15 Comments:

1. Myrmidon

   Who loves you, baby?

   
   24 Jul '09, 1:34 am

   I love these.
2. GnomeWizardd

   <3 IC

   
   24 Jul '09, 8:33 am

   I was waiting for the " I am not a weeaboo!!! " lol
3. MAGIC

   NFNF

   
   24 Jul '09, 9:40 am

   Because he am. Good episode though.
4. RyderOCZ

   OCZ Guru / IC Groupie

   
   24 Jul '09, 10:28 am

   ^5 Bobby, love the series, I really think it is coming across very well. Off the cuff style really suits the topics and you.
5. mirage

   Veteran Icrontian

   
   24 Jul '09, 10:42 am

   Getting better every time. Good job again!
6. chrisWhite

   Polygons

   
   24 Jul '09, 1:00 pm

   Agreed, awesome Lynx!
7. Bobby Miller

   The Dean of Computer Graphics

   
   24 Jul '09, 4:03 pm

   

   Thanks everyone.

   I have some ideas in the works... I want to feature you guys more without me doing all the talking.

   I'll probably have a topic up about it soon, but craps 'bout to get real.

   Gnomewizard - A public declaration of such would require me being in the designation of said adjective. I need not rest my case.

   yet.
8. Zuntar

   Modder extraordinaire

   
   25 Jul '09, 12:44 pm

   Quoting Myrmidon

   I love these.

   ^ this
9. Lincoln

   Snapperhead

   
   25 Jul '09, 3:13 pm

   Outstanding as usual.
10. Nemikan

    Chat with me!

    
    25 Jul '09, 3:31 pm

    One of my favorites of videos in terms of quality and humor ^^

    the random switches to something else for a few seconds add a ton to the video.
11. Quady the Turnip

    New to the neighborhood

    
    13 Aug '09, 10:23 am

    Kids, don't huff compressed air! It'll kill you! No, seriously!
12. Thrax

    Cad

    
    13 Aug '09, 10:53 am

    They died of asphyxiation, because they were stupid fucks who didn't stop for a moment to consider that sulfur hexafluoride displaces oxygen in the lungs. Or they were deliberately huffing it because a severe reduction in oxygen levels in the brain produces feelings of euphoria or surreality.

    In fact, the snopes link you provided supports this argument:

    Suffocation, dangerous behavior, and aspiration account for 45% of inhalant abuse fatalities...Suffocation usually takes its toll through the victim's slipping into unconsciousness then dying of a lack of oxygen.

    Sulfur hexafluoride, the primary component in compressed air, is an inert compound with no toxicological properties. It is as harmless as helium which, might I add, can also be huffed to wild effects but has gained no reputation for it.

    Have you ever wondered why that is? It's because they don't sell cans of helium.

    As with any scientific experiment, knowing what you're doing, its effects, your limitations and the properties of the chemical/compound/agent you're working with is paramount.
13. Bobby Miller

    The Dean of Computer Graphics

    
    13 Aug '09, 11:33 am

    ^ this.
14. Quady the Turnip

    New to the neighborhood

    
    13 Aug '09, 11:40 am

    I was referring more to the Sudden sniffing deaths (that take up 55% of the deaths) than the asphyxiation.

    "Sudden sniffing death" is a simple way of saying the hydrocarbons being inhaled provoke irregular heart rhythms in the victim, leading to sudden fatal cardiac arrest. Even young and very healthy hearts fail this way.

    More than that though, I was trying to say "Don't be a stupid fuck", not discuss the specific cause of death.
15. Thrax

    Cad

    
    13 Aug '09, 12:40 pm

    Again, it's a matter of knowing what you're working with. As a result of SSD, many compressed air manufacturers have switched to propellant-free cans. This is possible because a compressed gas rushes to a source of depressurization which, in this case, is the nozzle. The expansion of the compressed gas produces sufficient force to make the can do the voodoo that it do without hydrocarbons.

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