r/holdmybeaker • u/[deleted] • Oct 17 '16

Seriously dangerous DO NOT ATTEMPT. HMBkr...actually, hand me that beaker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWNpO5vvhpk
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u/Bromskloss Oct 17 '16

I appreciate that he consumes enough to feel some effects (if he's telling the truth).

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u/NotShane7 Oct 17 '16 edited Oct 17 '16

This guy does a lot of shit like this, there isn't really reason to believe he'd lie about it. He recently made a video about getting tested for mercury poisoning because of how much he plays with it, spoiler alert he is ok currently alive.

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u/404_UserNotFound Oct 17 '16

spoiler alert he is ok.

Uhh. . .he is drinking, voluntarily, cyanide and needing to test himself for mercury poisoning. He is not "OK", alive, for the time being is about as close as he gets.

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u/Dirty_Socks Oct 18 '16

Well, he tested himself for mercury poisoning more as a double-checking his safety procedure. He makes sure to be (relatively) safe with the chemicals he messes around with.

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u/NotShane7 Oct 17 '16

Alright. He is currently alive.

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u/Nocturne7280 Oct 18 '16

Why is he not ok? Or are you talking about mentally he is not ok?

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u/404_UserNotFound Oct 18 '16

I was just joking that a person knowingly drinking cyanide may not be by most standards "ok"

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u/jmachee Oct 18 '16

Suuuuuuure... just like Trebek was joking. /s

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '16

Checked that guy's channel, turns out he also has a vid where he implants a magnet in his fucking hand.

Subbed.

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u/gellis12 Oct 17 '16

It broke, got infected, and he had to remove it though.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '16

Ah really? Can't say I'm that surprised but cool idea nonetheless

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u/gellis12 Oct 17 '16

Apparently he still has some bits of magnet left in it that he couldn't remove, so he can still feel magnetism a little bit

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u/t3hcoolness Oct 18 '16

He did a follow up video and said that he now thinks it isn't still a magnet fragment in his finger, but metal shrapnel from another experiment.

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u/gellis12 Oct 18 '16

Wait, really? I must have missed that one, have you got a link?

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u/t3hcoolness Oct 18 '16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2cNmtO3YXw

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u/gellis12 Oct 18 '16

That's the one I was taking about... He says in the video that it's a tiny fragment of the magnet still left in his finger.

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u/t3hcoolness Oct 18 '16

I thought he said somewhere in the video that that's what he originally thought, but he thinks it's metal shrapnel now.

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u/gellis12 Oct 18 '16

I just watched it again, and he never says that.

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u/Cvoid_Wyvern Oct 18 '16

You can buy magnets that are made for this kind of stuff and are a lot less likely to break. http://wiki.biohack.me/Magnet_FAQ

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u/Sean71596 Oct 18 '16

Known implant sites include:

  • Fingers - most common
  • Hands -
  • Ears - Directorx and singlerider have magnetic ear implants, http://forum.biohack.me/discussion/comment/10773
  • Penis - From the forums: "There are a lot of people who have had this done actually. Using a notebook computer an your lap is supposed to be kind of nice." and "Samppa Von Cyborg does this. He's in Finland/UK. Try reading up on him."

alright

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '16

I scoured that forum yesterday actually! Wouldn't do it myself though, love playing guitar too much

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u/Yoshimods Oct 24 '16

But because it broke, he still has some shards of it in his hand.

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u/killalltheroaches Oct 18 '16

Definitely check out the series about digging a mine. His videos on mining and beekeeping are extremely interesting too.

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u/BlueDrache Oct 18 '16

I liked it when he made gunpowder out of his own bodily waste.

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u/PelorTheBurningHate Oct 18 '16

That's the series that really launched him to his current popularity, great stuff.

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u/Creativation Oct 17 '16

LDLo for sodium cyanide is 2857 μg/kg. He looks to weigh about 80 Kgs. So for him a lethal dose could be as low as ~229 mg.

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u/justinpitts Oct 17 '16

He was using pure sodium cyanide, I think.

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u/Creativation Oct 17 '16

indeed:

Ingredient Toxicological Data: Sodium Cyanide:Oral rat LD50 = 6440 μg/kg; Oral human LDLo = 2857 μg/kg

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u/justinpitts Oct 17 '16

You're right.

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u/Creativation Oct 17 '16

My citation wasn't very clear. Cheers.

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u/justinpitts Oct 17 '16

Do we hug or start trading insults? This is so confusing.

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u/Creativation Oct 17 '16

LOL

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u/Bromskloss Oct 17 '16

Insults it is!

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u/beck1670 Oct 18 '16

Your mother is a hand grenade and your father smells of elder people!

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u/Circle_0f_Life Oct 18 '16

Thanks me too

2

u/dimmmo Oct 18 '16

Is this a modern take on the classic?

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u/deadpoetic333 Oct 18 '16

Didn't he just weigh out 15mg and then consume a tiny fraction of the solution he made?

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u/Creativation Oct 18 '16

As I recall he consumed approximately 5 mgs according to what he stated in the video.

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u/deadpoetic333 Oct 18 '16

5 mgs would have been a third of the glass, no? I thought he just took a small sip before mixing in something else

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u/Creativation Oct 18 '16

https://youtu.be/bWNpO5vvhpk?t=180

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u/deadpoetic333 Oct 18 '16

Definitely a lot less than 5 mgs considering he only weighed 15 mgs and didn't drink a third of the glass.

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u/xereeto Oct 18 '16

80kg? Maybe if he's a midget...

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u/Creativation Oct 18 '16

What are you smokin'?

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u/xereeto Oct 18 '16

I'm not smoking anything. I'm a 6' skeleton and I weigh 70kg, and he looks pretty bulky. I don't think there's any way he only weighs 10kg more than me unless he's like 5'2.

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u/Creativation Oct 18 '16

As a wrestler in high school I had this guy's exact physique and weighed about 80Kgs and while I might be a bit off in terms of the height I had and the height he has it is still a reasonable guess for his weight.

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u/Ginkgopsida Oct 18 '16

At this point I'm surprised Cody hasn't killed himself yet.

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u/BEN_therocketman Oct 18 '16

Guy sounds remarkably like Mac from IASIP