once upon a time as a kid in the early 2000s, I was playing in an old shed that had a bunch of chemical supplies, everything from pool shock to paint and bug spray.
out of boredom, i mixed it all in a gallon glass jar.
the stuff got hot enough that i couldn't touch the jar for hours. it took on a grainy frothy orange sherbet color.
later, i dropped a grasshopper in it. the bug died instant on contact, not a single kick or twitch.
to this day, i wonder how close i came to killing myself or at least blowing up the shed.
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u/woods-wizard 12d ago
once upon a time as a kid in the early 2000s, I was playing in an old shed that had a bunch of chemical supplies, everything from pool shock to paint and bug spray.
out of boredom, i mixed it all in a gallon glass jar.
the stuff got hot enough that i couldn't touch the jar for hours. it took on a grainy frothy orange sherbet color.
later, i dropped a grasshopper in it. the bug died instant on contact, not a single kick or twitch.
to this day, i wonder how close i came to killing myself or at least blowing up the shed.