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Title: Am I going to die?
Post by: frosty on Wed, 17 September 2014, 00:44:57
I accidentally took a whiff of aqueous ammonia (those that you find in labs back in your middle/high school days), just one small inhale worth of it. Will I die? :-(

It felt bad but I'm a little bit paranoid now even though I feel kinda ok.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: Halverson on Wed, 17 September 2014, 00:45:46
Google it? Call poison control?
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: Rodgaroon on Wed, 17 September 2014, 00:55:02
I'm no doctor, but I think you will be fine. Do you really think they would allows high school students to use deadly chemicals?
Title: Am I going to die?
Post by: frosty on Wed, 17 September 2014, 01:00:08
Google it? Call poison control?

I'm rather more scared as I google this...
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: Halverson on Wed, 17 September 2014, 01:02:02

Google it? Call poison control?

I'm rather more scared as I google this...

Did you take a little sniff or inhale a huge lung full?

If you're feeling ****ty, hit up the hospital.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 17 September 2014, 01:02:41
One small inhale is unlikely to cause any symptoms, unless you have an underlying medical condition.  That article seems to cover "severe short term exposure".

However, I am not a doctor.

If in doubt, stay at home with someone else and brief them on what has happened, so they are prepared to call emergency just in case.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: frosty on Wed, 17 September 2014, 01:04:05

One small inhale is unlikely to cause any symptoms, unless you have an underlying medical condition.  That article seems to cover "severe short term exposure".

However, I am not a doctor.

If in doubt, stay at home with someone else and brief them on what has happened, so they are prepared to call emergency just in case.
Already at home so I guess I'll inform my mom on what to do if I happen to faint etc
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: iri on Wed, 17 September 2014, 01:06:35
(didn't read the original post) Yes, you are.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 17 September 2014, 01:08:08
(didn't read the original post) Yes, you are.

Such fatalism, iri :p
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: Novus on Wed, 17 September 2014, 01:08:46
You're going to die.
Absolutely.
It'll be a meaningless death devoid of glory and honor.
Kiss your wife and children goodbye.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: frosty on Wed, 17 September 2014, 01:12:29
See you guys in GH Heaven.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: Novus on Wed, 17 September 2014, 01:20:29
I'm no doctor, but I think you will be fine. Do you really think they would allows high school students to use deadly chemicals?

Have you ever taken a chemistry class? Of course they do.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 17 September 2014, 02:08:41
Silly human, the universe has perfect accounting, no information is lost, existence is only ever translated. therefore no one can actually die or disappear, they are merely redefined and recompiled. should your current form ever be necessary, enough reverse entropy can easily reconstitute you.  that is to say, one should live honorably and gloriously, such that he'd be called upon on the day of heros.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: Novus on Wed, 17 September 2014, 02:13:00
This thread just got real Klingon
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: hoggy on Wed, 17 September 2014, 02:45:57
Frosty,

Are you still with us?

Note to Frosty's family - Don't worry, we can help find his collection a good home...
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: frosty on Wed, 17 September 2014, 03:01:50
Why yes, I am!
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 17 September 2014, 06:00:19
2 hours 15 minutes and still going.

It is now something like 2 hours since the above post, which was frosty's last one.

Still there?
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: frosty on Wed, 17 September 2014, 06:08:24
Still alive and kickin'!

Looks like I'm not about to die just yet, I haven't even seen a custom artisan yet!

But who knows... It's 7pm here and bedtime will come in another 3-4 hours. I may never wake up once I fall asleep...
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: Signature on Wed, 17 September 2014, 06:28:23
Still alive and kickin'!

Looks like I'm not about to die just yet, I haven't even seen a custom artisan yet!

But who knows... It's 7pm here and bedtime will come in another 3-4 hours. I may never wake up once I fall asleep...
Stay frosty
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: paicrai on Wed, 17 September 2014, 06:43:47

I'm no doctor, but I think you will be fine. Do you really think they would allows high school students to use deadly chemicals?
yes, before that too.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: fohat.digs on Wed, 17 September 2014, 08:49:14
You are going to die.

I am old enough to have worked in architectural and engineering offices back when blueprints were the standard of the industry.

I probably spent dozens, if not hundreds, of hours during the 1970s-1980s in the "blueprint room" running the blueprint machine which exuded ammonia fumes. After I got used to it (probably by burning out certain receptors in my nose) it did not bother me all that much.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: JPG on Wed, 17 September 2014, 08:50:59
You are going to die.

I am old enough to have worked in architectural and engineering offices back when blueprints were the standard of the industry.

I probably spent dozens, if not hundreds, of hours during the 1970s-1980s in the "blueprint room" running the blueprint machine which exuded ammonia fumes. After I got used to it (probably by burning out certain receptors in my nose) it did not bother me all that much.


