Guest at rental home left 45 cans of nitrous oxide aka whippets

[u/NaomiAriel7930]

Yes, our entire home was also trashed. Booking was for 1 person but it looks like an unauthorised/undisclosed party was thrown at our home. It’s easy to dispose these cans at a designated hazardous waste facility but it’s also a hassle to haul them across town… oh well 🤷🏻‍♀️

[u/DrB00]

Are they dead?

[u/corpsegrinding → u/DrB00]

Soon if they keep doing that shit.

[u/gattovatto → u/corpsegrinding]

Yep. My best friend in college died from whippits in 2012. Im still mad at him for making that decision.

Edit: thank you everyone for your kind words and I’m sorry that some of you had similar experiences.

To the people calling me a liar, I truly hope you don’t go through something similar.

[u/tookiemon → u/gattovatto]

Yeah i had a friend like that aswell, he isnt dead but just completely fried his brain, nothing that comes out of his mouth makes any sense anymore, its like talking to a 3 year old.

[u/Altruistic_Repair_19 → u/tookiemon]

Same.. my long time friend started sending everyone in his phone contacts bizarre ass texts at all hours of the day. Found out from his other drug buddies it was a huge whippet problem.

[u/ChirpinFromTheBench → u/tookiemon]

I have a boss like that.

[u/Altruistic_Gene7026 → u/ChirpinFromTheBench]

Me too 😭 My boss doesn't do drugs though

[u/LucyBallistic → u/gattovatto]

Lost a sibling. Took about a year in total for it to destroy every organ. It’s awful.

[u/ermaecrhaelld → u/LucyBallistic]

Ugh watching a sibling’s body breaking down in real time is so hard. After my brother died from drug-related heart failure, I had to clean out his room. I found teeth everywhere. It was so fucking sad.

[u/LucyBallistic → u/ermaecrhaelld]

I had to go through all of her stuff. She had 5 cats and a dog and 100s of keyboard air dusters in her apt. We lost count after 100 and just kept cleaning them up. Everything smelled like shit and cat piss. When they took her in she had burns all over her body because the cans would get so cold after being used so much and then she would pass out and the cans would burn her skin. It’s hard to watch and as a sibling I lacked empathy when it mattered the most. I was angry and resentful that she couldn’t get it together and I was too young to really know how to support her. Not sure that it would have mattered, it was fast like I said. I know crack heads that have used their whole lives and are in their 50s or even older. It’s insane how much worse this is and no one even knows it.

[u/ermaecrhaelld → u/LucyBallistic]

The conversation about drugs is focused on the wrong talking points. It’s so punitive and seen as a moral failure, when it’s really a reflection of the state of mental health in our country. We aren’t addressing it correctly. I’m so sorry that happened to you. I was 32 (brother was 30) when my brother died and I wasn’t able to have any empathy by the end either and it’s taken a lot of therapy to forgive myself for never giving a last hug, or an I love you text. I thought of all these different pivotal moments when I could have tried something different. Drug addiction hurts the whole family. But the simple fact is addiction is a disease. Some people can fight it off and recover. Some people sadly don’t. I wouldn’t blame myself for not curing my brother’s cancer. I can’t blame myself for this either. And neither can you. Again, I’m so sorry. Life changes forever after loss like that. Everything is measured in ‘before’ and ‘after.’

Be kind to yourself, please.

[u/Unable-Proof1758 → u/LucyBallistic]

I’m sure you have been told this a million times, but there is truly nothing you can do if they are not looking to change themselves. Don’t beat yourself up over it to much. The only silver lining about with how bad the overall addiction issues in the world have become is the broader understanding and empathy for those affected.

If you have never been to an Alanon meeting I would suggest going just to hear other people’s stories. It’s for families/ friends of addicts.

[u/Accomplished_Sign823 → u/ermaecrhaelld]

Teeth??

[u/Dakota6663 → u/Accomplished_Sign823]

Teeth.

[u/Gustomaximus → u/gattovatto]

Sorry about your friend. Had the same this year with my mate. Fucked up. Of all the things someone can get addicted to I'd never have thought nitrous would be the problem it can be.

[u/HRUndercover222 → u/Gustomaximus]

Occasionally happens in dentistry also.

[u/Small-Construction30 → u/HRUndercover222]

I had a dentist i went to as a kid that did it. Found out years later when I went to a different dentist. One of his old receptionists was working at the new dentist. Explains why he screwed up my teeth so bad in 3 years.

[u/itjustgotcold → u/gattovatto]

My buddy died in 2008 from Xanax and methadone. My dad, who never did a drug in his life, told me “The only mistake your friend made was trying the drug. Once the addiction took hold he didn’t have much of a choice.” Your buddy made a terrible decision, but it was the addiction that killed him.

