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Title: Breaking Needles?
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 13 March 2017, 04:09:52
Yo, haz ya'll seen Breaking Bad..


On my first full RE-watch here..


Just noticed,   the scene where this chick is about to shoot up..

Those are not the right needles..  totally wrong

They're way too thick,

---you can use it to reup an inkjet cartridge, But there's no way a needle that thick would work on your veins for drug use..


//Movie Mistakes.

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Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: YoungMichael88 on Mon, 13 March 2017, 04:22:11
I could see one of two reasons for this.
1) they didn't research this for accuracy
2) this needle can be seen easier on camera
Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 13 March 2017, 04:31:08
I could see one of two reasons for this.
1) they didn't research this for accuracy
2) this needle can be seen easier on camera

Yea... something along those lines,  but it was most likely just an off the shelf prop needle and they didn't think anyone would notice..


Of course.. Tp4 noticed..
Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 14 March 2017, 00:26:09
Feel so sorries for Gale

I mean. he's a criminal,  but a relatively honorable one..
Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: Elrick on Tue, 14 March 2017, 01:02:18
Just noticed,   the scene where this chick is about to shoot up..

Those are not the right needles..  totally wrong

They're way too thick,

---you can use it to reup an inkjet cartridge, But there's no way a needle that thick would work on your veins for drug use..


//Movie Mistakes.

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Needles that thick are usually easier to re-use over and over again.

Very easy to re-sharpen the tip on any whetstone and you tend to keep these needles far longer than the cheap use once and throw away crap.  First know what you are talking about before making spurious claims here. 

When these needles are carefully sharpened, you can pierce anyone's whole arm without them feeling it  8) .
Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 14 March 2017, 01:11:34

Wrong things
Ah no.. you typically shoot up into the afferent veins on the periphery,  you can't use a large needle for that.


There's also very little resharpening of needles going on in modern medicine, it's almost all one time use.
Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: fanpeople on Tue, 14 March 2017, 02:07:41

Wrong things
Ah no.. you typically shoot up into the afferent veins on the periphery,  you can't use a large needle for that.


There's also very little resharpening of needles going on in modern medicine, it's almost all one time use.

unless you are elrick, then you re-sharpen your harry sticks cuz u a cheap ****.
Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 14 March 2017, 02:09:14

Wrong things
Ah no.. you typically shoot up into the afferent veins on the periphery,  you can't use a large needle for that.


There's also very little resharpening of needles going on in modern medicine, it's almost all one time use.

unless you are elrick, then you re-sharpen your harry sticks cuz u a cheap ****.

He probably uses topre..

Topre people do weird stuff.. hahahahahahha
Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: fanpeople on Tue, 14 March 2017, 02:14:27

Wrong things
Ah no.. you typically shoot up into the afferent veins on the periphery,  you can't use a large needle for that.


There's also very little resharpening of needles going on in modern medicine, it's almost all one time use.

unless you are elrick, then you re-sharpen your harry sticks cuz u a cheap ****.

He probably uses topre..

Topre people do weird stuff.. hahahahahahha
:blank:
Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: ANightOnCloudNine on Tue, 14 March 2017, 06:20:47
tp, trust me those needles would be fine, they'd just hurt like a *****.
Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: fohat.digs on Tue, 14 March 2017, 07:39:28
I give blood at the Red Cross every few months. Those needles are seriously large!
Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 14 March 2017, 12:18:33
tp, trust me those needles would be fine, they'd just hurt like a *****.

I give blood at the Red Cross every few months. Those needles are seriously large!


that's different.. that's for getting stuff out of larger veins..

shooting up is typically putting stuff into smaller veins
Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: chyros on Tue, 14 March 2017, 14:45:15
Nope, those needles are actually a standard medical size.

We also use them in the lab for various purposes, but they're actually medical needles and syringes. We go through hundreds of them.
Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 14 March 2017, 14:50:08
Nope, those needles are actually a standard medical size.

We also use them in the lab for various purposes, but they're actually medical needles and syringes. We go through hundreds of them.

next time you do heroin,  try a 1.6mm needle,  see how well it works.

hahahahha

most of the superficial veins that these guys use are ~2-4mm diameter tops. so the IR is going to be much smaller..


