Flushing 240lbs of Mercury

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  • Опубликовано: 26 сен 2016
  • I see if a little mercury can be flushed down a toilet and then I take the experiment a little farther and flush a toilet with 240 lbs of mercury. Test results here: • Mercury Test Results
    Article on how Lewis and Clark used mercury as a laxative: offbeatoregon.com/H1006d_Bilio...
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Комментарии • 21 тыс.

  • @trapskilla
    @trapskilla 7 лет назад +14464

    *casually has 240lbs of mercury, a gold bar, solid piece of tungsten and a lead bullet.*

    • @jmsmotorsport6124
      @jmsmotorsport6124 7 лет назад +1062

      Youre obviously new here 😏

    • @MrSwarmin100
      @MrSwarmin100 7 лет назад +88

      I thought the same Jordan

    • @toydog5654
      @toydog5654 7 лет назад +562

      The most impressive thing is casually has a spare toilet

    • @lilgazebo7952
      @lilgazebo7952 7 лет назад +354

      *then casually decides to submerge his hand in said mercury*

    • @Senhorita_Cenourita
      @Senhorita_Cenourita 7 лет назад +41

      thank you, I thought the same thing xD
      (yes, first video i'm seeing in this channel)

  • @Peter-iq9yy
    @Peter-iq9yy 7 месяцев назад +2114

    cody isn't just shaking hands with danger he's giving it the reach around

    • @thoroughlyunoriginalname
      @thoroughlyunoriginalname 6 месяцев назад +26

      Duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuuuuh

    • @moroteseoinage
      @moroteseoinage 6 месяцев назад

      Back that Mercussy up for me

    • @slaughtered-ns3rc
      @slaughtered-ns3rc 6 месяцев назад

      no hes fingering it in the ass

    • @SpaceCaptainLexi
      @SpaceCaptainLexi 6 месяцев назад +14

      Oh, he's going to be shaking all right.

    • @Muonium1
      @Muonium1 6 месяцев назад +13

      One should always have the goddamn common courtesy to give the toxic heavy metals a reach around.

  • @thoughtfuldoomguy
    @thoughtfuldoomguy 6 месяцев назад +467

    I think I can safely say that this will never ever be a problem that a single human being will ever have to worry about.

    • @mborevi7772
      @mborevi7772 5 месяцев назад +28

      I will change that

    • @dr.johnsmittersmidt7644
      @dr.johnsmittersmidt7644 5 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@mborevi7772dont you dare.

    • @BroJustCheese
      @BroJustCheese 5 месяцев назад

      safe to say

    • @kansaslml7796
      @kansaslml7796 3 месяца назад +3

      You clearly weren't at my buddy Eric's party back in 07'

    • @matthewzeller5026
      @matthewzeller5026 3 месяца назад +1

      Hey, just visiting from 2074. Our primary food source is actually a mercury/gold alloy manufactured by the UCU (United Citizens United) it serves as both food and currency.

  • @prodima3
    @prodima3 3 года назад +934

    Why am I watching Cody clog a toilet with Mercury at 3am. That moment when you ask yourself “what the heck am I doing with my life”.

    • @yobrethren
      @yobrethren 2 года назад +9

      At least now you know hahahah

    • @MaddoSheffu
      @MaddoSheffu 2 года назад +4

      1 am here

    • @burn773
      @burn773 2 года назад +5

      5 am here bruh

    • @myname-mn9vk
      @myname-mn9vk Год назад +3

      That was the moment you became chemistry teacher

    • @jasonrodgers9063
      @jasonrodgers9063 Год назад +5

      For me, 2 AM + a lot of cheap vodka.

  • @j.cun777
    @j.cun777 5 лет назад +3326

    did i really just watch 13 minutes of a man clogging a toilet with mercury?

  • @DFMurray
    @DFMurray 7 лет назад +1573

    This is what happens when the Terminator goes to Taco Bell.

  • @bingus516
    @bingus516 3 года назад +191

    He's got insane confidence around mercury lol

  • @Schixotica
    @Schixotica 3 года назад +187

    I love the bs Cody comes up with to do “Yea lemme fill up an entire toilet with mercury” “now I will put this gold piece in it” gotta love the energy

  • @jackjoseph4226
    @jackjoseph4226 3 года назад +1328

    Thank you I had 200 lbs of mercury clogging my toilet and I didn't know what to do, but thanks to you, I fixed it!

    • @sofreshsogreen
      @sofreshsogreen 6 месяцев назад +17

      Did you just use more mercury?

    • @drantigon
      @drantigon 6 месяцев назад +39

      See, you made a mistake by having 200 lbs of mercury, instead of 240.

    • @dextermorgan1
      @dextermorgan1 6 месяцев назад +3

      Me too!

    • @jeffjones2021
      @jeffjones2021 5 месяцев назад +1

      You too? Man I was searching the internet to find a way to get this goddamn merkery out of my terlet!

  • @pissedoffanarchist2676
    @pissedoffanarchist2676 5 лет назад +893

    Just imagine Cody walking into a hospital and saying, "Hey, I may or may not have tried to flush 240lbs of mercury down a toilet and I think I need a blood test"

  • @g7eit
    @g7eit 6 месяцев назад +49

    First of all, I’m very drunk…. I’ve no idea why I watched this video but I’m so glad I did. Watching a Mercury toilet flush was beautiful.

    • @jckrielesq
      @jckrielesq 4 месяца назад +3

      yooooooo, same

  • @CavemanBearPig
    @CavemanBearPig 2 года назад +85

    Just seeing the mercury ripple, splash, and swish around is so mind-boggling yet really dazzling. I legit feel my head spin whenever it does that.