[u/Vegetable-Room2279 → u/itjustgotcold]

Normally opioids make me sick but after a surgery I was given anti nausea meds with the painkillers. Took them and felt a little of the euphoria I assumed people who are addicted feel. Immediately returned it to the pharmacy because it scared the shit out of me.

[u/outer--monologue → u/gattovatto]

Of all the emotions surrounding grief, anger is the least talked about. My friend died because he was drunk driving. Silver lining it was a single car crash, just him. But my first reaction hearing it was just anger. Was just so stupid and selfish.

[u/Vegetable-Room2279 → u/outer--monologue]

Best friend died from heroin overdose a couple years ago. He had been clean for a couple of years then started up again and hid it. Incredibly smart man on paper (career, law degree, all that) and in general.

It’s hard when you think what you’d say to them, and all that comes out is “you fucking idiot. I love you, but I’m so angry with you”.

[u/Whosiwhatsitt → u/outer--monologue]

Sadness is very commonly expressed as anger but for me the reversal is also true. I do not like expressing (or suppressing) anger so it is not uncommon for it to erupt from me through tears and sobs.

[u/Worth-Club2637 → u/Whosiwhatsitt]

Yep, my buddy died in a drunk driving accident (his fault) and seriously injured one of our other friends. Im was sad as hell but showed it as anger cause how the fuck are you gonna be 3 years clean from heroin and then drunk drive yourself into an early grave at 23

[u/Butthole__Pleasures → u/gattovatto]

Yeah someone in my family died from it, too. I was pissed when I figured it out because they were pretty good at hiding it.

[u/captainchristianwtf → u/[deleted]]

You can absolutely die or have permanent nervous system damage from Nitrous, it strips B12 from your body and can easily cause hypoxia on top of potential harm from people falling over while on it. I'm all about shit in moderation but it's silly to think that it's some harmless thing

[u/outer--monologue → u/captainchristianwtf]

My friend did it out back at a party while sitting with their feet in a pool away from the rest of the party. They found him dead because he passed out and drowned in the water

[u/genreprank → u/outer--monologue]

What I've heard is never do them alone due to suffocation risks

[u/NiSiSuinegEht → u/genreprank]

A friend found his dead brother when he was 12.

He'd been huffing the kind of canned air duster that got banned back in the 90s, passed out, got wedged between the bed and the wall, and suffocated.

[u/Wreckless711 → u/NiSiSuinegEht]

Positional asphyxiation might be my biggest fear.

[u/Bennington_Booyah → u/captainchristianwtf]

That is fact. There is a young guy in a town over from me. He was a huge guy, football player and everybody liked him. He got into whippets and dialed in to the extent that he, while still alive and ambulatory, is a functional vegetable. He needs two people with him at all times. The last time I saw him, I was floored to see just how bad he is. He is in effect functionally braindead. Think zombie. His eyes haunt me to this day.

[u/ShockWorried3040 → u/Bennington_Booyah]

My dad almost died from this about 5 years ago.

I was staying at his house for the weekend while passing through on a trip. I could hear him using them in his room… over and over. I tried to talk to him about it, and he was pissed. He and I both cried when he apologized the next day.

ONE WEEK LATER, he wasn’t responding to anyone, which was odd, given his favorite football team was playing. His gf went to his house and found it flooded, with him in the fetal position in the shower, unable to move. Evidence of him throwing up blood throughout the house.

I had to make an emergency trip to his city to authorize a brain surgery to save his life. He was on a ventilator, and it was one of the most traumatic experiences of my life, not knowing if he was going to live or die.

It’s insane because I remember thinking to myself “at least he’s not doing pills anymore.” I didn’t realize whippets are (arguably) worse. He’s sober now 5 years later, but he is absolutely not the same person at all that he was before it happened. He absolutely has permanent brain damage that has altered his life as he knew it.

Sorry for the novel. I’ve never really talked about it before and it’s such a sensitive topic for me even still.

[u/Vinyasa_Veritas → u/ShockWorried3040]

i'm sorry for this, it sounds really painful my friend. hope you can find more ways to share or process this. virtual hugs from an internet stranger.

[u/NoodleSchmoodle → u/ShockWorried3040]

My ex had temporary amnesia from this shit. And multiple strokes. Now he’s killed his relationship with our daughter and can’t walk without a cane. He will be 55 in November. This shit absolutely ruins lives.

[u/OrangeCountyCAKink → u/ShockWorried3040]

Don’t be sorry. You may save someone’s life with this story.

[u/GravitatingGravity → u/ShockWorried3040]

I’m sorry you had to go through that. I’m glad you got it off your chest also.

[u/persuadedbypurses → u/ShockWorried3040]

I’m so sorry you had to experience this! This is extremely traumatic. I hope you have a good support system.

