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Re:We may not be running out of helium after all (2015) by jeffdavis on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @08:35PM (#20640732)
We need a sense of scale to call something a "waste". How do the resources used to make a party balloon compare to the resources for some other equally-fun thing?
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Re:We may not be running out of helium after all (2015) by gbrown on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @09:21PM (#20640994)
An equally fun thing would be filling them with hydrogen, which is really not that dangerous.
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Re:We may not be running out of helium after all (2015) by corey_moncure on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @10:07PM (#20641185)
Actually hydrogen would be way more than "equally" fun at birthday parties, which typically feature candles...
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Re:We may not be running out of helium after all (2015) by lovemenot on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @10:56PM (#20641430)
Especially hilarious when someone tries and fails with the squeeky voice trick.
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Re:We may not be running out of helium after all (2015) by basilgohar on Thursday August 08, 2019 @12:19AM (#20641818)
Squeaky voice still works with Hydrogen gas, similar to Helium.
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Re:We may not be running out of helium after all (2015) by krylon on Thursday August 08, 2019 @02:39AM (#20642356)
Yes, but if you happen to speak into the general direction of a burning candle, things can get very exciting.
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Re:We may not be running out of helium after all (2015) by DonHopkins on Thursday August 08, 2019 @03:41AM (#20642597)
Oh the humanity!
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Re:We may not be running out of helium after all (2015) by jay_kyburz on Thursday August 08, 2019 @06:10AM (#20643146)
I though the other uses for Helium was life saving medicine.
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Re:We may not be running out of helium after all (2015) by jeffdavis on Thursday August 08, 2019 @01:02PM (#20646279)
How many balloons does it take before a life is lost?
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