    • @wyattthealchemist
      @wyattthealchemist 6 месяцев назад +7

      That's the fumes causing the spinning. See a doctor.

    • @CavemanBearPig
      @CavemanBearPig 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@wyattthealchemist Too late, I’m running their account now.

  • @jollygoodfellow3957
    @jollygoodfellow3957 7 лет назад +712

    John Connor would shit if he saw this in his toilet.

  • @cheems6373
    @cheems6373 5 лет назад +796

    I like how he's just like "ya know when you flush a bullet"
    no, thats not something I'm too experienced in

  • @chickenisgood1
    @chickenisgood1 5 месяцев назад +19

    As someone who drinks mercury on a daily basis, thank you for this video!

  • @Thelast3ambender263
    @Thelast3ambender263 5 месяцев назад +7

    0:42 “I bought a toilet that specially made for flushing 240 lbs of mercury”

  • @ykrum5158
    @ykrum5158 4 года назад +1714

    Just remembered the chinese emperors who died for drinking so called elixir of immortality which turns out to be mercury.

    • @savywolf1457
      @savywolf1457 4 года назад +54

      Seems about right

    • @1mariomaniac
      @1mariomaniac 4 года назад +21

      *_oof_*

    • @Skelyboss
      @Skelyboss 4 года назад +5

      Oh that...

    • @femmywemmy
      @femmywemmy 4 года назад +12

      He dranks too much xD

    • @jwsnyderaal
      @jwsnyderaal 4 года назад +3

      Ooooooooooooooof 1 they died 2 that must have been disgusting!

  • @zyourzgrandzmaz
    @zyourzgrandzmaz 4 года назад +2457

    Dude just unintentionally made a million dollar art piece

    • @DeadJack57
      @DeadJack57 3 года назад +98

      Call it 'Fountain Prime'

    • @tinalarmond547
      @tinalarmond547 3 года назад +19

      @@Aecor I love you and jesus loves you more ❤🙏

    • @thefool1086
      @thefool1086 3 года назад +13

      @@Aecor mkay

    • @jdpledesma7278
      @jdpledesma7278 3 года назад +2

      @@Aecor NO. (I’m not gonna say it) YOU

    • @_bit_
      @_bit_ 3 года назад +7

      tina larmond 💀💀

  • @mitchdarra6199
    @mitchdarra6199 Год назад +23

    Just the stuff we keep in our sheds...
    Ah Cody, my man, that was simply an awesome level of creative, scientifically curious insanity. One of the best videos on RUclips

  • @pattyboyz
    @pattyboyz Год назад +8

    For 5 years I put off watching this one because I didn’t think it would be as interesting as some of the other videos you’ve made. But you’ve completely stole my interest while watching this video. You seem to have a god given talent to just always be thinking and discussing these “simple questions”with the at home experiments. I started laughing out loud when I saw you pull out the tungsten weight. Keep up the amazing work and I’m sorry I doubted wanting this video.

  • @harrylane4
    @harrylane4 4 года назад +7135

    Everybody: Mercury is very dangerous
    Cody: aight imma dunk my hand right on in there

    • @BAGELMENSK
      @BAGELMENSK 4 года назад +406

      Didn't even put on plastic gloves what a madlad.

    • @AstralSnowstorm6157
      @AstralSnowstorm6157 4 года назад +148

      Thank goodness he rinsed off his hands.

    • @kraftues4998
      @kraftues4998 4 года назад +304

      @@BAGELMENSK You don't need to wear gloves if you don't have cuts on ur hand

    • @TheCompleteMental
      @TheCompleteMental 4 года назад +115

      It's elemental. You could drink it, just dont get any in your blood
      Dont do that, obviously.

    • @notaprogrammer7970
      @notaprogrammer7970 4 года назад +214

      @@TheCompleteMental How old are you? Please tell me your under 18, if not mercury is highly toxic. You fucking moron!

  • @rxwop3698
    @rxwop3698 4 года назад +1469

    The problem here, gentlemen, is that I don't excrete liquid heavy metals.

  • @I_am_Edwin
    @I_am_Edwin 3 года назад +1

    This is the video that led to me finding your channel. Nice to see it pop up now and then

  • @PhantomKING113
    @PhantomKING113 Год назад +4

    Now I get it! This is why my toilet wasn't running correctly! Ig I should cut back on my mercury diet then...

  • @pnessi570
    @pnessi570 7 лет назад +2923

    Dude can afford 3 flasks of mercury but not gloves

    • @hunterdonchatz1274
      @hunterdonchatz1274 7 лет назад +7

      Philip Nessi so? No one cares

    • @hunterdonchatz1274
      @hunterdonchatz1274 7 лет назад +2

      Philip Nessi nvm I did read it right

    • @robertharaldsson2881
      @robertharaldsson2881 7 лет назад +136

      He made the mercury himself? :S Guessing no one of you guys follow him, safety is also not his main priority.

    • @ClaireFrancis1974
      @ClaireFrancis1974 7 лет назад +29

      Hs grandpa actually acquired it years ago - its in another one of his videos - 'where did i get all my mercury' or something like that

    • @caro3083
      @caro3083 7 лет назад +143

      lol he literally states at 10:55 the difference between metallic mercury and mercury nitrate. Because of that reason, there is no harm that can be caused (other than with open wounds, obviously) by touching metallic mercury with your bare hands

  • @themafiakingz5614
    @themafiakingz5614 3 года назад +389

    Never felt more anxious than I did while watching this guy handle Mercury barehanded 😂

  • @CMKloser
    @CMKloser 3 года назад +65

    "Mom can we get a toilet?"
    "We have a toilet at home."
    The toilet at home...