[u/SSOMGDSJD → u/captainchristianwtf]

Not quite strips. It converts the b12 in your body to an inactive form, so even if you're getting enough b12 in your diet, you can still be deficient in the functional form if youre doing whippits frequently

[u/SL4YER4200 → u/captainchristianwtf]

Wow, i didnt know that about the B12. I guess thats why the whippit kids are always drinking Monster energy drinks.

[u/captainchristianwtf → u/SL4YER4200]

They can drink as much as they want, Nitrous makes your body unable to absorb/use it. Similar to alcohol, but anecdotally N2O does it a lot faster

[u/petrichorax → u/captainchristianwtf]

Yeah. You have to cessate for it to recover, can't just cancel it out with taking B12.

However, before anyone gets terrified of trying the occaisional 'happy ballooon' in thailand or vietnam, you need to do this ALL THE TIME over a LONG PERIOD for it to be dangerous. And it can be extremely dangerous but you need to be a heavy habitual user. The danger is accumulatory and there's a point where damage starts to set in. It's not permanent damage with your first balloon. You need to be a heavy, sustained user

The odd balloon party is mostly harmless (falling over and hitting your head risk, so do it seated). Your dentist visit with laughing gas (same exact drug) is harmless.

[u/captainchristianwtf → u/petrichorax]

I agree with you. But an important note about the dentist is that they cut the N2O with oxygen, which is safer from a hypoxia standpoint

[u/Nakorite → u/petrichorax]

Yup the people who have been seriously injured were taking insane amounts the stuff. Like 200+ hits a night for weeks on end etc. you almost need to do it deliberately.

[u/DogsDucks → u/captainchristianwtf]

I went into a rabbit hole about this, and it isn’t necessarily that the substance itself is terrible for your body, it’s more about the other things going on and the lifestyle that addiction to it lassos you into.

You have to do an incredibly massive amount for a very long time for the vitamin B12 deficiency to actually cause severe damage.

There is an herb-type store that sells incense and they have like, kava and stuff near us, and they sell it.

The guy that works, there is awesome, and I talk to him sometimes.

One time I was getting some relaxation tea for my husband and a lady burst through the door and cut in front of me demanding a nitrous refill thing.

He let her in front of me and sold it to her very fast and she burst back out the door.

He said that she was spending hundreds of dollars a day there on nitrous, she has had serious trauma and other issues, and at this point it was the lesser of evils. Her family was helping support it while also trying to get her psychological help.

I mean how much is $200 a day over many years? That’s a lot.

So I actually ran into him and asked about her recently. She had a stroke while she was driving and died. I don’t know which one of those things killed her, and I don’t believe anyone else was hurt thank God.

But it’s a sad story, it’s just a lifestyle where, if you’re doing that much of it, there’s very likely lots of other things going on too.

[u/petrichorax → u/DogsDucks]

If she's slamming a can every day that's almost certainly what gave her a stroke. Sustained heavy use is a death sentence.

[u/Shark7996 → u/DogsDucks]

It sounds like they should have been refusing her service.

[u/an0nym0us_frick → u/[deleted]]

Yep, continual lack of oxygen to your brain and depletion of B vitamins will do that to someone. Lost a homie to the same shit

[u/MoistestManling → u/gattovatto]

Around 2012-2014 I was trying whippets for the first time and everywhere I heard that whippets are safe, just dont hold your breath for too long.

Man, fuck those things.

[u/MrWeirdoFace → u/gattovatto]

My sister's friend didn't die from the whippit itself, but while super fucked up slipped on the floor that had just been mopped and cracked his skull open.

[u/aquoad → u/gattovatto]

my friend didn't die but had enough nerve damage they can't walk properly, even 10+ years later.

[u/EatYourCheckers → u/corpsegrinding]

Watched a guy fall into a glass table after a whip-it

[u/KevinNoTail → u/EatYourCheckers]

Watched my buddy fall straight back onto the concrete basement floor, smacked the back of his head pretty hard

[u/Im_Ashe_Man → u/DrB00]

Dude I knew did whippets while driving down the highway with his girlfriend. Crashed the car and he died. The girlfriend committed suicide a few months later.

[u/YoelsShitStain → u/[deleted]]

Lots of drug addicts convince themselves that they function better when high, it’s not something they do under a controlled environment for fun it’s just how they want to experience life 24/7.

[u/Weak-Beautiful5918 → u/DrB00]

I have a brother who did waaaay to much ands he is semi functional and has bad nerve damage in his legs that make it hard for him to walk.

[u/ODTESP → u/Weak-Beautiful5918]

I did whip its off of a few whip cream cans back in high school. The tip of my PP went numb for a few days, like literally couldn't feel anything on the head (glans) when I touched it. Never inhaled that stuff again.

[u/Saucynachos → u/ODTESP]

If only more people experienced the Tip of Truth. They'd come to their senses.

