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TinSandwich - 21-6-2016 at 09:58

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdTUvevbKAQ

This (extremely famous) guy makes NI3, the procedure itself is not completely absurd, but you gotta love how he sets it off while his hand is barely 10cm away with no gloves at 0:24. The comment section is filled with people with no chemical experience wanting to blow themselves up, and that's what really unsettles me about this video: this guy has 5 million subs and goes from "how to float coins on water" to "high explosives: fun for all the family". I guess it's not the worst video on this thread but the comment section really pissed me off.

[Edited on 21-6-2016 by TinSandwich]

morganbw - 21-6-2016 at 10:44

All right guys, we may need a reality check here. All videos are not aimed at the general public. I mean crap, is your momma or the local farmer going to watch this? There is a lot of satire presented among these videos and anyone who watches them is probably not from the average melt.

I think that most poor safety measures and poor lab techniques were intentional. Remember please, that this is not kindergarden class. I saw many fun videos in this thread. Most were akin of, hey hold my beer and watch this.

NedsHead - 23-6-2016 at 06:49

Some poor safety measures in a school lab, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbbgf4c10Q4

The Volatile Chemist - 23-6-2016 at 11:23

Quote: Originally posted by NedsHead  
Some poor safety measures in a school lab, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbbgf4c10Q4

Wow, that really is bad. Not that I haven't done terrible stuff in the school lab for the heck of it, like get caught picking up a lump of a chemical to put in a test tube with my fingers (It was just a sodium hydrogen phosphate, though I suppose it wasn't proper).
But if the girl who's in the video likes chemistry, good for her.

NEMO-Chemistry - 10-7-2016 at 17:32

Sorry if this has been posted before, i havnt had a chance to look at all the vids. I was looking for videos on plating Lead Dioxide on graphite, i found a couple and decided to look at some the other vids the people had done.

My reasoning was if their channel was generally good then the anode video should be ok.

Anyway on this guys channel he has a video of Acetone Peroxide........In a glass vial THROWN onto a fire pit! If you look at the video carefully the fence makes me think he has neighbors, at 1:26 is my fave bit, the guy says " and glass shards are thrown everywhere!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6Nyq5gILTE

Found another, no wonder people call for home chemistry to be banned. When you see stuff like this its hard to argue with them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwhhnGNBSCQ

[Edited on 11-7-2016 by NEMO-Chemistry]

carrant - 13-8-2016 at 23:42

This video starts out with a disclaimer about simulated activities.

Max Protection - Drinking Acid

Then the real fun beings after a coating of his magic elixir he dips his hand in HF and then for the finale - drinking HF.

XeonTheMGPony - 14-8-2016 at 16:13

Quote: Originally posted by NEMO-Chemistry  
Sorry if this has been posted before, i havnt had a chance to look at all the vids. I was looking for videos on plating Lead Dioxide on graphite, i found a couple and decided to look at some the other vids the people had done.

My reasoning was if their channel was generally good then the anode video should be ok.

Anyway on this guys channel he has a video of Acetone Peroxide........In a glass vial THROWN onto a fire pit! If you look at the video carefully the fence makes me think he has neighbors, at 1:26 is my fave bit, the guy says " and glass shards are thrown everywhere!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6Nyq5gILTE

Found another, no wonder people call for home chemistry to be banned. When you see stuff like this its hard to argue with them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwhhnGNBSCQ

[Edited on 11-7-2016 by NEMO-Chemistry]


DARWIN NOMINATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what a soding retard he was well in the danger zone too. Some people truly deserve what they get and he will be one of them.

j_sum1 - 14-8-2016 at 18:02

Quote: Originally posted by carrant  
This video starts out with a disclaimer about simulated activities.

Max Protection - Drinking Acid

Then the real fun beings after a coating of his magic elixir he dips his hand in HF and then for the finale - drinking HF.


I don't get it. He gloves up and wears glasses. But then drinks it.
Obviously a simulation. But irresponsible in the extreme.
What an absolute plonker!

