Welp, I just accidentally drank two big gulps of rubbing alcohol.
I called poison control, who told me to drink lots of water, and that I might get drunk...
FUN!!!
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uhh... how on earth does that happen?
- Techstorm970 and 8uhbbhu8
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@Ryan_Vickers I thought it was water, and I drink fast.
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Clearly... I mean, it's designed to be undrinkable due to adding bitterants and stuff, then there's the bottle that says "rubbing alcohol", etc.
You must have been really thirsty to miss all that lol
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@Ryan_Vickers It was in a drinking cup.
I put the rubbing alcohol in the cup to soak an electronic component that a cat peed on.
- Technomancer__, 8uhbbhu8 and vanished
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@CUDA_Cores Despite my strong feelings to the contrary I won't question the poison control centre's suggestion since one would hope they know best, but I do know for a fact that no, it's not the same to your body as a strong alcoholic drink. There are many different compounds, some similar to ethanol and some not, some poisonous and some not. I mean, there's a reason it has a poison control label on it in the first place.
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@Legendarypoet @Cinnabar Sonar Thought this would be fitting:
And yes, they are quite literally endless, as this is first time I have ever read or heard the phrase "I drank rubbing alcohol."
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@Ryan_Vickers Poison control didn't say that it was essentially strong drinking alcohol, they said that I might get intoxicated.
They actually said that rubbing alcohol is much harder on your liver, and that there is an increase of internal bleeding and neurological damage with rubbing alcohol.
But they said that with the amount that I drank, it would be unlikely to see those effects, especially if I drank lots of water.
@Legendarypoet I AM AN ADULT!
Also, my mom was with me when it happened, soooo.
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Oh @Cinnabar Sonar....
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once when i was thirsty after cycling for hours i run to the fridge, grabbed one plastic bottle and started drinking...
my mom came in the room and told me it was zivania (its a very very alcoholic drink)...
why place it in a water bottle?
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@Ryan_Vickers That would depend on the definition of "very very alcoholic".
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Wikipedia say s 43 - 60% so that counts imo
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@Ryan_Vickers So, 86-120 proof?
Around 90ish proof is when it starts burning.
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@Ryan_Vickersi was gulping fast so i didn't notice right away it burned my throat bad tho
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yeah I would think so you didn't really need your mom to tell you want it was then
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@Ryan_Vickers it can go to 99. (if you buy it homemade).
fortunately, the one i drank was around how much you found