[u/ODTESP → u/Saucynachos]

That's what I keep telling all the women, and they just run away! 😢

[u/genreprank → u/ODTESP]

Lol you might never enjoy sex or goon again. That will scare anyone straight...

You could hawk it to Christians, though!

[u/Epsteinsghosttt → u/DrB00]

If not their brain cells are

[u/famesjord13 → u/DrB00]

Maybe of the grateful variety

[u/Mean_Can_2652]

You happen to live in the Denver area? Phish was in town over the weekend.

[u/TheSlipperySnausage → u/Mean_Can_2652]

Working security for phish concerts at a camp ground. We were confiscating tanks like nobodies business (only banned substance at the campground due to the balloon debris left behind by some) Even after an all out assault on nitrous tanks we found hundreds that we never saw at night all used up in a neat pile in the garbage.

[u/Content_Geologist420 → u/TheSlipperySnausage]

So the Amercian Dad episode was very fact and not at all fiction.

[u/muegle → u/Content_Geologist420]

Watch out for the Nitrous Mafia

[u/PNWBourbon → u/muegle]

The nitrous mafia was a very real thing during my festival days. I remember watching a couple of Hells Angels beat the shit out of a couple tank freaks during Camp Bisco.

[u/LawlzTaylor → u/PNWBourbon]

What do you mean "was" I live in Philly and once a year the nitrous mafia takes over two blocks by the convention center for some weird music festival.

[u/atln00b12 → u/LawlzTaylor]

May still be a thing but the hustle has died down since they now sell big tanks like this in regular stores.

[u/SituationIll5763 → u/LawlzTaylor]

I was told it’s more of a thing on the east coast. I was at the Denver show too and every other person had a balloon, one out of every like 10 had a tank. It was an open air drug market with people selling the works every 20’ or so. But no nitrous mafia types, just hustlers.

[u/bensefero → u/PNWBourbon]

God those old sketchy camp Biscos were so
Fun

[u/awp_india → u/PNWBourbon]

It's most definitely still a thing at festivals. I was chopping it up with a group of dudes that brought several van's filled with nitrous tanks. They passed out fliers throughout the campgrounds. Texted the number and they'd drop a pinned location right to them. They had a Wi-Fi hotspot for cashapp, zelle, venmo, etc. They were saying they clear about 80k profit each fest. Seemed to be running a pretty tight ship, honestly kinda cool. I get the stuff can be dangerous for folks, but I respected the hustle. They'd get busted by staff, get some of their tanks confiscated, relocate and re-open back up. Seen them at several festivals across the US.

[u/Careless-Weather8877 → u/awp_india]

They have decoy tanks exactly so security will leave them alone and pull up multiple more when they cart off. I’ve seen it for at least 20 years. When you’re printing money it doesn’t matter to lose a shipment.

[u/gamageeknerd → u/Content_Geologist420]

Check out the channel 5 phish lot vid and it’s so weirdly accurate

There’s a part with a guy just taking massive hits out of a balloon and staring at the camera but somehow looking through it and the interviewer

[u/SquarePegRoundWorld2 → u/gamageeknerd]

I'll have to check it out. I followed Phish with a buddy from college and his two hometown friends in the summer of '97 Great Went tour (30 day cross country trip in a conversion van). I only had tickets for like 10 of the 16 or so shows (I don't remember the exact number) so I hung out in the parking lot while the three of them went into some shows. Interesting times for sure. We sold garlic grill cheeses after each show too.

[u/DogsDucks → u/TheSlipperySnausage]

This is like dentist gas, right?

[u/KittiesRule1968 → u/DogsDucks]

It also adds a ton of extra power to an internal combustion engine.

[u/thatsnotyourtaco → u/KittiesRule1968]

We used to own a 5 pound tank that was made for an auto. There was only one place in town that filled it without tinging the gas with what tasted like sulfur.

[u/timesink3000 → u/thatsnotyourtaco]

It was in fact sulfur.

[u/Kennybob12 → u/DogsDucks]

More like whipped cream gas than dentist

[u/P0Rt1ng4Duty → u/[deleted]]

The best way to do nitrous is to get one balloon and walk away from the tank with it. Like, far away.

Then you do the balloon and have your moment, but by the time you walk halfway back to the tank you realize you don't want a refill.

[u/GrimbyJ → u/[deleted]]

A lot of drugs don't. Mushrooms, ketamine, acid, etc.

They're just more illegal too. I'm pretty sure kratom also doesn't show up in employment drug tests either. It works very similar to an opioid with a few differences but the chemical structure isn't similar enough to any opioid they do test for.

[u/throwawayfinancebro1 → u/TheSlipperySnausage]

I went to a Grateful Dead tribute band weekend at a campground and those fuckers were using their huge tank of no2 and popping balloons and waking me up starting at 5 in the morning. Hated those assholes.