Velzee - 17-8-2016 at 15:15

Just found this...this person has almost no regard for their or the people around them's lives:

https://youtu.be/K5NuqpdYDhE

EDIT: Oh...I read the comment section and realized that the video was made by a SM who is deceased.... Forgive me..

[Edited on 8/17/2016 by Velzee]

j_sum1 - 9-9-2016 at 20:03

Ok. It's not dreadful. The idea is there and at least the professor is trying to spice up his undergrad chem lessons.
And admittedly this is not an official video -- just a bystander with a phone. So I guess I am commenting on the demonstration more than the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHKC8STAf6E

But i just can't get past (a) how poor the communication is. You just can't hear much of what is being said and I really question its educational value. And (b) how much it would cost for a demonstration of this scale. I think a smaller scale in the lecture theatre projected up o a screen would have presented the concept far better.

Morgan - 10-9-2016 at 05:33

Seems like there was a possibility some of the secondary fragments of metal might have alighted on a spectator. When about 15, I cut a piece of sodium and then squirted it with the hose whereupon it exploded and some of the metal landed inside my dad's boat that was on a trailer in the driveway, a few little beads of fire burning one of the seats and floor. Not too smart. I had seen a few bits of metal on fire in the grass after the bang and wondered if any landed in the boat so I stood on the side of the trailer in order to see inside the boat and sure enough more fire beads.

[Edited on 10-9-2016 by Morgan]

j_sum1 - 1-11-2016 at 23:04

(Probably) scary stuff. But no explanation whatsoever. Poor lighting and camera work so bad that you can't even tell what you are looking at.
It is a shame because it is not something that many get to see and it should be really interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTRBuZC8JDI

TheNerdyFarmer - 2-11-2016 at 14:50



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bryp1A-X5_s

Came to the way wrong conclusion.
Even TRANSLATED!!!
Just watch and be amazed!

ficolas - 2-11-2016 at 15:10

Quote: Originally posted by j_sum1  
(Probably) scary stuff. But no explanation whatsoever. Poor lighting and camera work so bad that you can't even tell what you are looking at.
It is a shame because it is not something that many get to see and it should be really interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTRBuZC8JDI


Cant tell if that is a very dirty schweizer reagent or it really is a super acid.

j_sum1 - 2-11-2016 at 15:28

Quote: Originally posted by TheNerdyFarmer  


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bryp1A-X5_s

Came to the way wrong conclusion.
Even TRANSLATED!!!
Just watch and be amazed!


I am amazed! That was hilarious. (Can't stop laughing.)

CuReUS - 3-11-2016 at 04:11

Quote: Originally posted by ficolas  
Quote: Originally posted by j_sum1  
(Probably) scary stuff. But no explanation whatsoever. Poor lighting and camera work so bad that you can't even tell what you are looking at.
It is a shame because it is not something that many get to see and it should be really interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTRBuZC8JDI


Cant tell if that is a very dirty schweizer reagent or it really is a super acid.

looks he just made some nitric acid(reddish-brown fumes),following the first method of nurd rage from his nitric acid guide..Notice how green the solution is.Also you can tell HCl was used instead of H2SO4 because the latter would have charred the tissue paper.
https://youtu.be/2yE7v4wkuZU?t=30

what happens when you choose the wrong extinguisher for a chemical fire-https://youtu.be/RcIMuoUcc1s?t=374

[Edited on 3-11-2016 by CuReUS]

XeonTheMGPony - 3-11-2016 at 08:29

who let those clowns near chemicals and air rifles?

CuReUS - 17-11-2016 at 01:04

another crazy video.His hand got "reduced" to nothing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESqE1gTvtTQ
moral of the story - don't play with chemicals you can't pronounce

j_sum1 - 17-11-2016 at 02:03

Quote: Originally posted by CuReUS  
another crazy video.His hand got "reduced" to nothing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESqE1gTvtTQ
moral of the story - don't play with chemicals you can't pronounce


Yeowch!! That is stunningly bad.
Just ... there are no words.

wg48 - 17-11-2016 at 02:36

Quote: Originally posted by CuReUS  
another crazy video.His hand got "reduced" to nothing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESqE1gTvtTQ
moral of the story - don't play with chemicals you can't pronounce


Ouch^2 That just encourages nanny laws. Its reminiscent of watching one guy I know using power tools. Surprisingly he has only hacked up his hand once but then he does not use them very often.

mayko - 17-11-2016 at 19:36

The wildest thing to me was the idea that it's hydrochloric acid that's precious and not to be wasted, rather than borohydride.

