 Gorodetsky
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
 203 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 12:18:22 PM
Triage: The Lost Art. |
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 HalfPintRoo
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
2048 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 11:17:39 AM
Geez I never had that happen and I did that all the time. I passed out once from blowing up balloons though |
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 Creabhain
Male, 40-49, Europe
441 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 11:15:00 AM
Scuba on trimix uses helium (also 2 other gases :^). That's why they sound funny on comms. |
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Creabhain
Male, 40-49, Europe
441 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 11:12:57 AM
To all those who seem to be worried that helium would remain in your lungs if you were upside down I would remind you that we breath in and out. Your lungs are not at the mercy of gravity. In fact CO2 makes up a lot of what we exhale and is heavier than air. |
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 JoeYC
Male, 18-29, Europe
725 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 11:12:43 AM
light headded... maybe, not passed out |
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 kittehdee29
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
803 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 10:43:43 AM
Think it had anything to do with the actual balloon? That type never struck me as particularly safe to suck the helium out of. |
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 EntrE
Male, 18-29, Europe
538 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 10:38:29 AM
thanks coyoteking! glad there are still some people with common sense out there |
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 8BitHero
Male, 18-29, Europe
5420 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 10:25:05 AM
She fall down oh no |
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 CoyoteKing
Male, 18-29, Southern US
2994 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 10:16:29 AM
Its perfectly safe. You can't actually kill yourself doing this. Without oxygen you will simply pass out like she did well before you suffocate. Once passed out your lungs continue to operate just like when your sleeping and the helium will be replaced with oxygen. Now if you did this, passed out and fell into a pool then you would have a problem. |
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 VAJENGA
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
533 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 10:06:18 AM
Pedobear just went out and bought a large bunch of helium baloons. |
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 Inter237
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
2449 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 10:00:29 AM
She passed out |
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 AaronianKen
Male, 18-29, Europe
99 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 9:51:42 AM
yeah that's right camera person, don't move. |
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 CaptainPabst
Male, 18-29, Western US
1253 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 9:50:52 AM
They really need to outlaw this stuff, it's obviously a blight on society and a danger to our children. Plus it looks like a lot of fun. |
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 Rick_S
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
2860 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 9:45:02 AM
When you breath in Helium, it replaces the gas in your lungs (duh). That means that you have less Oxygen, because the Helium is there. Do that enough, and you won't have enough room for Oxygen, and bam, you pass out. Inhale enough of it, quickly enough, and you can actually suffocate. But, as long as you're not upside down, you'll be OK, as the Helium eventually rises out of your system, and the Oxygen gets it's spot back. |
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nastyn800
Male, 18-29, Western US
174 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 9:41:20 AM
Damn you morons at IAB. That isn't called overdosing, she just blacked out.
I once saw this happen to a guy that unzipped a float too quickly at a parade. He stood right in front of the giant zipper and fell directly backwards onto his ass lol. |
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 Gentle-Tramp
Male, 13-17, Europe
502 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 9:11:12 AM
@flashpacker
Amen brother xD |
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 degravenous
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
19 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 8:34:14 AM
It's not overdosing, it's just that helium displaces the oxygen in your lungs, leading to passing out. |
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 fallenangelv
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
21 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 8:33:52 AM
lmao Helium is a noble gas. It can't really chemically react with anything, so it goes in, then leaves. Helium doesn't stay in your system. It's that other stuff they lace it with you need to be worried about. ;) |
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 Skabashas
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
1244 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 8:25:31 AM
Story of my Saturday night! |
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 TheTumor
Male, 18-29, Southern US
558 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 8:23:56 AM
lighweight. |
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 Rich1710
Male, 18-29, Europe
88 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 8:14:44 AM
this happened to me but i didnt pass out, i just felt like i weighed a tonne and struggled to move. wont be doing that again |
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 bigfatdynamo
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
258 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 8:08:14 AM
I did that at my sister's wedding. I was 11. I quickly moved on to harder things. Helium is the new gateway drug. |
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 NitroJunkie
Male, 70 & Over, Africa
766 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 8:07:29 AM
I did that once! I was drunk and pretty self-destructive when I was in the Navy. Decided to huff some of that air-duster sh-t, and passed out. Haven't done it since...not my brightest moment. |
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 Flashpacker
Male, 18-29, Europe
652 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 8:06:13 AM
Haha, rock on Norway |
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 Angelmassb
Male, 18-29, S. America
15474 Posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011 8:01:48 AM
Something tells me this is going to be a new trend |
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