  • @renzox1136
    @renzox1136 3 года назад +5

    By changing the destiny of this single toilet, you showed all us that we can always reinvent ourselves. Respect.

  • @toaster6538
    @toaster6538 4 года назад +3288

    Imagine if it all went to a sewage waste company
    They would be like “wtf?”

    • @netajithevar296
      @netajithevar296 4 года назад +247

      I'm pretty sure they've seen worse

    • @Ejantibus
      @Ejantibus 4 года назад +439

      @@netajithevar296 idk man 240lbs of Mercury is quite a bit

    • @Deathpenalty0
      @Deathpenalty0 4 года назад +177

      Netaji Thevar yeah they've seen alot of crazy "SHIT" down there get it get it🤣

    • @b0atss
      @b0atss 4 года назад +29

      Death penalty0 bruh 🤣🤣

    • @Abyss_Watcher
      @Abyss_Watcher 4 года назад +137

      I tried to send them some sodium but all it did was leave me without a toilet.

  • @mattg9941
    @mattg9941 7 лет назад +217

    All these idiots commenting about flushing mercury and putting into the environment did you not see the first 2 mins of the video where shows that he made his own plumbing system where nothing would go in the environment ?

    • @Tempo2010
      @Tempo2010 7 лет назад +10

      Flushing mercury down the toilet can be bad for the environment

    • @hieuhuehue
      @hieuhuehue 7 лет назад

      Everyone like the comment that is two comments above from mine.

    • @goshtamoshta
      @goshtamoshta 7 лет назад

      Ashin Kusher thanks captain

    • @HerbQuest
      @HerbQuest 7 лет назад +5

      This idiot (Matt G) didn't seem to notice that not all of the material was recovered, nor did this idiot (Matt G, still) consider that the lack of warnings about the substance, proper demonstration of safety equipment (e.g. gloves, or a contained lab), the lack of proper explanations (like why the EPA would be 'on his ass' for contamination), and the lack of discouragement from repeating this in a real toilet is reckless and irresponsible. Personally, I don't understand how this is allowed on RUclips being that it is essentially a simulation of an act of terrorism being that in a 'real setup' that innocent lives would be at stake due to how sewers function and what happens to waste in the process. This person has demonstrated that he clearly does not deserve the right to possess mercury and I hope this video leads to a restriction of his access to it and chemicals like it.

    • @FluorescentGreen5
      @FluorescentGreen5 7 лет назад

      was reading through the comments looking for someone to complain about the environmental hazard before watching it, and was also expecting someone to mention something about the s-bend

  • @fugithegreat
    @fugithegreat 2 года назад +1

    This was the first video I stumbled across of Cody's, and I'm so glad I did!

  • @MMattes
    @MMattes 2 месяца назад +2

    I like to imagine this setup abandoned a few thousand years in the future. Someone digs it up and is like what in the hell was going on here.

  • @innominatum9906
    @innominatum9906 4 года назад +1436

    So I basically need mercury installed in my house to flush those giant shits I've had lately. Noted.

    • @togglehd
      @togglehd 4 года назад +15

      innomi natum And for flush the mercury you need liquid tungsten and then you need...

    • @kyledrywallpuncherpro135
      @kyledrywallpuncherpro135 4 года назад +78

      I've been shitting rock balls lately....That about breaks my toilet every time..
      I went to a VERY nice Thai restaurant in Indianapolis 2 weeks ago and I managed to destroy their toilet ..Clogged immediately...Right as we were leaving which make the humiliation a bit less...OF COURSE there was a guy coming in to the single person bathroom as I was leaving...He walked right into my crime scene..Damn that was EMBARRASSING...

    • @nachosrios8882
      @nachosrios8882 4 года назад +59

      @@kyledrywallpuncherpro135 what did I just read

    • @kyledrywallpuncherpro135
      @kyledrywallpuncherpro135 4 года назад +6

      @@nachosrios8882 😂😂😂😂

    • @krispyaboredguy4936
      @krispyaboredguy4936 4 года назад +6

      @@kyledrywallpuncherpro135 damn tell me more 🥺🥺🥺

  • @olliedylan1381
    @olliedylan1381 5 лет назад +1361

    More suitable title:
    *Toilet gets violated for 14 minutes*

  • @newjsdavid1
    @newjsdavid1 2 года назад +2

    Most glorious flush in cinematography!

  • @loafgtag
    @loafgtag 6 месяцев назад +3

    **randomly appears on my recommended after 7 years:**

  • @CrownRock1
    @CrownRock1 6 лет назад +1169

    "You see, if you've ever tried to flush a lead bullet down a toilet..."
    As one does.

  • @firstnamelastname4752
    @firstnamelastname4752 7 лет назад +2100

    Classic Cody. Answering the difficult questions.

    • @firstnamelastname4752
      @firstnamelastname4752 7 лет назад +187

      This is ripe for an Ignobel Prize.

    • @luizpaulo6535
      @luizpaulo6535 7 лет назад +58

      cody is the next ignobel trillionaire

    • @dovregubben78
      @dovregubben78 7 лет назад

      What was difficult to predict about this experiment?

    • @firstnamelastname4752
      @firstnamelastname4752 7 лет назад +1

      dovregubben78 Whether it would flush or not. And the result was interesting because it did flush, then it didn't flush, then it did again under different circumstances.

    • @dovregubben78
      @dovregubben78 7 лет назад

      I did not find that difficult to predict, Firstname Lastname. Mercury is 13 times denser than water.

