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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You’ll get very ill, but the lethal dose is surprisingly high (like 5g/kg) so a full grown adult would have to drink over 400g (14oz) to actually likely die from it. Still don’t recommend it

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