<p>anyone ever knock themselves out/get knocked out by chloroform. I wanna do it for the experience, but how dangerous is it, how long do you stay knocked how, how is it when you are conscious again. i think it’d be a cool college essay and a worthwhile experience.</p>
<p>i think you would come across as a borderline lunatic with an essay like that. why would you ever want to be knocked out by chloroform? all i know is it works for big animals…lol.</p>
<p>well, we were watching tale of two cities in class and i got the idea. i am a bit of a loon…i just think it would be cool to just instantly pass out…</p>
<p>I think your nutz. literally!</p>
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I think there are consequences to that (like loss of memory, balance, etc). It works on humans, but I wouldn’t recommend trying it.</p>
<p>the white dude above my right shoulder says: do it, i couldn’t have cared less
the black one on the left says: you shouldn’t you’ll hurt yourself</p>
<p>Well if you die, don’t say we didn’t warn you.</p>
<p>I nearly suffocated myself breathing ammonia at close range, as a mistake-it was 15 M concentration and was very powerful. Breathing KOH gas was even worse.</p>
<p>I heard breathing helium can make your voice change. Has anyone ever tried it?</p>
<p>Yes it can, but Ive only watched other people try it. I dont think its too dangerous though.</p>
<p>though in the Flinn chemical catalogue it did say (under Helium) something like ‘we are aware that students would try breathing in helium but the practice is strongly discouraged’</p>
<p>Yes, I have-it does, and shortens your vocal cords. Breathing Xe makes your voice very deep in contrast; it is molecular weight that is the factor.</p>
<p>So if youre a boy and want to pretend to be a girl on the phone, inhale large quantities of He. If youre a girl and want to pretend to be a boy, inhale lots of Xe. :)</p>
<p>Yes, but don’t kill yourself-0.01 mol Xe should do the trick, because I doubt one could take in 22 L of Xe at once.</p>
<p>What if you breathed in both He and Xe at the same time? Would your voice stay the same?</p>
<p>wouldn’t that be like stepping on the gas and brake pedals at the same time? or drinking and smoking at the same time?</p>
<p>= not fun</p>
<p>No, your voice would be deepened depending on how many moles of gas you inhaled of each. Besides, the equilibrium would be shifted to Xe.</p>
<p>A friend of mine threatened to cholorform me about 2 weeks ago. But it wasn’t really that scary because 1) he’s really nice and 2) it was to later hynotize me to be in Disco next year for speech. But I was still like W T F?</p>
<p>Does Xe really lower your voice? That’s sweet. He is fun :)</p>
<p>Maybe hell jump up behind you and chloroform you, and then kidnap you. ;)</p>
<p>omg, breathing helium, yes it makes ur voice change. it makes it go kind of high and squeaky. i dont reccomend u trying it because it can lose u brain cells. helium breathing was pretty popular at bat mitzvahs that i attended due to the numerous balloons around. i was too scared to try, so i just watched my friends in disbelief as they sucked in the balloons, despite the brain-cells warning, and talk to each other. i admit that their voices were pretty funny though.</p>
<p>i dont exactly think passing out will be a good thing…im pretty sure there is something bad. besides, i doubt fainting will be as nice as in the movies, when it seems so romantic. who knows what might happen. its a risk, so dont try it.</p>