{"id":457,"date":"2007-09-26T23:06:02","date_gmt":"2007-09-26T23:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astick.net\/blog\/?p=15"},"modified":"2014-02-02T22:36:47","modified_gmt":"2014-02-02T22:36:47","slug":"random-article-schmidt-sting-pain-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moononastick.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/random-article-schmidt-sting-pain-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Random article: Schmidt Sting Pain Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Schmidt_Sting_Pain_Index\">Schmidt Sting Pain Index<\/a><\/strong> or <strong>The Justin O. Schmidt Pain Index<\/strong> is a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pain_scale\" title=\"Pain scale\">pain scale<\/a> rating the relative pain caused by different <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hymenoptera\" title=\"Hymenoptera\">Hymenopteran<\/a> stings. It is mainly the work of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Justin_O._Schmidt\" title=\"Justin O. Schmidt\">Justin O. Schmidt<\/a>, an <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Entomologist\" title=\"Entomologist\">entomologist<\/a> for whom the index is named. Schmidt has published a number of papers on the subject and claims to have been stung by the majority of stinging Hymenoptera.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Schmidt described some of the experiences in vivid and colorful detail:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1.0 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sweat_bee\" title=\"Sweat bee\">Sweat bee<\/a><\/strong>: Light, ephemeral, almost fruity. A tiny spark has singed a single hair on your arm.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1.2 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fire_ant\" title=\"Fire ant\">Fire ant<\/a><\/strong>: Sharp, sudden, mildly alarming. Like walking across a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shag_%28fabric%29\" title=\"Shag (fabric)\">shag<\/a> carpet &amp; reaching for the light switch.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1.8 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Acacia_cornigera\" title=\"Acacia cornigera\">Bullhorn acacia ant<\/a><\/strong>: A rare, piercing, elevated sort of pain. Someone has fired a staple into your <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cheek\" title=\"Cheek\">cheek<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2.0 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bald-faced_hornet\" title=\"Bald-faced hornet\">Bald-faced hornet<\/a><\/strong>: Rich, hearty, slightly crunchy. Similar to getting your hand mashed in a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Revolving_door\" title=\"Revolving door\">revolving door<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2.0 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yellowjacket\" title=\"Yellowjacket\">Yellowjacket<\/a><\/strong>: Hot and smoky, almost irreverent. Imagine <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/W._C._Fields\" title=\"W. C. Fields\">W. C. Fields<\/a> extinguishing a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cigar\" title=\"Cigar\">cigar<\/a> on your <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tongue\" title=\"Tongue\">tongue<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2.x <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Honey_bee\" title=\"Honey bee\">Honey bee<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_hornet\" title=\"European hornet\">European hornet<\/a><\/strong>: Like a matchhead that flips off and burns on your skin.<\/li>\n<li><strong>3.0 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_harvester_ant\" title=\"Red harvester ant\">Red harvester ant<\/a><\/strong>: Bold and unrelenting. Somebody is using a drill to excavate your <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ingrown_nail\" title=\"Ingrown nail\">ingrown toenail<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>3.0 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paper_wasp\" title=\"Paper wasp\">Paper wasp<\/a><\/strong>: Caustic &amp; burning. Distinctly bitter aftertaste. Like spilling a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beaker\" title=\"Beaker\">beaker<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hydrochloric_acid\" title=\"Hydrochloric acid\">Hydrochloric acid<\/a> on a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paper_cut\" title=\"Paper cut\">paper cut<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>4.0 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tarantula_hawk\" title=\"Tarantula hawk\">Pepsis wasp<\/a><\/strong>: Blinding, fierce, shockingly electric. A running hair drier has been dropped into your bubble bath (if you get stung by one you might as well lie down and scream).<\/li>\n<li><strong>4.0+ <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paraponera\" title=\"Paraponera\">Bullet ant<\/a><\/strong>: Pure, intense, brilliant pain. Like <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fire-walking\" title=\"Fire-walking\">walking over<\/a> flaming <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charcoal\" title=\"Charcoal\">charcoal<\/a> with a 3-inch <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nail_%28engineering%29\" title=\"Nail (engineering)\">nail<\/a> in your <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heel\" title=\"Heel\">heel<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Schmidt Sting Pain Index or The Justin O. Schmidt Pain Index is a pain scale rating the relative pain caused by different Hymenopteran stings. It is mainly the work of Justin O. Schmidt, an entomologist for whom the index is named. Schmidt has published a number of papers on the subject and claims to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/moononastick.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/random-article-schmidt-sting-pain-index\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Random article: Schmidt Sting Pain Index<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[17,18,74,20],"class_list":["post-457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random-article","tag-nutcase","tag-pain","tag-random-article","tag-sting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moononastick.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moononastick.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moononastick.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moononastick.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moononastick.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/moononastick.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":550,"href":"https:\/\/moononastick.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457\/revisions\/550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moononastick.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moononastick.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moononastick.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}