Liquid Nitrogen Grenade
January 14th, 2012I’m just going to assume this happened in a biology lab:
No gloves? Check.
No safety glasses? Check.
No lab coat? Check.
No sense? Check.
No fingers? Soon enough.
20 Responses to “Liquid Nitrogen Grenade”
January 14th, 2012 at 12:44 PM
Actually, I like how he put on one latex glove before picking up the filled bottle.
Safety first!
January 14th, 2012 at 2:12 PM
I think there may have been some safety violations here.
January 14th, 2012 at 7:46 PM
It could also have happened in a physics lab.
January 14th, 2012 at 7:52 PM
That dude’s an effin idiot.
January 15th, 2012 at 12:02 AM
A brown, semi-solid product was produced in multigram quantity.
January 15th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
Ugh, I am going to be cringing for the rest of the day. Darwin awards (almost) in action.
January 15th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
my money says not a biology lab – they’re far too worried by handling ‘chemicals’: being approved to handle chloroform seems to be a big thing where i am for biologists
January 16th, 2012 at 5:50 AM
“A brown, semi-solid product was produced in multigram quantity.”
Remnants of that guy’s hand?
January 16th, 2012 at 7:06 AM
*stunned*
January 16th, 2012 at 8:00 AM
I knew a lot of physics majors in college, so I’m thinking a physics lab. That’s the kind of thing they would do.
January 16th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
I’ve made dry ice bombs, sure. But picking the bottle up live is really, really dumb.
January 16th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Judging by the other videos associated with the account this posted video on youtube, they seem to be more computer science types, using LN2 for cooling CPUs/GPUs.
Filling a bottle with LN2 is one thing, but sealing it, picking it up, and then laughing when it explodes in his hand? That’s beyond stupid.
January 16th, 2012 at 11:01 AM
You have no confidence into the meaning of life. hooraih !
January 17th, 2012 at 11:27 AM
In defence of the physicists I’d like to say that we do care about safety. Whenever I do things that are as stupid as the one from the vid I do use my left hand so in case sth goes wrong I’ll keep the good one.
January 17th, 2012 at 11:52 AM
From the writing on the “hydrant,” it looks like it was in China or Taiwan. At least we know that dumb is an international language.
January 18th, 2012 at 6:31 AM
what.a.moron…
January 18th, 2012 at 4:15 PM
Imagine SOPA were to censor a Wolfie. Horribile dictu.
January 21st, 2012 at 9:54 AM
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January 22nd, 2012 at 1:55 PM
Definitely not physicists. I have a couple physics undergraduates and they are the biggest scaredy-cats in the lab. Chemists are by far the most fearless at this stage.
Free access LN2, dry ice and alkali metals tends to weed out the weak and foolhardy.
January 24th, 2012 at 3:01 PM
How that guy kept all his fingers I’ll never know. Beyond stupid.