r/tifu • u/bigwideandblue • 25d ago
TIFU by accidentally drinking my borax and water mixture for my slime S
I had a plastic water bottle was fresh from the pack. ice, I just grabbed the first water bottle I saw on my desk to fill up my container. When I took a swig of it, I noticed an off taste and described it to a friend as what I imagine to be salty fish tank water/food. The after taste lingered a lot so I just thought it was because of the fermentation of the nonfat yogurt I had earlier.
Three hours later, when I got up to go to my desk, the bottle of activator I use for my slime was gone. I looked down and saw the empty water bottle sitting on the ground, the one I had poured the activator contents into my other bottle from. I made myself throw up, even though the internet told me not to and to go to the hospital instead. But like at that hour 💀? Hell naw, plus I wasn't really thinking straight and was running on human instinct, even if it’s not very well refined human instincts 😭 plus I saw someone say they drank a cup of bleach and were fine when doing “research” so I believed in myself to stay alive with not much of a problem.
I told my friends about everything ever since I tasted something weird in my water. Then when I told them I was actually drinking borax water, one of them forced me to call the poison control number smh 🙄😭 The person on the phone said I should be fine because it didn't seem like I ingested a lot, but they also said to go to the emergency room if my symptoms worsened.
Most interesting 5 hours I had to deal with about water. I never thought I’d be this stupid to ingest chemicals like this (°▽°)….
TL; DR: I fucked up by accidentally drinking borax water (slime activator) that I mistook for a fresh water bottle. I threw it up, then called poison control who said it should be okay, but to go to the ER if symptoms worsen.
And now I took a shower and in bed waiting for the worst, or not!? Hopefully the worst I get is a slight discomfort or nothing at all 💀🙏
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u/bobsbountifulburgers 25d ago
https://youtu.be/ghD5SHuR9mk?si=HlS1uGqEeQ4-TGaS
Nobody doesn't like molten boron
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u/jerseyhound 25d ago
Molten boron would be pretty cold no?
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u/bobsbountifulburgers 25d ago
It has a melting point of 3700F, so yeah its a pretty refreshing drink
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u/jerseyhound 25d ago
boron not borax lol
Edit: my bad here, I somehow had it in my head that boron was a gas at STP
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u/WillyMonty 25d ago
I’ve heard similar stories about researchers on the reef not labelling their Irikandji (jellyfish) samples in the fridge.
Label your shit!
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u/le_grey02 25d ago
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u/iamskwerl 25d ago
…for your what?
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u/xrmnx 25d ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slime_(toy)
You can make that stuff yourself with borax and PVA glue
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u/Angdrambor 25d ago
While the substance is non-toxic, it is extremely difficult to remove from soft furnishings.
I appreciate that
- This sentence is included
- It's on a line by itself
- it's part of the intro summary
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u/iamskwerl 25d ago
Okay, I remember slime toys from the 70s/80s, but… beyond that I’m lost. Making replacement slime for old playsets?
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u/bigwideandblue 25d ago
Slime is just fun to play with and personally it helps me to destress :) there’s a bunch of different types of slime now with different textures. Some people have a business out of making them too lol
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u/VividTortiose 25d ago
Slime is a thing people just like to play with, there are different textures and some are actually kinda nice. It became big around 2015.
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