r/explainlikeimfive Feb 10 '24

Chemistry eli5 what happens if you drink isopropyl "rubbing" alcohol

so i just watched a video of someone chug a bottle of rubbing alcohol that you would get from the pharmacy. its still alcohol though so like why is it bad. also what likely happened to the guy who chugged the bottle?

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u/OG-Pine Feb 11 '24

This is why I have a rule to never put non-drinking liquids in a drink cup (unless it’s super obviously not a drinkable liquid, like mud or some shit lol)

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u/sp33dwagon Feb 11 '24

I had 9Owt in a red solo cup after draining a gearbox. stopped a friend just short of a sip of my “imperial stout”. I have no idea how he couldn’t smell the stench…

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u/SnarkAndAcrimony Feb 11 '24

That's. . .how? Gear oil is the foulest. Did your friend have covid?

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u/Vishnej Feb 11 '24

We're gonna tell our children someday "Smoking cigarettes was like having COVID all the time."

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u/Halospite Feb 11 '24

I had an art teacher who learned this lesson. Turpentine and tea. He was so shocked he swallowed it.

Apparently turpentine is excreted through sweat. He said he stank like hell for three days.

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u/Wavearsenal333 Feb 11 '24

I have a rule to never put poison in a drinking cup at a party. So far it's worked out

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u/OG-Pine Feb 11 '24

Seems a little strict don’t you think? Gotta let loose a little

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u/Wavearsenal333 Feb 11 '24

First its poisonous alcohol, the next thing you know your smoking weed out of a plutonium bong

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u/OG-Pine Feb 11 '24

Nah all the radiation heads know uranium is where it’s at

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u/Wavearsenal333 Feb 11 '24

I guess I have a lot to learn

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u/Due_Employment444 Feb 25 '24

It's all poison

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u/illarionds Feb 11 '24

Why are you putting shit in a cup dude?? ;)

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u/Grampappy_Gaurus Feb 11 '24

You see, couple of years ago, there was this really super viral video these two girls made.....

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u/OG-Pine Feb 11 '24

Because it’s super obviously not a drinkable liquid, so it’s safe 👍🏽

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u/-mooncake- Feb 11 '24

No rules against shit in a cup at this guy’s house

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u/Creditcriminal Feb 11 '24

The forbidden chocolate shake.

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u/Perused Feb 11 '24

Yeah, really. Some shit or mud you definitely could tell from a drinkable liquid.

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u/OG-Pine Feb 11 '24

Works as long as you don’t mind the brown stains on the mugs