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Hermetically sealed, for your health! (mander.xyz)

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[-] Ratio_Tile 51 points 5 months ago

You certainly wouldn't regret it for long

[-] mcz@lemmy.world 38 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Fun fact: acetone is not even that toxic. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't hurt much more than ethanol.

Remember kids, everything in moderation. You wouldn't drink 8l of anything

Edit: if you think of drinking acetone based only on my comment, try drinking bleach first! I'm pretty sure it'll fuck you much more than ethanol.

[-] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 41 points 5 months ago

Let’s do none of these kids. This message brought to you by the number “don’t be a fucking stupid” and the CIA. Remember kids, I can’t start foreign wars for oil if I don’t have soldiers!

[-] mcz@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago

Remember kids, CIA doesn't want you to drink acetone!

[-] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

Wait… ok this may have backfired on me

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

The FDA does though.

[-] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 7 points 5 months ago

I was so dehydrated yesterday that I felt like I drank 8L of water. I know it was closer to 2 but god damn it was so good I had to stop myself to breathe half way through.

[-] Manjushri@piefed.social 6 points 5 months ago

Be careful doing that. It takes a fair bit of water, but Water Intoxication is a real thing. It can make you quite ill and even be fatal.

Drinking too much water dilutes your blood and decreases the electrolytes in your body, especially sodium (hyponatremia). As a result, water moves into your body’s cells and causes them to swell. When you get too much water in your brain cells, it increases pressure on your brain and affects how it works. This leads to changes in your awareness, movement and behavior (altered mental status). Water intoxication is also potentially fatal.

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The amount of water that causes overhydration varies. It’s important to understand how your body uses water to know how much is too much for you. Your body removes excess water through your pee. In a day, this equals about 32 to 64 ounces (about 1 to 2 liters). In some people, water intoxication symptoms can develop after drinking about a gallon (3 to 4 liters) of water over an hour or two.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 months ago

It's extremely unlikely unless you're doing extreme things like running a marathon or forcing yourself to drink way beyond how thirsty you feel.

[-] TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

I once sterilized a worm-infested flower pot with it. They die at once when touched by a drop of acetone. The plant came out ok.

[-] fartographer@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago

Why would it be called a solvent if it doesn't solve anything???

[-] bingrazer@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

It should actually be solven't, but they forgot the apostrophe

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 months ago

Respectfully disagree. It's solves all the drinkers problems with 100% effectiveness.

[-] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 8 points 5 months ago

Well, it does. Unless you drink too little.

[-] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 21 points 5 months ago

I drank ever clear once, for $20, on a dare. One sip and it took my breath away. Sticking to the Irish whiskey.

[-] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 13 points 5 months ago

Mine was 151. Back when they had the metal screen. Had a street hockey team mate pass, brought it out, and in some stupid testosterone driven bravado, pried off the metal restrictor screen and took a huge swig. "Took my breath away" would be an understatement of orders of magnitude.

[-] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 9 points 5 months ago

For my 21st birthday a few friends came and visited me at college, we went to the liquor store and one of us grabbed the 151 everclear to do shots of. We did shots of vodka as a chaser.

[-] EchoCranium@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 months ago

I know what you mean about it taking your breath away. Took a sip of lab grade anhydrous ethanol once (200 proof), really do not recommend it. My lips and gums burned, and my tongue shriveled as the ethanol sucked up all the moisture in my mouth. Nothing good about it.

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago

100% ethanol is toxic in ways lower concentrations aren't, anhydrous or not. Even veteran alcoholics can get destroyed instantly as the ethanol causes chemical burns of the mouth and digestive tract.

0-68% =Astringency

68-94% = Tingly

94%-100% = apoptosis from denatured cell walls.

[-] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

Ah everclear, my old friend drinkable hellfire... good times, goooooood times

[-] BurnedDonutHole@ani.social 12 points 5 months ago

There should be reward like free grave space or something if they can really finish the 8L of acetone.

[-] FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

You'll have the rest of your life to regret it

[-] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 4 points 5 months ago

Yeah, eyes.

[-] Shave_MyBeever@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

As someone who used acetone as a solvent in a past life (job) - it had a way of speeding up the healing process of cuts/abrasions. Not super great for the organs involved in filtering out the mess afterwards, haha.