  • @isaactippetts882
    @isaactippetts882 5 месяцев назад

    Where do you get your mercury? I've been wanting to do some experiments with some but I've not been able to find it very cheap.

  • @knutthompson7879
    @knutthompson7879 6 месяцев назад +1

    I saw the title and was absolutely horrified. I am so glad you were doing this with a connected toilet

  • @cup_and_cone
    @cup_and_cone 7 лет назад +4354

    If a mercury thermostat gets broken in a government building, the entire building shuts down and they literally bring-in a Hazmat team to clean it up. And there's Cody, sticking his hand in a few hundred pounds of mercury.

    • @hamable1995
      @hamable1995 7 лет назад +79

      thechosendude where did you hear that?

    • @sicsempertyrannus6685
      @sicsempertyrannus6685 7 лет назад +266

      thechosendude They wouldn't even have a mercury thermostat in the first place?

    • @kvidobenak
      @kvidobenak 6 лет назад +342

      I remember 30 Years ago some kids were playing with mercury from the pumps at an abandoned gas station and yeah they closed the streets for several blocks. This was before people really knew what hazmat meant, lol.

    •  5 лет назад +103

      If you get busted for 'flushing dangerous material in Denmark you could go to Jail.

    • @karyannfontaine8757
      @karyannfontaine8757 5 лет назад +60

      When I was young we used to play with mercury. In the early 1950s it was interesting not a poison that it is known to be now.

  • @lizard_ow7145
    @lizard_ow7145 5 лет назад +1246

    Other youtubers: lets make slime!
    This guy: *touches mercury*

    • @pulakification
      @pulakification 5 лет назад +4

      Richard Feng I don’t know what’s with the slime videos..

    • @LouisEmery
      @LouisEmery 5 лет назад +8

      Not only that I think he touched nitric acid with the tip of his naked thumb.

    • @lizard_ow7145
      @lizard_ow7145 5 лет назад +1

      @@LouisEmery RIP hand

    • @TheWhitePhoenix2
      @TheWhitePhoenix2 5 лет назад +6

      Mercury isn’t absorbed into the skin in liquid form. Vapors are another story though

    • @lizard_ow7145
      @lizard_ow7145 5 лет назад

      @@TheWhitePhoenix2 no organic mercury is

  • @leungchingting4880
    @leungchingting4880 3 года назад +6

    Me watching the beginning of the video: ahhh... it will be cool if i can see mercury used as water too flush the toilet... but thats too wild i understand that and im totally fine with this video. Interesting video though.
    Me watching the middle of the video: ok great dude u read my mind. Here is my subscription.

  • @aadenluk4931
    @aadenluk4931 Год назад +11

    The way Cody is handling the mercury is safe, as metallic mercury is not remarkably toxic. Organomercury compounds and mercury vapour is toxic though, and this is how most people get poisoned by it.

    • @spacechemsol4288
      @spacechemsol4288 6 месяцев назад +2

      Mercury will start evaporating at room temperature and especially with the amounts hes handling and the constant movement there will be mercury in the air, its outside which helps but safe is still a word i wouldnt use.

    • @sideways5153
      @sideways5153 6 месяцев назад

      “Safe” is definitely an oversimplification, but that is the gist. Cody knows chemistry, knows the risks, and takes precautions to help protect himself.
      Like he alluded to when flushing the full tank of mercury, elemental mercury is still really dangerous if it comes into contact with an open wound, a sore, or a mucous membrane like the mouth or nose.
      Like another commenter pointed out, mercury will evaporate at room temperature, and *breathing* mercury is definitely way worse than just touching it.
      There’s also the possibility of the mercury reacting with something unexpectedly to produce a much more dangerous material - you don’t know all the chemical properties of the toilet bowl material or the plungers, for example. Different compounds could be far more dangerous, and in a setting like this there’s not much control you can implement to monitor or prevent unintended reactions.
      Basically, don’t do chemistry at home, don’t do chemistry without a lab partner, don’t do chemistry without a chemistry education. Stay safe, folks.

    • @ae-bd5gr
      @ae-bd5gr Месяц назад

      If i remember correctly cody put some mercury in his mouth in a Video but i think he deleted it

  • @oxstorm644
    @oxstorm644 7 лет назад +87

    "what do you mean it's not gluten free??" 8:41

  • @snooperdooper2044
    @snooperdooper2044 7 лет назад +697

    moral of the story:
    don't pee mercury

    • @lubostankosky736
      @lubostankosky736 6 лет назад +20

      or shit mercury

    • @not_my_name5200
      @not_my_name5200 6 лет назад +14

      or you'll have to pee mercury if you shit gold

    • @telepathiq
      @telepathiq 6 лет назад +13

      or don't eat thermometers.

    • @glass4600
      @glass4600 6 лет назад +1

      Well damn, guess i should just stop using the bathroom altogether

    • @mirandatennis4628
      @mirandatennis4628 6 лет назад

      Gregory Smith lololol

  • @TheUnfamiliarMan
    @TheUnfamiliarMan Год назад

    I find myself rewatching this every few years

  • @MattnUska
    @MattnUska 6 месяцев назад

    You answered a whole lot of questions I have never had.

  • @unmilou5916
    @unmilou5916 5 лет назад +614

    1990: We will have flying cars in the future
    2016: Flushing mercury

    • @user-im5ru7vm9i
      @user-im5ru7vm9i 5 лет назад +4

      dude it's not 2016 it's 2017 get time on track

    • @swagirl7072
      @swagirl7072 5 лет назад +3

      Cabbage Lover look at the date the vid came out....