[u/PonyThug → u/throwawayfinancebro1]

I run a festival camp of 35+ people and whipits are one of the very few things I’ve outright banned from my camp. The rudeness, trash, volume of persons participating etc. never again.

[u/VariationDry → u/Mean_Can_2652]

Lol

[u/VariationDry → u/VariationDry]

How was the concert?  "I don't remember what my name is"

[u/Educational_Pay1567 → u/VariationDry]

Mudd

[u/KillerCritter1312 → u/Educational_Pay1567]

It’s always been

[u/PreciousHamburgler → u/Educational_Pay1567]

Primus sucks

[u/bluegiant90 → u/PreciousHamburgler]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3ohs7TeaPGpYqiL4gE

[u/bdizzle805 → u/bluegiant90]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3ohs7X7DokZd5AcFqg

[u/TheCakeMan666 → u/bdizzle805]

https://giphy.com/gifs/xUOxeYqfNdYP0HeAms

[u/adriellee → u/Mean_Can_2652]

Phish and goose and griz lmao
Edit: not 1 show but all in 4 days. I was there for griz. So many tie dye hippies running amok

[u/Moist-Obligation-117 → u/adriellee]

As someone that doesn't follow jam bands, sounds like a zoo 🐟 🪿 🐻

[u/Okaythenwell → u/Moist-Obligation-117]

*cryptozoo, it’s where you see all the big game wooks

[u/-GoodNewsEveryone → u/adriellee]

Hey! I know GRiZ! But I'm not tie-dye nor a hippie.

[u/Junior-Collar-7677 → u/Mean_Can_2652]

🤣😅- love recyclers, “recycle; reuse, renew, RETHINk”

[u/Curious_Avocado2399 → u/Junior-Collar-7677]

I don’t think they can think anymore

[u/Fuzzandciggies → u/Mean_Can_2652]

Definitely Phish related lmaoooo

[u/Resident_Course_3342]

That's a ridiculous amount. I can't even picture it. Did everyone have one strapped Dennis Hopper style? 

[u/PaperHandsTheDip → u/Resident_Course_3342]

Probably 50-100 people showed up to that party

[u/fuckfuckfuckSHIT → u/PaperHandsTheDip]

Or no party, just addiction.

[u/PaperHandsTheDip → u/fuckfuckfuckSHIT]

The lines between the two get blurred sometimes

[u/ortcutt]

Imagine how much cream they must have bought to go along with that.

Apparently a 600g nitrous canister is enough for 40-42 liters of heavy cream, or 80-84 liters of whipped cream. That looks like the equivalent of about 40 600g canisters, so that would be 1600 liters of cream or 3200 liters of whipped cream. They must have made a crazy number of sundaes.

[u/RawBean7 → u/ortcutt]

Twas just a little lad who loves berries and cream

[u/Grand_Town_9144 → u/RawBean7]

Berries and Cream does sound like a jam band name

[u/5litergasbubble → u/Grand_Town_9144]

https://giphy.com/gifs/d8np6UGqPIf1ot4rCx

[u/Mother-Pineapple1392 → u/5litergasbubble]

I havent seen that beautiful man's face in decades! Thanks for the nostalgia!

[u/FabiosGlisteningPecs → u/ortcutt]

Or a few shots down the intake of a bone stock 99 honda civic.

[u/SacCyber → u/ortcutt]

Those 33 big ones are 3000g containers. Multiply everything by 4-5x

[u/BRICH999 → u/ortcutt]

Thats like 850 gallons of whipped cream for us american folk.  Or about 3 and a half full size pickup truck beds full of whipped cream.  

[u/Perfect_Caregiver_90 → u/ortcutt]

It is strawberry season. Maybe they watched a lot of tennis and made strawberries and cream?

[u/Grossredditgross]

I went to a rave with some friends once. On the last night, someone brought a can of whippets. I didn’t know what it was. I whispered asked the girl next to me because I didn’t want to appear out of the loop. She didn’t know either and quickly googled it. We both agreed we both were opting out of it. We didn’t read about the brain damage part, we just were like ugh the momentary high doesn’t sound worth ingesting a foreign chemical into our lungs.

The guy driving the car did it . . . While driving us home. He was trying to get sober and was for the whole rave weekend until then. He was like “fuck it I am going to do whippets!” Everyone cheered. At the time I didn’t know it caused momentarily unconsciousness.

We got home safely, I went to my tent shortly after. While I was falling asleep, the guy who brought whippets, was giving a toast to the driver congratulating him on stopping his sobriety. The driver countered and told a story of how he saw the whippets guy, take whippets and then crash his car into someone’s garage. He said it was “so cool.”

