not reflect the ultraviolent light from the sun?

-Bob

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The spectrum of moon light is pretty much identical to the spectrum of sunlight, and the intensity of direct sunlight is about 400,000x the intensity of light from a bright full moon -- so it is clearly because vampires aren't real.

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Hmmm. My Irish background means I burn like a pig on a spit in the sun, but seem to be okay in the moonlight when I'm frolicking...

Cape Byron said:

Hmmm. My Irish background means I burn like a pig on a spit in the sun, but seem to be okay in the moonlight when I'm frolicking...

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TMI!

BABAR said:

TMI!

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It's okay, I won't post pics.

Hah, moonlight is just irritating to a vampire. Another order of magnitude or so and sunlight would be deadly to garlic lovers.

Garlic doesn't seem all that effective, and being Jewish doesn't help.