    • @unmilou5916
      @unmilou5916 5 лет назад +1

      Cabbage Lover
      Published September 27, 2016

    • @colleenharrison1638
      @colleenharrison1638 5 лет назад +2

      These's always make me laugh at night when I'm super high.

    • @Rishkar-Peema-Pants
      @Rishkar-Peema-Pants 4 года назад +1

      Aaah, can't you think of own comments?
      Everyone is just copy pasting those cheap comment patterns 😑

  • @rocketbear1064
    @rocketbear1064 7 лет назад +343

    It's 1:20 am. I have school at 8, gotta get up at 6:40. And im here watching a guy flushing mercury down a toilet

    • @julienstop1795
      @julienstop1795 7 лет назад

      Seriously though, it's 12:54 what am I doing?

    • @MattPlaysRs
      @MattPlaysRs 7 лет назад

      It's 12:23 pm. And here I am watching a video of someone flushing mercury down the toilet, and people like farming by re-using past comments.

    • @Heidi9809
      @Heidi9809 7 лет назад

      Yep. It's 2 am now and I have shool at 8. I'm supposed to wake up at 6 because I have to leave at 7. And here I am. I feel you

    • @tengribizmenen8780
      @tengribizmenen8780 7 лет назад

      Rocket Bear Its now 4.17 am and i gotta wake up at 6 o clock

    • @shit888doteth3
      @shit888doteth3 7 лет назад

      Rocket Bear I go to school by bus :(

  • @dustup2249
    @dustup2249 9 месяцев назад +3

    Definitely a good demonstration of the relationship between surface tension versus capillary action. The weight of the bulk of mercury gives greater capillary adhesion to the porcelain bowl while the combined surface tension of the volume of mercury atoms all linking arms saying "hell no, we won't go!" 😄

  • @katieandkevinsears7724
    @katieandkevinsears7724 2 года назад +1

    Cody played a game of sinkers and floaters using lead, mercury and gold. Legendary.

  • @Fisolino
    @Fisolino 5 лет назад +178

    Imagine from the distance you see some random man plunging an isolated toilet multiple times

  • @culwin
    @culwin 5 лет назад +417

    "If you've ever tried to flush a lead bullet down a toilet..."
    Who hasn't??

    • @AvengedDH
      @AvengedDH 5 лет назад +3

      How bout who HAS? It seems stupid if you don't know that your toilet PROBABLY can't flush one, but some probably could flush one tbh

    • @---ng7ke
      @---ng7ke 5 лет назад +5

      Lava Lyrics wow you haven’t done it before? Missing out man

    • @MelodicTurtleMetal
      @MelodicTurtleMetal 5 лет назад +3

      Pretty much try this daily, except Tuesday because I work late

    • @johntaylor8463
      @johntaylor8463 4 года назад +3

      @@MelodicTurtleMetal no excuses, flush them at work

    • @JamesPhillipsOfficial
      @JamesPhillipsOfficial 4 года назад

      You could just chuck into recycling

  • @sp7947
    @sp7947 3 года назад +1

    I think Cody has more knowledge about negative effects of mercury than some viral news, videos or rumors

  • @firebladetenn6633
    @firebladetenn6633 8 месяцев назад

    I saw this video I think when it first came out, or at least shortly after. It's stayed with me all these years.

  • @lugeiger4924
    @lugeiger4924 5 лет назад +528

    i ask myself, what kind of person wakes up one morning and thinks "oh, it'd be nice if i filled a toilet with mercury and flushed it"

    • @DJPMackin
      @DJPMackin 5 лет назад +17

      Someone smart enough to get 7.5m monetised views on RUclips, I suspect. The fact that you had to ask that would indicate he may be a tad more clever than yourself.

    • @Guppypants
      @Guppypants 5 лет назад +3

      Sure. I might THINK that.This guy follows through.

    • @pkendlers
      @pkendlers 5 лет назад

      Scientist

    • @Charadoesthatgaming
      @Charadoesthatgaming 5 лет назад +1

      Oh it’d be nice if I filled a toilet with mercury and flushed it

    • @jrwill58
      @jrwill58 5 лет назад +1

      A very intelligent and curious scientist, who also loves to educate and entertain the average Joe and/or Josephine's in this world. I found it fascinating that the bullet would float while the gold and the tungsten sank. Gotta love science !

  • @BrianAwesomenes
    @BrianAwesomenes 7 лет назад +1130

    Why do you have so much mercury?

    • @PBJfan123
      @PBJfan123 7 лет назад +179

      I think he has a mercury mine

    • @ITSTIMETOSTOP
      @ITSTIMETOSTOP 7 лет назад +164

      You can buy it.

    • @LillianRZP
      @LillianRZP 7 лет назад +83

      Because he uses it to make videos like this xD

    • @c4feg4r44
      @c4feg4r44 7 лет назад +260

      he is a mad scientist and his evil plan to kill the world is to coat it with mercury

    • @jakubrejzekjunior7349
      @jakubrejzekjunior7349 7 лет назад +31

      BrianAwesomenes to get it into his blood

  • @jamesdoesthings1096
    @jamesdoesthings1096 5 месяцев назад

    Wow I got re-recommended this in 2023 when I first got recommended and watched in 2016! Really good rewatch, I’ll eagerly await it being recommended again another 7 years from now!

  • @TheKurtsPlaceChannel
    @TheKurtsPlaceChannel 5 месяцев назад

    Very cool video. Thanks for posting this.

  • @BatMan-sg9kh
    @BatMan-sg9kh 7 лет назад +384

    It's 12:02 AM and I'm watching someone flush a toilet of mercury.