CharlieA - 18-11-2016 at 17:52

Quote: Originally posted by j_sum1  
Quote: Originally posted by TheNerdyFarmer  


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bryp1A-X5_s

Came to the way wrong conclusion.
Even TRANSLATED!!!
Just watch and be amazed!


I am amazed! That was hilarious. (Can't stop laughing.)


I think the Category (Comedy) says it all! This video should probably been posted on April 1.:D

Jstuyfzand - 19-11-2016 at 12:47

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEC64Bqeajs&index=47&...

The guy almost got sodium in his eye, lucky to have glasses.

Fidelmios - 29-11-2016 at 14:55

The guy named Cody had a video where he drank cyanide, it was actually pretty cool!

XeonTheMGPony - 29-11-2016 at 17:28

Quote: Originally posted by Fidelmios  
The guy named Cody had a video where he drank cyanide, it was actually pretty cool!


Poison is in the dose so what he did was perfectly safe as he explained!

Fidelmios - 4-2-2017 at 00:07

Quote: Originally posted by XeonTheMGPony  
Quote: Originally posted by Fidelmios  
The guy named Cody had a video where he drank cyanide, it was actually pretty cool!


Poison is in the dose so what he did was perfectly safe as he explained!



I know, I just thought I'd share!

JJay - 25-5-2017 at 10:53

This one is pretty bad, but I still have a lot of footage to edit and post, and I'm going to try to make some better ones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMKKdWsgjgI

Charlemagne - 26-5-2017 at 19:20

Quote: Originally posted by Fidelmios  
Quote: Originally posted by XeonTheMGPony  
Quote: Originally posted by Fidelmios  
The guy named Cody had a video where he drank cyanide, it was actually pretty cool!


Poison is in the dose so what he did was perfectly safe as he explained!



I know, I just thought I'd share!


I have mixed feelings about Cody. On one hand, his content is a hell of a lot better than most other "science" channels of that size (>1 mil subscribers), he seems very knowledgeable on chemistry for someone without formal education, and most of the stuff is very interesting and explained pretty well. I'd say over 90% of his videos have nothing dangerous in them, and even most of the somewhat dangerous ones seem more dangerous than they are (there's no way one sip from a glass of water with 15 mg of sodium cyanide will kill or seriously harm a 100 kg person). On the other hand... a few times he's done some insanely dangerous stuff. The video where he put sodium in a toilet was somewhat dangerous, but that pales in comparison to some other stuff he's done. The two worst ones that I can remember off the top of my head was him having an unplanned release of chlorine from a propane tank full of it in a shed when he was younger (he talked about it in a Q&A video) and a video where he bit sodium metal. If he had fucked up and a substantial amount of spit got on it, he likely could have died or been severely injured. If he had worse luck, he could have easily gone the way of Mywfany. Still, he's done some pretty amazing stuff (he made a gram or so of fairly pure heavy water and made large amounts of sodium and cesium metal without electrolysis months before Nurdrage, though it was a different method and required a furnace). If he was better on the safety aspect of his videos, he'd be on the same level as Nile red and Nurdrage. He's still good enough that I regularly watch him, though I don't know a huge amount about amateur chemistry and wouldn't do many of his experiments even if I had the necessary equipment.

Foeskes - 30-6-2017 at 22:57

https://youtu.be/5uZwYg4W7JE
Some guys with little knowledge messing with HF and HNO3

CuReUS - 11-8-2018 at 02:00

hilarious video,almost replicated the hindenburg :D https://youtu.be/2-eMOCMDQj8?t=248
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