Re:Leaded gas was a known poison the day it was invented (2016)
by stjohnswarts on Sunday September 12, 2021 @01:18PM
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Lol no you will throw up everything in your stomach violently until it is completely empty and go to ER mostly likely. Then the doctor will have you stick around for a few hours and make sure you are okay and let you sleep off the headache. Ask me how I know (I was stupid and 10 and trying to siphon gas for my mini motorcycle for the first time, DM for me more for more details).
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Re:Leaded gas was a known poison the day it was invented (2016)
by amateurICEguy on Sunday September 12, 2021 @10:17PM
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How many years ago was this? I ask because "gasoline" isn't really a thing in chemistry. It's a mixture that will run cars. You could have drank a cup of just about anything.
A cup of octane wouldn't be the worse thing you could swallow. Given a choice, I'll drink a cup of octane before a teaspoon of TEL (OP appears to favor cooking units)
Re:Leaded gas was a known poison the day it was invented (2016)
by stjohnswarts on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @02:36AM
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Dude it was gasoline out of a truck, I was 10, not 1. Obviously gas is regulated here as to what goes in it with a little bit of variation. That said I'm not a chemist. The USA is backwards compared to Europe but not that backwards.
Re:Leaded gas was a known poison the day it was invented (2016)
by sonthonax on Sunday September 12, 2021 @03:47PM
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It sounds like you had a very upset stomach and a bad hangover.
Re:Leaded gas was a known poison the day it was invented (2016)
by stjohnswarts on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @02:38AM
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extreme nausea and I suspect dehydration caused the headache because there was nothing left in me I threw for what seemed like a half hour. However it was a long time ago. I was actually fine the next day.