  • @xanabani
    @xanabani 5 лет назад +734

    Moral of the story: if you poop gold, flush with murcury, and wipe with tungsten..

  • @isaacroth5204
    @isaacroth5204 Год назад +1

    The way the mercury went down those walls in nice neat streaks makes this the most beautiful toilet flush I've ever seen

  • @landolakes8001
    @landolakes8001 2 года назад

    Where do you get all your Mercury and other elements and compounds from

  • @Be4tJumper
    @Be4tJumper 7 лет назад +3771

    why have i spent 10 minutes watching a guy flush a toilet?

    • @Sujieun
      @Sujieun 7 лет назад +69

      I asked myself the same thing and I'm still watching

    • @abara5678
      @abara5678 7 лет назад +10

      and talking about it to each other =)

    • @cristianjohnston3083
      @cristianjohnston3083 7 лет назад +17

      BeatJumper 👽 Stop acting like he's normally flushing a toilet

    • @JeoshuaCollins
      @JeoshuaCollins 7 лет назад +18

      Don't lie. It was beautiful to watch.

    • @wolfsus111
      @wolfsus111 7 лет назад +1

      i was thinking the same thing

  • @jimbo111589
    @jimbo111589 7 лет назад +4738

    tbh, clicked because i thought someone was dumb enough to actually flush mercury

    • @stsk69
      @stsk69 7 лет назад +361

      jimbo111589 this guy is anything but dumb. Lol I learned a ton

    • @serious.business
      @serious.business 7 лет назад +104

      hahahaha "a ton" I see what you did there!!! ;)
      My oh my you are clever!!

    • @Wrestlelesson
      @Wrestlelesson 7 лет назад +44

      jimbo111589 as long as he knows what he is doing to keep himself save then the experiments are no problems.

    • @vivianlau1299
      @vivianlau1299 6 лет назад

      Bryony The Overthinking Pigeon
      K

    • @dparag14
      @dparag14 6 лет назад +55

      He has bought suspicious amount of mercury.

  • @kindpotato
    @kindpotato 3 года назад

    That was way cooler than I expected.

  • @KurisuYamato
    @KurisuYamato 6 месяцев назад

    7 years later and this randomly shows up in my suggestions. It's not the science we asked for, it's the science we needed. Nice!

  • @CarlRencer
    @CarlRencer 5 лет назад +1157

    it terrifies me that there are random dudes with this much mercury laying around

    • @ferrumignis
      @ferrumignis 4 года назад +26

      Why?

    • @buckhorncortez
      @buckhorncortez 4 года назад +155

      @@ferrumignis No doubt because Cody has the resources to make 1,000,0000 thermometers - and he's always been afraid of thermometers...

    • @ferrumignis
      @ferrumignis 4 года назад +86

      @@buckhorncortez Thermometerphobia is a crippling condition, we shouldn't laugh. Much.

    • @Tokito935
      @Tokito935 4 года назад +1

      @@ferrumignis y tho

    • @rextheroyalist6389
      @rextheroyalist6389 4 года назад +56

      *Yo*U cAN P*urcHase* muRcuRY *WItHouT a b*AcKGroUNd cHeC*K tHRoUgh tHE sCiENcE cONv*EntiOn loO*pHoLE*

  • @thesarcasticshu4409
    @thesarcasticshu4409 7 лет назад +359

    I was so relieved to see that you didn't do it down the sewer. Thank you for that.

    • @readingrainbow417
      @readingrainbow417 7 лет назад +38

      The Sarcastic Shu
      Omg same
      Like I came on this video ready to rant if he actually put it down the sewer
      But he didn't so that's all good

    • @AnonymousFreakYT
      @AnonymousFreakYT 7 лет назад +3

      Scrolled down the comments before the 30 second mark just to find the complaint/relief. Thanks for allaying my fears!

    • @samuelz9027
      @samuelz9027 7 лет назад +43

      I hate politics bc being concerned about someone flushing a deadly metal into the sewer is "pussies bitching"

    • @hipN0
      @hipN0 6 лет назад

      It is safe to say this theory works had to test it out ..wasnt able to disconnect toilet.. Went ahead with test

  • @SonGayku
    @SonGayku 3 года назад

    omg, I watched this video when it came out and completely forgot about this channel. Found it earlier today and just found this video. What a coincidence.

  • @johnettipio
    @johnettipio 6 месяцев назад +1

    ❌️ Finish my homework
    ✅️ watch someone flush mercury down a toilet

  • @iluvyrvsm
    @iluvyrvsm 4 года назад +786

    his neighbours: _honey, look our neighbour bought a toilet for his backyard!_

    • @tetra2277
      @tetra2277 4 года назад +43

      [Minutes later]
      Neighbours: honey, look our neighbour dumped shinny liquid into the toilet

    • @pige4375
      @pige4375 4 года назад +21

      *in the middle of the desert*

    • @freemovies3524
      @freemovies3524 2 года назад +2

      UN-SUBBED !!! - Don't encourage ANYONE to put ANYTHING your not supposed to down the sewage pipes !

    • @jessiejamesferruolo
      @jessiejamesferruolo Год назад

      Again* 😆

    • @Alastor_StrawberryPimp
      @Alastor_StrawberryPimp 5 месяцев назад

      @@freemovies3524 but he's not putting it down the pipes

  • @morphious86.
    @morphious86. 7 лет назад +258

    Having a mercury toilet is really good for rich people that literally shit gold bars.