It was the first and last time I hung out with these people. I was the youngest in the group at 30, everyone else was 35+

[u/Dufensmartzz → u/Grossredditgross]

these are 35+ year olds? Insane. It sounded like you were describing like 19-20 year old undeveloped brain behavior. Baffling. Glad you got out safe. As a raver i genuinely cant stand that type of reckless, dangerous shit

[u/Grossredditgross → u/Dufensmartzz]

They all had like high paying blue collar jobs too. The guy that brought whippets left at 3 am so he could be home making pancakes with kids in the morning.

It was a huge wake up call, I was like I don’t want to be 35 doing party drugs with reckless people while my kid is asleep. It’s just not sustainable.

[u/pmgoldenretrievers → u/Grossredditgross]

I don’t want to be 35 doing party drugs with reckless people while my kid is asleep.

That's why I only have responsible friends and no kids. Much more fun to party that way.

[u/SpaceGypsy27]

Please for the love of god, get these people some b12

[u/Bobbito95 → u/SpaceGypsy27]

I'm B11, I'm in love with B7

Girl, you need a shot of B12, I know you do

[u/puns-n-roses → u/Bobbito95]

You're gonna feel a little prick 💉🩸

[u/Majesticals → u/Bobbito95]

Girl, you want a shot of Boyz 12 It's overdue

[u/PriddySOUNVme → u/SpaceGypsy27]

Why b12?

[u/RyanSmokinBluntz420 → u/PriddySOUNVme]

Nitrous causes b12 deficiency in humans

[u/Brxken_Dxwn → u/PriddySOUNVme]

Nitrous blocks your ability to make b12, long term use leads to nerve damage and can actually cause paralysis in some cases.

[u/agent674253 → u/Brxken_Dxwn]

It is important to note that this is 'laughing gas' and in small amounts, on a non habitual basis, is ok. They use it at the dentists in lieu of general aesthesia.

Now, if you overuse it...

https://giphy.com/gifs/rffTf40cKoepq

[u/Fragrant-Inside221 → u/agent674253]

They also use it for vasectomies. I was told we can either just numb you up and go for it or you can take some nitrous and numb you up. I took the nitrous.

[u/CoffeeChocolateBoth → u/Brxken_Dxwn]

Well, that'll teach em! /S

[u/Commercial-Air8955 → u/PriddySOUNVme]

No2 converts b12 into into a non-bioavailable molecule, leading to b12 deficiency... which is really bad for you.

[u/Alternative_List_978 → u/SpaceGypsy27]

TIL

[u/generic_lyric]

[u/generally_unsuitable → u/generic_lyric]

Redistributing your meme, comrade.

[u/misterpickles69 → u/generic_lyric]

[u/funklab]

If you think you're pissed, imagine your neighbors. They actually have to be there while their neighbor (you) rents out the house next to them for wild drug fueled parties every weekend.

[u/shenanigans2day → u/funklab]

As someone who has 3 airbnbs on my street now all within the past year, I do not feel bad for OP. Airbnbs are a plague on society. Moved to the middle of nowhere to get away from people :/

[u/Mundane-Manner4237 → u/funklab]

My wife and I sold a vacation beach cabin to someone who lied to us and ended up Airbnb-ing it. We actually sold it because the neighbors were A-holes on either side. It ended up giving us a warm little chuckle knowing what was in store for those jerk neighbors every weekend going forward.

[u/aquoad → u/funklab]

yeah my inconsiderate thoughtless neighbor spent a couple of years DIYing a renovation that sounded like he was sawing rebar with a dremel all day. Finally stopped and I thought it was over. Now he fucking airbnb's it so instead of construction noise it's drunk assholes whooping it up all night.

[u/Paul_Michaels73]

Whatever you do, do not check their room with a blacklite 😆

[u/RyanSmokinBluntz420 → u/Paul_Michaels73]

I got a hotel for a after rave party and first thing i turned on a blacklight, we were all rolling, omg. Had to get a new room. Didn't bring the blacklight

[u/Jiggy90 → u/RyanSmokinBluntz420]

we were all rolling

Also something those ravers were definitely doing lmao

[u/anti_worker → u/Paul_Michaels73]

FYI lots of cleaning chemicals and soaps fluoresce just like body fluids.

[u/Paranormal_Lemon → u/anti_worker]

No the cleaning chemicals fluoresce about 100x more, that's most of what you are seeing, likely all of it.

[u/Horskr → u/Paranormal_Lemon]

Yeah laundry detergents are actually designed that way to make the whites look whiter on sheets, towels, etc. along with like you said a lot of cleaning chemicals generally.

Unless you're seeing clear.. patterns, I would not be worried about your hotel room glowing under a black light.

[u/Legitimate_Bank_6573 → u/Paul_Michaels73]

Is there some crossover between whippets and gooning Im unaware of?

[u/Lenin_Lime]

Bro, what in brain damage am I looking at.

[u/Suitable-Roof-3950 → u/Lenin_Lime]

Just enjoy not knowing.

