My Mind Exploded Onto The Internet

Hi, I'm Gnot. almost any pronouns. Black Lives Matter, ALWAYS. me: stoic, grey-aroace, bi/ply/pan, autistic, bigenderqueer, trans, polyam, parent, chronic pain sufferer, born 1989, UK based, white, perisex. Lover of orange. Big light hater. I have a strong sense of identity and it's something to do with spreadsheets :: Icon by "fennethianell" :: ~ Art Blog = @gnot-art ~

[natsumipocket]

Blue collection by Daniel Romero

[gnotknormal]

this post is too long but I will consume 400 other posts that take up far more space than the long post.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[digitaldiscipline]

This is the 85 year old creator of Roger Rabbit:

[gnotknormal]

I guess on Tuesday I ask my therapist how I do let the stress pass through my body and let it go when every five minutes I'm reminded I'm about to be homeless 🥲

[wiisagi-maiingan]

[gnotknormal]

Robbie Williams Angels + Sephiroth compilation AMV

[orpheusilver]

peeling those sour rainbow gummy strips into long thin strings and putting them into cheap energy drink to create something im calling battery acid spaghetti will update once ive finished it

[orpheusilver]

dont do this

[babblingbranches]

[cryptcollector]

I really hope its not too bad bc i actually love both components.

[cryptcollector]

it forms a dry skin at the top made of the sour pellets. not a great start.

[cryptcollector]

tastes really good actually. i also feel like i am about to explode.

[cryptcollector]

do not do this.

[jenjensd]

Unanimous consensus: Do not do this

Other people: Hold on I’m about to do this

[jenjensd]

[beeceit-deactivatingsoon-deacti]

Rip to y'all, but I'm built different. Trying this tonight

[beeceit-deactivatingsoon-deacti]

Best I can do with what I have (I'm at work rn)

[beeceit-deactivatingsoon-deacti]

Oh that is a... fascinating smell

[beeceit-deactivatingsoon-deacti]

Don't do this

[ab-arts]

Alright now I’m curious

[ab-arts]

Didn't have strips so I made what I call battery acid cereal

[ab-arts]

Don't do this

[skelpiescool-deactivated2025071]

im gonna do it

[bisexualjeans]

someone tell me what happened to them a couple days after consuming this if it didn’t kill you

[greg-jar-mp3]

Science side of tumblr please explain

[the-composite-doll]

So on another reblog chain it was explained by @rosespirit, their explanation below

I keep seeing this post going around so, for folks who want to know why not, here’s a chemist’s hypothesis:

-Human saliva has an average pH of ~6.7 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3800408/), which is pretty neutral.

-Monster energy has a pH of ~2.7 (https://patientconnect365.com/DentalHealthTopics/Article/Energy_Drinks_and_Your_Teeth_Should_You_Worry), which is quite acidic but not dangerous, except to your tooth enamel if consumed in large quantities.

-Rainbow sour belts contain malic acid (a common food additive as a potent acidifier and sour-flavor agent), citric acid (another common sour flavoring in pretty much everything) as well as ascorbic acid (aka vitamin C, used here mainly as a preservative). (https://candypros.com/products/sour-belts-bulk-rainbow)

-All of these acids when added to water would normally release their protons (H+ ions), thereby making the water solution more acidic. However, a chemical constant of these acids called the acid dissociation constant (pKa for short) indicates the pH of a solution at which acids are most likely to keep or release their protons. The pKa’s* of these acids are higher (3.4, 3.1, and 4.2 for malic, citric, and ascorbic acids respectively) than the pH of the solution (2.7), which essentially means that the acids can’t release their protons and all that acidic potential is trapped in the solid formulation of the candy.

-There’s also some evidence that sugar decreases the solubility of acids in water solutions (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3411471/ only sorbic acid is discussed here but it’s relatively structurally similar to the acids in discussion). The undoubtedly high sugar content of both the Monster and the candy therefore may contribute to the accounts of the sour crystals bubbling/floating on top of the solution instead of dissolving.

-Malic acid in particular is notorious for causing mouth irritation when eaten in high quantities.

-Thus, I can imagine that upon consuming the battery acid spaghetti, not only is the mix itself quite potently sweet/sour, but also the solid malic acid coming into direct contact with your mouth quickly becomes painful, and as the solution mixes with your (pH neutral) saliva the trapped acidity of the malic/citric/ascorbic acids is dumped into your mouth and esophagus, creating a sensation that I can only imagine is similar to consuming actual battery acid (pH = 0.8).

(*Each of these acids actually has multiple pKa’s corresponding to number of protons they’re able to donate, but really only the lowest pKa is useful here since once that one dissociates then all of the other ones are already dissociated too.)

[anais-ninja-bitch]

okay, but what if you add vodka?

[melgillman]

Here’s the new 24 hour comic I drew this year!  This one is called THE KING’S FOREST.  cw: blood, violence

[rayj4ck]

How the fuck did you make that last panel say so many things without using any words at all that’s so fucking cool.

[beemovieerotica]

someone on reddit shared texts of her and her husband's exclusive english dialect and it's beautiful

[beemovieerotica]

a linguist is analyzing it

[maidthings]

no one is worth not transitioning over

[gnotknormal]

especially not your dad

[noctumsolis]

People are so fucking annoying. Seemingly incapable of imagining things changing in any way, no matter how much change they've witnessed before.

Use your fucking imaginations you infuriating conservative-minded arseholes

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

[zigdirty]

We're not leaving this gem to languish in the comments:

[eroscestlavie]

Why am I finding out just today that Salvador Dali designed the Chupa Chups logo

[eroscestlavie]

????

[eroscestlavie]

Hey. What

[trash-slvt]

"relax. sucking does not kill" would make for a fun shirt

[villainessbian]

I'm sorry chupa chups I didn't know your game

[jabberding0]

Yuantong Link Chain

[snazzy-hats-and-adhd]

The space between manipulations. The necessary alternation to avoid twist. The metal shavings covering absolutely everything.

10/10 taking that machine apart and putting it back together would be a religious experience.

[tomgirlhysteria-deactivated2023]

why did he say this

[skluug]

happy we’re just normal men wednesday

[supergameboytwo]

IT IS LITERALLY MONDAY

[maskeraith]

happy we’re just normal men wednesday monday

[swarnpert]

yknow if you think about it the legendary bird trio represents making a chicken dinner

[swarnpert]

articuno represents the frozen chicken breasts you have in your fridge. zapdos represents the electricity used to power the oven to cook the chicken. and then moltres is the hot chicken you pull out of the oven to eat