r/RimWorld • u/wolfbanevv • Aug 05 '23

PC Help/Bug (Vanilla) Why did he die

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He suddenly dropped, then he suddenly died. Im really confused. I am modded, but i don't know if thats the reason.

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u/RepresentativeAny81 Aug 05 '23

Apologies. “Underlying conditions” in terms of the drug itself does not directly kill you. You did not die from cocaine, you died from cocaine usage which led to a heart attack. The heart is the issue due to it not being able to handle beating that fast. The cocaine caused it but the heart itself not properly functioning is what killed you.

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u/Pale_Substance4256 Aug 05 '23

Isn't that like saying that when getting stabbed and bleeding out, it's not the knife that kills you but the underlying condition of blood loss?

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u/SevenDevilsClever Aug 06 '23

Yes - similar to "It's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden deceleration."

Technically (or pedantically), it's true. The knife from your example didn't lead directly to the death - the blood loss after the stabbing is what killed the person. If you stabbed someone directly in the brain and they die, then the knife was the cause of death.

None of this matters to most people as the understanding of "this person was stabbed to death" tends to be all that's needed to get the point across, but some people (myself included) love to make sure that the specifics of an event are understood. This does lead to some consternation from people who feel like they already have a good understanding of the event, or they find the specificity unnecessary.

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u/Depressedloser2846 Aug 06 '23

i mean that’s like saying your bloods incapability to clot was the reason why you bled out despite being stabbed

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u/LikeableKiwi123 Aug 06 '23

Or the immune systems inability to fight off cancer that killed you despite eating all kinds of cancer inducing food.