[u/SevinTwo]

So it says on these “do not inhale” but there’s flavors. So how do they get away with producing and selling these if everyone knows they’re just ruining peoples lives???

[u/Yagoua81 → u/SevinTwo]

This is quite common, lots of products are for drug use with disclaimers. Just look at Bath Salts, they weren’t even bath salts.

[u/Teleguide → u/Yagoua81]

When I visited Switzerland some people told me that well into the 90s there was a loophole in Switzerland that let weed be sold legally as long as it was marketed as an herbal scent. Health food stores and stuff would apparently have little cotton bags with weed in them hanging from the ceiling and they were called "all-natural scent bags" or something lol. Unfortunately the loophole was eventually closed.

[u/Miserable-Resolve-76 → u/SevinTwo]

they claim they are for whipped cream canisters, but the amount of nitrous oxide in a single can is enough to make A LOT of whipped cream. Like way more than even a restaurant would need

[u/LisleAdam12 → u/Miserable-Resolve-76]

Whipped cream...and other delights.

[u/Choice_Passenger_990]

They…they make whippets that big….?!

[u/Milk_Before_Cereal → u/Choice_Passenger_990]

This was my reaction! I didn’t realize how large these cans were. Is this normal?

[u/Azzy1510]

Was your guest Jason Mendoza from Jacksonville, Florida?

[u/Jimbosliceofcheese → u/Azzy1510]

Blake Bortles yo

[u/Capable_Culture_7344]

be happy there is no dead body

[u/Ape_x_Ape → u/Capable_Culture_7344]

Check around the property for freshly dug holes

[u/AspieEgg]

My experience with recreational drugs is pretty limited, but this is like an insane amount right? I thought whipits came in tiny little containers that fit in a whipped cream dispenser. Based on the hose caddy, these things look 2-3 feet tall. I wouldn’t expect my dentist to have this much nitrous oxide. 

[u/Actual_Homework_7163 → u/AspieEgg]

I saw a documentary once of a whippet dealer in the Netherlands his whole stock was probably less then this

[u/NW7l2335 → u/AspieEgg]

An incredibly large amount. A single one of those canisters is enough for a handful of people during a night of shenanigans.

[u/lbfsjoufvnkfd → u/AspieEgg]

It’s more likely they threw a party and were selling balloons. Probably had people coming in and out all night. We used to do it at raves and make a killing.

[u/Stunningg_Fun]

Were they empty?

[u/girl_supersonicboy → u/Stunningg_Fun]

Emptied the cans and their stomachs.

They puked on the bed 😭

[u/BarbequedYeti]

I have had two friends die of lung cancer. Neither of which were smokers. One died at 52, the other at 50 but within a year of each other. 

You know what they had in common?  Whippets in 2000's. Sucking that shit in weekend after weekend.  All the metals and whatever the hell else is in cheap nitrous cans.  

I did it one night and didnt see any appeal whatsoever. Like inhaling some shit out of a random can from the cheapest place? Fuck that.... ill stick to my mexican brick weed with all its risks. At least I can fish out the random tire pieces and rodent leavings...

Anyway. I miss my friends. One was a coworker for 15 years and early gaming friend. Traveled the US together doing IT in the 90's early 2000's. So many games of AOE/c&c via crossover cables in bars and layovers...  best of fucking times.  Damn we had a great few years. 

The other was a childhood neighbor friend who went through the hardest of times with me.  Both from broken families. Both homeless for a bit. Both made it out eventually.  Just to have that shit come crashing down on him with a new life, wife and daughter aged 2.  Fucking hell man.. some shit.. 

Miss ya Jbigdog and Beau. 

So yeah. Fuck that whippet shit kids... it aint worth it. 

[u/FormerKarmaKing → u/BarbequedYeti]

Respect for telling us about them as humans, too. Sorry for your loss.

[u/somesketchykid → u/BarbequedYeti]

Traveled the US together doing IT in the 90's early 2000's. So many games of AOE/c&c via crossover cables in bars and layovers...  best of fucking times.  Damn we had a great few years. 

This sounds so awesome. The golden age of IT

[u/TheSheepdog]

At least it’s not meth?

[u/NaomiAriel7930 → u/TheSheepdog]

True, gotta stay positive after spending all afternoon cleaning the puke stains they left on all beds and carpets — yes all of them, puke stains on all the beds and carpets

[u/AccomplishedTrip5671 → u/NaomiAriel7930]

Please 🙏 charge them for everything they deserve it

[u/WellesWaitsVanZandt → u/AccomplishedTrip5671]

You poor thing... They don't leave real credit cards on accounts like these.

[u/VariationDry → u/NaomiAriel7930]

As someone who used to rage this makes me sad.  Those are shitty partiers. My crew had a very strict "leave it better than you found it" policy. 