  • @dehypnotizerz
    @dehypnotizerz 11 месяцев назад

    This is the one of the most hilarious videos I've seen for a longer while 😅

  • @Nonkel_Jef
    @Nonkel_Jef 6 месяцев назад +1

    This is very useful information for anyone who considered flushing mercury at home

  • @jaccturdman
    @jaccturdman 7 лет назад +621

    Africa in Mercury could have drank that kids :(

    • @Stripemedia
      @Stripemedia 7 лет назад +29

      what language in you speaking?

    • @jaccturdman
      @jaccturdman 7 лет назад +10

      You don't get it?

    • @jaccturdman
      @jaccturdman 7 лет назад +8

      It's a play on words, most people on videos where people waste water or food someone leaves a comment that says 'Kids in Africa could have eaten and/or drunk that *insert edible substance here*' and then you have people like me who rephrase it.

    • @jaccturdman
      @jaccturdman 7 лет назад +2

      Who? Me.

    • @INTCUWUSIUA
      @INTCUWUSIUA 7 лет назад +3

      *Kids in Africa could have drunk that Mercury :(. FTFY

  • @addisonwoods9367
    @addisonwoods9367 5 лет назад +1405

    I think the most shocking thing about this video is that in 2016, mercury had a price of nearly 4000 dollars per flask.

    • @ilovelemonisland2
      @ilovelemonisland2 5 лет назад +219

      He likely bought before the price increase. Also, the $4000 price tag is per flask (76 pounds), not $4000 each pound. But, if purchased in 2016, he likely paid (4000/76) * 240 = ~$12,600

    • @aq0m
      @aq0m 5 лет назад +10

      J Ingram yes I thought the same

    • @addisonwoods9367
      @addisonwoods9367 5 лет назад +52

      @@ilovelemonisland2 ah! my mistake! I just looked it up and your totally right! that's still a lot to pay but it makes a lot more sense! thank you!

    • @theraven5850
      @theraven5850 5 лет назад +73

      You do notice that he used a solid bar of tungsten as a weight and threw in a bar of gold to sink through the mercury right? He must be loaded, considering each of those materials is costly.

    • @addisonwoods9367
      @addisonwoods9367 5 лет назад +35

      @@theraven5850 even a toz of gold was "only" 1.4 k at the time this video was published, and elemental tungsten is only about $20 a pound.

  • @milsgarage
    @milsgarage 3 года назад

    Definitely not what i thought i was gonna be watching tonight. Great video 👍

  • @ploobooble1141
    @ploobooble1141 3 года назад

    I never thought it would be quite so interesting to watch a toilet flush in slow motion

  • @UndergroundMusicProductions
    @UndergroundMusicProductions 7 лет назад +332

    whole reason I watched this was to make sure you weren't putting this into a sewer system or septic tank cool that you went to the extents of building a rig for this experiment.

    • @UndergroundMusicProductions
      @UndergroundMusicProductions 7 лет назад +2

      but what's the purpose of this experiment?

    • @Absolar-flare
      @Absolar-flare 7 лет назад +17

      the exact reason I watched it too.

    • @lollsazz
      @lollsazz 7 лет назад +3

      Not "cool" - necessary, or he would go to jail for a really long time

    • @nickpitts7895
      @nickpitts7895 7 лет назад +4

      Saw this video while I was listening to an audio book as homework, immediately left the audiobook and watched this for the same reason..

    • @marcsomerhausen1926
      @marcsomerhausen1926 7 лет назад +9

      Nothing at the moment. Most sciencitifc achievements are completely useless until the day someone realises they are not. That's why we fund space research and physics.

  • @tommygarson8592
    @tommygarson8592 7 лет назад +231

    this man is fucking handling mercury without gloves like it's nothing. that's metal as fuck dude

    • @NEUROSURGEONDENTIST
      @NEUROSURGEONDENTIST 7 лет назад +19

      elemental mercury is not dangerous... but the mercury you find in thermometers etc is not elemental and therefore can be absorbed into the skin readily. peace you noobs :)

    • @GeneralFork1Over
      @GeneralFork1Over 7 лет назад +2

      www.cdc.gov/niosh/ershdb/emergencyresponsecard_29750021.html
      According to the CDC, "Elemental mercury is toxic primarily through inhalation of mercury vapors. It is only slowly absorbed through the skin, although it may cause skin and eye irritation. Elemental mercury droplets may be absorbed through eye contact. Ingestion is not an important route of acute exposure as almost no elemental mercury is absorbed through the gastrointestinal tract." So yeah, any kind of mercury, elemental or otherwise, is still absolutely dangerous.

    • @TheForgedReality
      @TheForgedReality 7 лет назад +10

      Yeah, dude. There is no way I'd fuck with mercury anywhere near my actual skin. Nope, nope, and more nope.

    • @fsmoura
      @fsmoura 7 лет назад

      tr00 metal confirmed \m/

    • @dannyphehe
      @dannyphehe 7 лет назад +1

      I head banged throughout this whole video. Got whiplash.

  • @EthnHDmlle
    @EthnHDmlle 2 года назад

    This cracks me up so much.

  • @Cherriesandwatermelons
    @Cherriesandwatermelons 5 месяцев назад +2

    pov: *you’re an alien and you just had Taco Bell*

  • @michaelr7254
    @michaelr7254 5 лет назад +481

    "Don't ask me how that mercury got in my system, doc."
    "RUclips?"
    "Yeah....and a toilet."
    "Your insurance has expired."
    "Pay you in this gold bar?"

    • @brandonjantzer5421
      @brandonjantzer5421 5 лет назад +11

      Still i think i would have wore gloves

    • @kevininforks
      @kevininforks 5 лет назад +11

      He should absolutely be wearing gloves at minimum since he clearly does this regularly.

