On another note, now I want some spaghetti
pungent, weakly aromatic!
Submitted 11 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Chemical@lemmy.world 11 months ago
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’ve never seen acetone that looks so much like french fries.
remotelove@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
I have never seen french fries that look so much like crudités.
flooppoolf@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Why does the vinaigrette smell like a nail salon?
Decoy321@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I went and looked this up, turns out drinking acetone isn’t as outright dangerous as I expected. Our bodies produce a little of the stuff when breaking down far, into ketones. It’s only a problem when there’s too much of the stuff for the liver to process.
So basically it’s like drinking rubbing alcohol.
… Which you still shouldn’t do.
ornery_chemist@mander.xyz 11 months ago
I don’t think your comment emphasizes how like drinking rubbing alcohol drinking acetone would be. Rubbing alcohol (isopropanol) is, in fact, metabolized directly to acetone when ingested. The acetone can be metabolized further, but a good chunk is also simply exhaled.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 11 months ago
All right then, chemically and metabolically speaking, (this is hypothetical and I never have any intention of drinking rubbing alcohol or acetone), what is the maximum amount of these liquids a person could drink before it becomes dangerous?
fossilesque@mander.xyz 11 months ago
I looked up the safety sheet for this meme ngl.