Damn, you are dead and just don't know it yet.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: paicrai on Wed, 17 September 2014, 08:56:13
You are going to die.

I am old enough to have worked in architectural and engineering offices back when blueprints were the standard of the industry.

I probably spent dozens, if not hundreds, of hours during the 1970s-1980s in the "blueprint room" running the blueprint machine which exuded ammonia fumes. After I got used to it (probably by burning out certain receptors in my nose) it did not bother me all that much.


Damn, you are dead and just don't know it yet.
fohat is old and crusty, he's probably been dead for a while
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 17 September 2014, 09:02:54
You are going to die.

I am old enough to have worked in architectural and engineering offices back when blueprints were the standard of the industry.

I probably spent dozens, if not hundreds, of hours during the 1970s-1980s in the "blueprint room" running the blueprint machine which exuded ammonia fumes. After I got used to it (probably by burning out certain receptors in my nose) it did not bother me all that much.


Damn, you are dead and just don't know it yet.

/ head scratch..

are you saying that, or are you philosophizing that. .
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: JPG on Wed, 17 September 2014, 09:05:50
You are going to die.

I am old enough to have worked in architectural and engineering offices back when blueprints were the standard of the industry.

I probably spent dozens, if not hundreds, of hours during the 1970s-1980s in the "blueprint room" running the blueprint machine which exuded ammonia fumes. After I got used to it (probably by burning out certain receptors in my nose) it did not bother me all that much.


Damn, you are dead and just don't know it yet.

/ head scratch..

are you saying that, or are you philosophizing that. .


But all this ammonia!! How can??? Or maybe it's not that bad and OP is ok?


Would be sad if Fohat was not here to help me with the model F anyway!
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: frosty on Wed, 17 September 2014, 09:09:07
About 12 hours after the tiny bit of fumes entered my nostrils.

Glad to say that frosty is currently fine and is about to wind up his day, will head to bed in a hour or two.

If I don't wake up however...
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 17 September 2014, 09:12:31
You will die.






























Someday...
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 17 September 2014, 09:14:18
You will die.






























Someday...

what's up clib....glad you're not dead!(and frosty to) ;)
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: paicrai on Wed, 17 September 2014, 09:14:43
You will die.






























Someday...
i sentence you to death by old age
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 17 September 2014, 09:20:08
what's up clib....glad you're not dead!(and frosty to) ;)

Ray! How've you been? Life's been a bit busy lately, therefore my post frequency has greatly decreased.

I still frequently lurk though...
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 17 September 2014, 09:21:16
what's up clib....glad you're not dead!(and frosty to) ;)

Ray! How've you been? Life's been a bit busy lately, therefore my post frequency has greatly decreased.

I still frequently lurk though...


I've been lurking more as well!
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 17 September 2014, 09:22:05
what's up clib....glad you're not dead!(and frosty to) ;)

Ray! How've you been? Life's been a bit busy lately, therefore my post frequency has greatly decreased.

I still frequently lurk though...


I've been lurking more as well!

stop lurking spam.. GH is ghosting..

I can't be expected to come up with like 35% of the active content on my own.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: Signature on Wed, 17 September 2014, 09:23:19
what's up clib....glad you're not dead!(and frosty to) ;)

Ray! How've you been? Life's been a bit busy lately, therefore my post frequency has greatly decreased.

I still frequently lurk though...


I've been lurking more as well!
aqueous ammonia, connecting people
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: paicrai on Wed, 17 September 2014, 09:24:20
what's up clib....glad you're not dead!(and frosty to) ;)

Ray! How've you been? Life's been a bit busy lately, therefore my post frequency has greatly decreased.

I still frequently lurk though...


I've been lurking more as well!
aqueous ammonia, connecting people
lets start a social media
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 17 September 2014, 09:24:48
what's up clib....glad you're not dead!(and frosty to) ;)

Ray! How've you been? Life's been a bit busy lately, therefore my post frequency has greatly decreased.

I still frequently lurk though...


I've been lurking more as well!
aqueous ammonia, connecting people

Hail science!
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 17 September 2014, 09:35:37
what's up clib....glad you're not dead!(and frosty to) ;)

Ray! How've you been? Life's been a bit busy lately, therefore my post frequency has greatly decreased.

I still frequently lurk though...


I've been lurking more as well!
aqueous ammonia, connecting people

Hail science!

(http://m.memegen.com/m29xtv.jpg)
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: frosty on Wed, 17 September 2014, 09:38:25
I just thought of a great idea!

Since someone said that aqueous ammonia connect people, why not let me inhale more so that you guys can come down to my funeral!

wait a sec...
wat
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: frosty on Wed, 17 September 2014, 09:39:36
ps. how does one get a title like HHKB Otaku or titles like iMav's "babysitter"
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: paicrai on Wed, 17 September 2014, 09:41:41
ps. how does one get a title like HHKB Otaku or titles like iMav's "babysitter"
pm mods aboot that and ask for one
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 17 September 2014, 09:42:04
ps. how does one get a title like HHKB Otaku or titles like iMav's "babysitter"

Contact your friendly neighborhood moderator.

