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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>its still alcohol though so like why is it bad
Alcohol is bad, just like, generally, though. Consuming straight ethanol is still going to be a bad time, despite it being the kind of alcohol that is in alcoholic drinks. Hopefully the person would vomit immediately and then just be very drunk. Worst case they have alcohol poisoning and everything that comes with that, up to and including death.
Luckily for the guy who chugged the bottle, isopropyl alcohol isn’t that much more toxic than ethanol (as, for example, methanol is. You definitely do not want to drink methanol under any circumstances.) It’s probably going to be a bit more irritating to his digestive tract but hopefully with opportune vomiting and/or medical attention he survived.
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