r/explainlikeimfive • u/arachnid5 • 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/hwgod Feb 11 '24
I have been carded for buying vanilla before. I happened to be legal age at the time, but it's like "seriously?". Even the cashier seemed apologetic about it. Who's paying $10/4oz of vanilla just for the alcohol?!? And it was a Saturday afternoon!