Dammit, ninja'ed by pai...
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: iri on Wed, 17 September 2014, 09:46:07
I just thought of a great idea!

Since someone said that aqueous ammonia connect people, why not let me inhale more so that you guys can come down to my funeral!

wait a sec...
wat
Singapore is too far away,  but I will raise a glass in your memory.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 17 September 2014, 09:50:12
I just thought of a great idea!

Since someone said that aqueous ammonia connect people, why not let me inhale more so that you guys can come down to my funeral!

wait a sec...
wat

whawt?
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: frosty on Wed, 17 September 2014, 10:48:29
Update: A tiny bit of ammonia smell still lingers in my nose. Not sure if it's placebo or it really is that some of the fumes settled in my nose. Will sleep now and hopefully be able to wake up without that darn smell still stuck in my nose and more importantly, alive and not mutated.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: paicrai on Wed, 17 September 2014, 10:54:44
Update: A tiny bit of ammonia smell still lingers in my nose. Not sure if it's placebo or it really is that some of the fumes settled in my nose. Will sleep now and hopefully be able to wake up without that darn smell still stuck in my nose and more importantly, alive and not mutated.
polt tiwst
you wake up with the smell in ur nose and mutated
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: Mooby on Wed, 17 September 2014, 10:58:09
Update: A tiny bit of ammonia smell still lingers in my nose. Not sure if it's placebo or it really is that some of the fumes settled in my nose. Will sleep now and hopefully be able to wake up without that darn smell still stuck in my nose and more importantly, alive and not mutated.

Well that's good news and bad news. Nothing wrong with some nice mutations.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: paicrai on Wed, 17 September 2014, 11:02:26
Update: A tiny bit of ammonia smell still lingers in my nose. Not sure if it's placebo or it really is that some of the fumes settled in my nose. Will sleep now and hopefully be able to wake up without that darn smell still stuck in my nose and more importantly, alive and not mutated.

Well that's good news and bad news. Nothing wrong with some nice mutations.
hey i can see you made the moost of it
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: Novus on Wed, 17 September 2014, 13:52:49
If you become a Witcher, can I visit you?
Always wanted to visit Singapore ... and I'll even leave my gum behind (is that still a thing?)
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 17 September 2014, 13:59:32
If you become a Witcher, can I visit you?
Always wanted to visit Singapore ... and I'll even leave my gum behind (is that still a thing?)

wha????  what is this reference from.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: Fire Brand on Wed, 17 September 2014, 14:00:16
I'm no doctor, but I think you will be fine. Do you really think they would allows high school students to use deadly chemicals?

No but they might of built the school out of it :x

Asbestos don't know how it is over there but here nearly every old building has a ton of it :/
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: Hundrakia on Wed, 17 September 2014, 14:02:15
I'm no doctor, but I think you will be fine. Do you really think they would allows high school students to use deadly chemicals?

No but they might of built the school out of it :x

Asbestos don't know how it is over there but here nearly every old building has a ton of it :/
We did asbestos removal at my last job! Fun times.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: Fire Brand on Wed, 17 September 2014, 14:05:34
I'm no doctor, but I think you will be fine. Do you really think they would allows high school students to use deadly chemicals?

No but they might of built the school out of it :x

Asbestos don't know how it is over there but here nearly every old building has a ton of it :/
We did asbestos removal at my last job! Fun times.

:/ Not done it myself but my father does it fairly often, its horrible to think what could happen if he where to forget one day to wear his mask for even a moment
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 17 September 2014, 14:11:13
I'm no doctor, but I think you will be fine. Do you really think they would allows high school students to use deadly chemicals?

No but they might of built the school out of it :x

Asbestos don't know how it is over there but here nearly every old building has a ton of it :/
We did asbestos removal at my last job! Fun times.

aesbestos isn't actually that toxic..  and they did it only as a fire retardant.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: exitfire401 on Wed, 17 September 2014, 14:12:39
I'm no doctor, but I think you will be fine. Do you really think they would allows high school students to use deadly chemicals?

No but they might of built the school out of it :x

Asbestos don't know how it is over there but here nearly every old building has a ton of it :/
We did asbestos removal at my last job! Fun times.

aesbestos isn't actually that toxic..  and they did it only as a fire retardant.

It's not that it's toxic, just that the fibers like to implant themselves into your lung tissue. Fun stuff.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 17 September 2014, 14:16:38
I'm no doctor, but I think you will be fine. Do you really think they would allows high school students to use deadly chemicals?

