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   tbree said, 6 days ago

   You’ll need to compute the answer in metric tons.

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   BigChiefDesoto said, 6 days ago

   The fallacy in this is that the body is extremely inefficient at converting calories to heat!

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   landshark67 said, 6 days ago

   That would have been a great costume.

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   possiblekim said, 6 days ago

   Jason always wanted to become Human Torch and now he is one. :D

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   Allan "Lest we Forget" said, 6 days ago

   I didn’t realize that Amed wasn’t American … don’t Yank’s use °F and pounds?

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   hildigunnur said, 6 days ago

   Allan yes they do - that’s probably why she said kilogram not gram :D (or calorie, not kilocalorie)

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   cdward said, 6 days ago

   ^She’s using metric primarily because that’s how calories are calculated, and that’s what she’s interested in.

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   Silentknight7 said, 6 days ago

   I agree with Land shark and possible kin if Jason Had saved that all next year, he could of gone as Flame.

   I don’t think I got that much candy though.

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   Ray C said, 6 days ago

   Some chemistry books spell the “1 gram” energy as calorie, and the “kilogram” energy or “kilocalorie” as Calorie (with a capital C). That wouldn’t show up here with the text all capitals.
   I once read an article by a guy who claimed that the heat your body needs to melt the ice in a cocktail uses up all the calories in the booze and whatever else. But he was using regular calories for the heat and kilocalories for the calories in the drinks, so his conclusion was off by a factor of 1000.

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    rdh288 said, 6 days ago

    We Americans use the stupid English system for everything but science, but put our feet down there and actually use… both, making it more confusing! But we do it OUR way. :)

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    cabrobst said, 6 days ago

    Flame on, Torch!

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    RavennaAl said, 6 days ago

    His mom is wondering how much candy Jason ate. The answer is obvious. He ate all of it.

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    kfaatz925 said, 6 days ago

    LOL! Spontaneous human combustion (in a slightly different manifestation.)

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    bazookaboy said, 6 days ago

    come on baby light my fire

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    jaiel said, 6 days ago

    FLAME ON!!!

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    JacaByte said, 6 days ago

    While the human body is extremely efficient at converting sugars into energy, its ability to convert energy into heat is not, since heat is a simply by-product of the processes used to break down the sugars. For Jason to get that hot, he’d have to work out like there was no tomorrow, and his temperature increase still wouldn’t account for 5% of the sugars he burned.

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    sylphslider said, 6 days ago

    I’m quite surprised that with all that talk about Kcals and CvF none of you twigged to the fact that she’s using the adult male percentage of water in a human body. Jason’s only 10 and clearly has no muscle mass - his percentage of body water should be closer to 62%. Maybe 63%. And Amend IS American. Not all Americans shun the metric system.

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    ninmas said, 6 days ago

    so jason weighs 75 pounds, now i wish we could find out his height…….

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    Johanan Rakkav said, 6 days ago

    Another addition today to the “cartoon physics” pile! Incredible.

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    BigChiefDesoto said, 6 days ago

    Hi Allan,

    Unlike the rest of the world that can only divide by ten because they happen to have ten fingers, we’re actually smart enough to be able to use either system. (Or at least some of us are.) If you can’t divide by 16 or 12, you need a bonehead course in arithmetic, not a new measuring system!

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    Jelly Breads said, 5 days ago

    thought the catchline was going to be he ate sour / spicy candy

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    Sandor_at_the_Zoo said, 5 days ago

    At least candy doesn’t go for the direct conversion of matter to energy—E = mc^2.

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    callak said, 5 days ago

    I wish I had that much candy after Halloween.

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    Potrzebie said, 5 days ago

    Well, all those calories come in the form of fat and carbs, right? So THAT ends up being stored. Trust me, as 43 year old I know that one bar of chocolate adds one pound to my gut.

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    autumnleaves said, 3 days ago

    You are forgetting…this is just a cartoon…it doesn’t have to be able to happen in real life. That’s the beauty of it. Flame on, Torch!

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    Aurion said, about 4 hours ago

    Halloween Candy: a clean burning energy source. Who’d have thought? Great for toasting marshmallows, too!