[u/ApprehensiveGate8227 → u/VariationDry]

You and me both. I’ve partied really hard, but we make sure these places are immaculate when we leave. Hotels, bnbs, or otherwise. This is a dick move that makes everyone look bad.

[u/MagnusPI → u/NaomiAriel7930]

You and I have vastly different definitions of the word "mildly".

[u/Funkn-fermentation]

When phish is in town

[u/custyflex → u/Funkn-fermentation]

When the circus comes to town

[u/aNuggetsUncle]

[u/fxd3d_]

Do you happen to live in Ohio? the secret dreams fest was just held and ik those wooks go crazy on the whip-it’s

[u/Various-Salt-7738]

Whippets can make for forget things

Like where you left your nitrous

[u/mynipplesareconfused]

But if I want to buy one tiny pack for my whipping cream dispenser, I get looked at like a drug addict. And mofos out here with enough whippets to fill a Kia Rio.

[u/Austinoooooo]

Wild how the marketing/ labels on the canisters are pretty much leaning into it.

“Geek Whip”

This nation is riding on a downslope

[u/kesavadh]

Sounds like some fees will be charged

[u/thenoblenacho]

Thats like $5000 worth of nitrous, goddamn

[u/KiKiKimbro]

Wow. Kids have come a long way since whip cream spray cans from the grocery store.

[u/JayskerPatriots]

You rented out a house. For 1 person. During Phish. How do you have a home and I don't.

[u/Vortex_Analyst]

years, YEARS, ago, when in college in Philly I was working at a local Wawa. One of my jobs was to restock the cooler during the summer times. I was working the evening/night shift as of course during day I was taking classes. Anyway, one time I went into the cooler the shift manager and his gf were back there, with the Whip cream cans doing Whippets. At the time I had no clue what they were doing, I really thought they were eating the cream from it. I just laughed and kept working. They looked so scared they were going to be in trouble.

I didn't give a fuck lol, I just wanted to get it done quick cus that shit was cold.

[u/CptFatty08]

Unpopular opinion, air bnbs suck. Taking up all the real estate so nobody can buy. Then, the people that unfortunately live next door or across the street have to deal with people like that.

[u/MidwestTransplant09 → u/CptFatty08]

I don’t think this is an unpopular opinion anymore.

[u/NCSUGrad2012 → u/MidwestTransplant09]

Whenever someone on Reddit says “unpopular opinion” you know you’re about to here the most popular opinion you can have 

[u/CraigsAndBacon → u/CptFatty08]

Shortly after finally purchasing my first house, the place next door was bought by a company and turned into an Airbnb. It's been such a headache since. I'm constantly picking up trash in my yard. Guests have parked in my driveway. Occasionally have a drunk person at my door super late trying to figure out why their keyless entry code isn't working on my keyless lock. I even once had a lady approach me, while I was in the middle of mowing my yard, to complain that her A/C wasn't working. It's unreal how stupid and inconsiderate some people are.

[u/Ghost_of_a_Pale_Girl → u/CptFatty08]

I live in a tourist area. My last home was a rental on a street of mostly airBnBs. Most of the people who rented them were obnoxious and disrespectful of the people who live in town. So I don't think your opinion is all that unpopular.

[u/carolholdmycalls → u/CptFatty08]

As a responsible Airbnb user I also think they suck. Shitty owners who don’t maintain the property or properly clean for your arrival regardless of how many thousands of dollars you spend or the fact that you can’t check in till 4 but you gotta be out by 11, and then a whole list of work you gotta do before you leave. The system is broken.

[u/ImPeeinAndEuropean]

Wait how can they straight up buy this and why are they flavored?

[u/levelync → u/ImPeeinAndEuropean]

I went into a head shop in the US last week and they sell them there. It’s really bad. And half of them have like cartoon characters on them.

[u/drillgorg → u/ImPeeinAndEuropean]

They're for making whipped cream. Makes me wonder what the split is on legitimate vs substance abuse use.

[u/Fuzzandciggies → u/drillgorg]

Any of it bought at a headshop and not a culinary supply store is definitely for being abused

[u/mkultron89 → u/Fuzzandciggies]

If you could show me one single legitimate culinary store selling this stuff I would legitimately be on the floor in shock. I’m not even saying it’s not possible I just think if you are taking the time to make your own whip cream, you aren’t gonna then add some bullshit fake ass flavouring to it, you would make it naturally.

[u/Baelari → u/mkultron89]

The ones for culinary use are unflavored, and fit in the palm of your hand. I have a box of those and a whipped cream charger from my Covid-era coffee bar hobby (I also got into baking. I got fat 🫠)

Automotive use, you’d have a bigger tank.

Large volume, goofy names, and flavors are all 100% recreational.

[u/RuncibleFoon]

A lot of brain cells died that night...

[u/OutlawRugby]

Somebody got FUUCKED up (in 10-20 second intervals) ALL night!