No but they might of built the school out of it :x

Asbestos don't know how it is over there but here nearly every old building has a ton of it :/
We did asbestos removal at my last job! Fun times.

:/ Not done it myself but my father does it fairly often, its horrible to think what could happen if he where to forget one day to wear his mask for even a moment

You mean like how asbestos miners who work in the bestowals mines for 20 years and live trouble free to old age ?(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/embarrassed2-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862502)
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: fohat.digs on Wed, 17 September 2014, 15:08:37
and they did it only as a fire retardant.

Asbestos was a very popular substance in the first half of the 20th century. Asbestos siding was very popular on lower-end homes until well after WW2.

It was a great material except for the fact that it was somewhat brittle.

The problem only appears when it is ground into dust and breathed.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: Findecanor on Wed, 17 September 2014, 17:02:01
If you drop some chlorine bleach into the ammonia and inhale those fumes, then you are probably going to die. That is ridiculously toxic.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: Puddsy on Wed, 17 September 2014, 17:03:26
you're an idiot, but you'll probably be fine if it was only a little.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: frosty on Wed, 17 September 2014, 18:01:35

you're an idiot, but you'll probably be fine if it was only a little.

That's what I thought about myself too! I'm an idiot!
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: frosty on Wed, 17 September 2014, 18:02:13
Just woke up and found myself not mutated and still breathing. Well now...
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: mreverything on Wed, 17 September 2014, 18:04:17
I thought I was going to die when I got CO poisoning. I was too confused to go to the hospital. But I got out of my apt and went for a walk. A friend saw me. She said I looked insane. Glad to know you're not mutated or dead.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: frosty on Thu, 18 September 2014, 06:20:49
One day after ammonia ordeal, Frosty is alive. Yes. YES. :D
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: infiniti on Thu, 18 September 2014, 07:15:11
One day after ammonia ordeal, Frosty is alive. Yes. YES. :D

Congratulations frosty! :thumb:
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: Fire Brand on Thu, 18 September 2014, 07:41:56
I'm no doctor, but I think you will be fine. Do you really think they would allows high school students to use deadly chemicals?

No but they might of built the school out of it :x

Asbestos don't know how it is over there but here nearly every old building has a ton of it :/
We did asbestos removal at my last job! Fun times.

aesbestos isn't actually that toxic..  and they did it only as a fire retardant.

It's not that it's toxic, just that the fibers like to implant themselves into your lung tissue. Fun stuff.

Yes its not nice at all, but thats why they pay so much for people to remove or work with it as life expectancy is so low for people working with the stuff, I was more just making a point out of the fact a lot of old building have the stuff than saying it was toxic.
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: frosty on Thu, 18 September 2014, 07:43:48

One day after ammonia ordeal, Frosty is alive. Yes. YES. :D

Congratulations frosty! :thumb:
Much thanks! Now I'll bake a cake to celebrate.

*dies of food poisoning*
sigh nothing is safe in this world
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 18 September 2014, 15:15:17
What gets me is that you have a potentially serious health issue, and the first thing you do is post on a keyboard enthusiast forum.

That shows dedication :p
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: frosty on Thu, 18 September 2014, 17:06:08

What gets me is that you have a potentially serious health issue, and the first thing you do is post on a keyboard enthusiast forum.

That shows dedication :p
Now that you put it in this way, I feel kind of worried for myself too...
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: mreverything on Thu, 18 September 2014, 17:09:33

What gets me is that you have a potentially serious health issue, and the first thing you do is post on a keyboard enthusiast forum.

That shows dedication :p
Now that you put it in this way, I feel kind of worried for myself too...

Perhaps you need(ed) ... a therapist?
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: frosty on Thu, 18 September 2014, 17:42:16


What gets me is that you have a potentially serious health issue, and the first thing you do is post on a keyboard enthusiast forum.

That shows dedication :p
Now that you put it in this way, I feel kind of worried for myself too...

Perhaps you need(ed) ... a therapist?

Why do I need another therapist? Geekhack is doing a gr8 job! :)
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 18 September 2014, 19:12:28


What gets me is that you have a potentially serious health issue, and the first thing you do is post on a keyboard enthusiast forum.

That shows dedication :p
Now that you put it in this way, I feel kind of worried for myself too...

Perhaps you need(ed) ... a therapist?

Why do I need another therapist? Geekhack is doing a gr8 job! :)

There are people who take internet too seriously....
Title: Re: Am I going to die?
Post by: frosty on Thu, 18 September 2014, 20:57:10



What gets me is that you have a potentially serious health issue, and the first thing you do is post on a keyboard enthusiast forum.

That shows dedication :p
Now that you put it in this way, I feel kind of worried for myself too...

Perhaps you need(ed) ... a therapist?

Why do I need another therapist? Geekhack is doing a gr8 job! :)

There are people who take internet too seriously....

In this new world and age :-(