    • @broksjetheydontknow2400
      @broksjetheydontknow2400 5 лет назад +2

      Is it possible that the mercury can penetrate through his skin

    • @JamieJosef
      @JamieJosef 5 лет назад +7

      Jason Romano yes! Scientists have died from mercury penetrating their freaking gloves-he’s taking a crazy large risk

    • @andreyzelinskiy3604
      @andreyzelinskiy3604 5 лет назад

      @@broksjetheydontknow2400 he states in the video that metallic mercury will not absorb through the skin. Look at the 10:57 mark

  • @stewartgriffin780
    @stewartgriffin780 7 лет назад +62

    8:43 when I eat something bad

    • @coolkid8075
      @coolkid8075 7 лет назад +1

      Jerame Forbes xD

    • @Ollie.H-2301
      @Ollie.H-2301 9 месяцев назад

      What the fuck are you eating for your "waste" to be metallic?

  • @TheAlwaysOriginals
    @TheAlwaysOriginals 6 месяцев назад

    This is funny as hell thank you for asking and answering this question

  • @fightingducks2669
    @fightingducks2669 2 года назад +1

    You are awesome cody

  • @MerpSquirrel
    @MerpSquirrel 7 лет назад +197

    Well at least you know how to deal with it if you end up sh*ting gold now.

    • @Nemozoli
      @Nemozoli 7 лет назад

      I would just sell my sh*t and get stinky rich :) but yeah, mercury-flushing toilet is also the way to go!

    • @USWaterRockets
      @USWaterRockets 7 лет назад +5

      I thought it was more for when he uses gold foil for toilet paper.

    • @MerpSquirrel
      @MerpSquirrel 7 лет назад +2

      USWaterRockets OH I thought he used lead plate for that.

    • @AoiKaze2000
      @AoiKaze2000 7 лет назад +9

      Shame nobody told that to Tywin Lannister....

    • @aidandixon6028
      @aidandixon6028 7 лет назад

      x3

  • @-Kerstin
    @-Kerstin 7 лет назад +217

    RUclips has been recommending me this video over a week and yep, now I know what flushing mercury in a toilet looks like. Are you happy now?

    • @OlGregge
      @OlGregge 7 лет назад +2

      You guys should check out all of his videos. I can confidently say that he never fails to spike your interest.

    • @tobyj762
      @tobyj762 7 лет назад

      old gregg Bump

    • @hoodsss5587
      @hoodsss5587 7 лет назад +1

      Kerstin watch his vid. on how to make cyanide

    • @_shadow_8793
      @_shadow_8793 7 лет назад +2

      happend to me too

  • @wyldstallyn2016
    @wyldstallyn2016 5 месяцев назад

    what did it feel like when you dunked your hand in the mercury ? Is it just like water or does it feel thick like syrup or what?

  • @alexsullivan2957
    @alexsullivan2957 5 месяцев назад

    You earned my subscription today big pimp!

  • @thevioletskull8158
    @thevioletskull8158 5 лет назад +261

    Everyone: don't flush your money down the toilet!
    Cody:

  •  5 лет назад +672

    My mom: why is the toilet clogged
    Me: you know that planet before Venus? Well...

    • @brad349miller
      @brad349miller 5 лет назад +34

      Luke Blockwalker American public school kid; that’s your anus, right?

    • @yayo2736
      @yayo2736 5 лет назад +1

      And acid

    • @brad349miller
      @brad349miller 5 лет назад +2

      Queena Yang that’s nice, kid.

    • @-firathelightpheonix-3117
      @-firathelightpheonix-3117 5 лет назад +1

      That third grader can spell a hell of alot better than most of y'all anyways, so shut up. Also, to the one talking shit about Americans, fuck you. You're the reason the world has so many fucking wars all the time.

    • @bigman489
      @bigman489 5 лет назад

      papa devin *Too braindead to be here dude.

  • @richardkingori1354
    @richardkingori1354 3 года назад

    Begins video with whether you've tried flushing a lead bullet. love it

  • @ryanshepherd755
    @ryanshepherd755 2 года назад

    I want to know if you slow it down flushing water if it makes that same eerie sound.

  • @2800boy
    @2800boy 5 лет назад +240

    You just flushed the T-1000 down the drain.

  • @2013Arcturus
    @2013Arcturus 7 лет назад +473

    Cody the fact that you don't wear gloves and you play with tons of Mercury concerns me. All I'm saying is in 8 years your channel is gonna be Mad Hatter weird...

    • @davisjames8484
      @davisjames8484 7 лет назад +55

      unless u have open wounds you're fi e

    • @davisjames8484
      @davisjames8484 7 лет назад

      *fine

    • @greybeard29
      @greybeard29 7 лет назад +12

      Ignignokt Err Mercury won't absorb through skin. It will only go through a wound

    • @brk932
      @brk932 7 лет назад +48

      I had the pathological shyness and tremor even before. Mercury is very safe UNLESS YOU HEAT IT AND BREATHE THE VAPORS FOR A FEW MONTHS DAILY. That is essentialy what hatters did during the manufacture of felt..
      Mercuric nitrate was commonly used in the production of felt for hats. During a process called carroting, in which furs from small animals such as rabbits, hares or beavers were separated from their skins and matted together, an orange-colored solution containing mercuric nitrate was used as a smoothing agent. The resulting felt was then repeatedly shaped into large cones, shrunk in boiling water and dried. In treated felts, a slow reaction released volatile free mercury

    • @JacobEllinger
      @JacobEllinger 7 лет назад +6

      but he messes with the stuff so often . . .

  • @SamTimelapseMan
    @SamTimelapseMan 2 года назад +1

    I like how halfway through it became a plunger demo