eli5 what happens if you drink isopropyl “rubbing” alcohol

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so i just watched a video of someone chug a bottle of rubbing alcohol that you would get from the pharmacy. its still alcohol though so like why is it bad. also what likely happened to the guy who chugged the bottle?

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There are tons of different “strains” of alcohol. The alcohol you drink is ethanol. There are plenty of other kinds.

People used to try and drink some of those “other kinds” during prohibition, often to disastrous effects.

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