this post was submitted on 17 Jan 2025
59 points (96.8% liked)

science

15211 readers
1128 users here now

A community to post scientific articles, news, and civil discussion.

rule #1: be kind

<--- rules currently under construction, see current pinned post.

2024-11-11

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Fun fact: Xenon gas gets you super high. It’s like nitrous they give you at the dentist, but stronger. Nobody knows why. It’s not commonly known/used because it costs like 100x of nitrous and is more complicated to get

[–] cm0002 5 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I was curious if Amazon had Xenon gas because that would have been hilarious. Except for element samples, they don't

But

I could buy a big ass tank of nitrogen if I wanted LMAO

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Only $420. Nice

[–] Buddahriffic 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Note that nitrogen isn't the one that gets you high, it's nitrous oxide.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Shhhhh, don't stop the science from discovering new means.

[–] Buddahriffic 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

We breathe about 76% nitrogen with every breath. Though who knows, maybe we are high on nitrogen 24/7.

Edit: 76% not 26% lol

[–] Revonult 2 points 7 hours ago

Why would Xenon get you high? It's a Nobel gas and should not have any chemical interaction with your body. Maybe by cutting off your oxygen supply but that isn't how Nitrous works.