I’ve heard some about them from recent resurgences of people trying to sell them, as well as vague information about them being dangerous but I have yet to see any in-depth explanation as to how specifically they’re dangerous.
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Much like Post-It Notes and Kleenexes, “Whip-its” is the name of one particular brand of thing, which has been applied to the whole.
Specifically, a Whip-It is a small container of nitrous oxide gas. If that name sounds familiar, it should; it’s the laughing gas your dentist sometimes gives you.
It has found widespread use as a recreational drug, because the same high you get in the dentist’s chair can be had at home — no travel or expensive procedure required!
However, use outside a controlled medical facility comes with the danger that you might screw up and asphyxiate yourself if you do it really wrong, and in general, long-term abuse prevents your body from making use of Vitamin B12, which is essential for nerve health. Chronic abuse can lead to symptoms akin to diabetic neuropathy where your nervous system eventually becomes permanently damaged.
Whippets is nitrous oxide. The stuff they put in whipped cream cannisters to make it flow from the can. Also known as laughing gas. When I was young, we’d tip the can to the side and inhale the nitrous oxide. It made you feel lightheaded. We called that whippets. Nowadays, whippets is referring to cannisters of nitrous oxide without any whipped cream.
Whippets is inhaling compressed nitrogen (or nitrous oxide).
The name comes from whipped cream bottles, where people used to hold whip cream upwards so the cream wouldn’t come out and just forcible inhale the compressed nitrogen.
They’re dangerous because the way they get you “high” is because when you inhale compressed nitrogen, it displaces actual oxygen you need to breath. Making you feel lightheaded and kinda high. But long term if you do it a lot, you’re just repeatedly denying your brain of oxygen.
Assuming you’re not talking about the awesome dog breed, the drug version of whippets involve inhaling – or “huffing” – nitrous oxide, which restricts oxygen flow to the brain. Generally speaking, restricting oxygen to the brain in an uncontrolled manner is a bad thing.
Thank you to all who have explained so far, I really appreciate it./g
Semi related factoid: Kanye has become addicted to Nitrous Oxide. He looks like utter shit, and acts like his brains have been scrambled. Stick to the safe, well explored drugs, kids.
its really not that bad if you’re not an idiot who abuses it… doing a few balloons at a festival once or twice a year isn’t gonna kill too many brain cells
Whippets are racing dogs, like a greyhound, but smaller. They are very fast and very agile. They can run up to you, bike you in the butt, and run away before you have time to react. Sharp teeth, strong prey drive make them very dangerous to bunnies, cats, squirrels, etc.
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