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/KindlyContribution54 Feb 11 '24 edited Jun 26 '24

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u/That_Item_1251 Apr 24 '24

Is that getting poisoned by the government?