Now you try to get  a 1.6mm tube in there..

Not to mention, the chronics have thinner, damaged, hardened veins..



In the movie, it wasn't some body builder with his giant varicose veins, it was this thin art school female..  no way that needle would work.  hahahahaha
Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: chyros on Tue, 14 March 2017, 19:14:45
Nope, those needles are actually a standard medical size.

We also use them in the lab for various purposes, but they're actually medical needles and syringes. We go through hundreds of them.

next time you do heroin,  try a 1.6mm needle,  see how well it works.

hahahahha

most of the superficial veins that these guys use are ~2-4mm diameter tops. so the IR is going to be much smaller..


Now you try to get  a 1.6mm tube in there..

Not to mention, the chronics have thinner, damaged, hardened veins..



In the movie, it wasn't some body builder with his giant varicose veins, it was this thin art school female..  no way that needle would work.  hahahahaha
Pretty sure it just looks thick in that shot.
Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: sth on Tue, 14 March 2017, 19:31:05
yeah most people try to get 30G or thinner insulin needles for that stuff.
Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: Elrick on Tue, 14 March 2017, 20:51:57
yeah most people try to get 30G or thinner insulin needles for that stuff.

29G is common here in Convict Town, for Type 1 Diabetics.

Although the maximum needle length is 12mm made only for specific Insulin Pens.
Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: Elrick on Tue, 14 March 2017, 20:55:33
unless you are elrick, then you re-sharpen your harry sticks cuz u a cheap ****.

Fvck-Off toadie, when you're out in the Desert all you've got is perhaps one needle left for your liquid gold, hence you are stuck with re-using it over and over again.

Use to keep lots of needles in various boxes around my place but they all eventually disappeared due to sticky fingered tossers pretending to drop by and talk, now of course everything is locked in metal storage boxes welded to the floor.
Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 14 March 2017, 21:02:33
unless you are elrick, then you re-sharpen your harry sticks cuz u a cheap ****.

Fvck-Off toadie, when you're out in the Desert all you've got is perhaps one needle left for your liquid gold, hence you are stuck with re-using it over and over again.

Use to keep lots of needles in various boxes around my place but they all eventually disappeared due to sticky fingered tossers pretending to drop by and talk, now of course everything is locked in metal storage boxes welded to the floor.

lots of australian terms we don't know..

please decode..
Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: fanpeople on Tue, 14 March 2017, 21:24:15
unless you are elrick, then you re-sharpen your harry sticks cuz u a cheap ****.

Fvck-Off toadie, when you're out in the Desert all you've got is perhaps one needle left for your liquid gold, hence you are stuck with re-using it over and over again.

Use to keep lots of needles in various boxes around my place but they all eventually disappeared due to sticky fingered tossers pretending to drop by and talk, now of course everything is locked in metal storage boxes welded to the floor.

lots of australian terms we don't know..

please decode..

tranalation....

Hi my names elrick and im an old fella that lives in the middle of no where.  I have a fetish for small metal objects kinda like my magpie named harry.
Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 March 2017, 01:50:01

tranalation....

Hi my names elrick and im an old fella that lives in the middle of no where.  I have a fetish for small metal objects kinda like my magpie named harry.


I keep forgetting people can own birds.. hahahaha..

It seems so cruel to fundamentally clip them of their wings by stuffing them in a cage.

Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: cribbit on Wed, 15 March 2017, 17:05:38
Unrelated, but it's interesting trying to figure out what makes me squeamish. Gore? No problem. Actually being stuck with a needle? No problem. Dismemberment? No problem. Picture of someone holding up a needle? Ugh /stomach flip. Human psyche is weird...
Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: digi on Wed, 15 March 2017, 21:57:36
Never argue about hypodermic needles with Elrick, he has WAY more experience than anyone here..
Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 15 March 2017, 22:54:24
Never argue about hypodermic needles with Elrick, he has WAY more experience than anyone here..

Is he Heisenberg?
Title: Re: Breaking Needles?
Post by: digi on Wed, 15 March 2017, 23:05:37
Never argue about hypodermic needles with Elrick, he has WAY more experience than anyone here..

Is he Heisenberg?

I had to Google that, and yes.