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Anyone do the chemical burn with lye?
I have no idea what exactly made me do this, but I saw the container of Lye in my laundry room last week, and decided to do it.
It hurt really fucking bad, but not as bad as I thought, or something. The past few days its hurt more than it did the day after, its really weird not to have any sensation on a little chunk of your hand.
wondering if anyone else has done it. I'll put up pics when I can...
A quick search on bmezine.com (see the "scarification faq") will tell you that you're probably not going to have results like Fight Club.
I did know a guy with dramatic, raised scarring from a burn on his hand, but the hand in question was mangled in a printing press accident.
Anyway, if you're going to ritualistically burn yourself, you should find your own way to do it that's unique to you.
all this hate, should we not embrace the people who did not learn that burning hurts? these are the people that we must save in order to better our human existence and be one with the awesomenessitude, love your fellows, love, looooooove
seriously being burned hurts
I wonder if we will be seeing this guy in The Darwin Awards in a few years...
[B]"STFU n00b.pwned."[/B] -[I]God. [/I]
[B]"I, Inigo Montoya, do challenge you, coward, pig, killer, ass, fool, to battle."[/B] -[I]Inigo, The Princess Bride[/I]
[B]"...life is not fair. Forget all the garbage your parents put out. Remember Morgenstern. You'll be a lot happier."[/B] [I]- William goldman[/I]
Hey, I actually think that's pretty cool. I wish I had the guts to do it.
[COLOR=YellowGreen][FONT=Arial]Facts are simple and facts are straight. Facts are lazy and facts are late. Facts all come with points of view, facts don't do what I want them to. Facts just twist the truth around. Facts are living turned inside out. Facts are getting the best of them. Facts are nothing on the face of things. Facts don't stain the furniture, facts go out and slam the door. Facts are written all over your face. Facts continue to change their shape.[/COLOR][/FONT]
I love scarification, but I'll definitely wait a few more years before I'll even [i]consider[/i] getting any myself. I have this grand design for a rose vine around my left leg, but I'm also fully aware of how terrible the results can be.
I wouldn't mind getting a FC scar on my left hand, but I've only been a Chuck fan for five months now... if he's still my idol in, say, ten years, I might seriously consider a Tyler's Kiss.
[SIZE=1]"good luck with the arrogant fuck thing..." [i]-some guy at DeviantArt[/i][/SIZE]
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I can just picture being up north during mid-december..not at a Christmas party but at one of those before Christmas parties, ya'know, where everyone is back in touch with their sensitive side, their giving side, their let-the-guy-pass-instead-of-giving-him-the-finger side. You're sitting up their in the cabin, watching your girlfriend's coworker chuck logs into the fire. You tilt your hand to the side to check your watch, and then uncle lenny says, "Hey, what happend there?"
Then you answer, "Oh, I burnt my hand with lye."
"You what?"
"Well, I saw it on a movie.."
"Why would you do that?"
Now this is the part where you rebel and not care about Uncle Lenny, you instead think it's cool that you ruined your own hand. But you can think you're as cool as you want, in the end you're still going to be a dumbass to Uncle Lenny, your girlfriend, and your girlfriend's coworker.
You're going to be a dumbass to them, because rebeling is only cool with reason. A rebel without a cause is no better than a mindless Skinhead with no opinion.
..Nevermind, you kids have fun. But you have to agree with what was said a few posts back, if you're going to be an idiot and give yourself a scar, at least be creative about it.
I've had chemical burns before, never with Lye though. The worst I ever had was from liquid nitrogen, which let me tell you.... is awesome stuff. It'll freeze any damn thing it comes into contact with. But it did leave a nasty purple scar on my hand for the better part of a year. I'd have to say the pain was equal to that of having a pen shoved through the palm of my hand. In theory. Quality good times, let me tell you...
"You shouldn't drink, then go on the internet, Dan..."
~Brian C. Jennings
[QUOTE=BEE_is_God]What? * shakes head in disbelief*
Most fuckin' retarded thing i have ever heard of .[/QUOTE]
I dunno about that... I once saw a kid get ran over buy a churro cart at Disneyland.
I thought that was a bit on the retarded side. I mean, honestly... who runs infront of a moving churro cart? Psh..
"You shouldn't drink, then go on the internet, Dan..."
~Brian C. Jennings
i did it
i bought some on ebay, some flake lye i had to crush up and now i have a little tiny scar now and hurt a little bit worse then a plain old burn.
i still have a lot left in jars in my thrashy down stiars bathroom
i'm gonna eat your children!
[QUOTE=tad_fitzsimmins]anybody try anything from 'guts' i've done two of the three who wants to guess what one i didn't do. one of them i've been doing since i was a little kid[/QUOTE]
Are your parents related?
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[QUOTE=RandomThought]Why on earth would you do that? It's fucking LYE for christ's sake.
Jesus. It has a pH of 14 (or it should if it isn't diluted).
Argh. *grumble* Weird people playing with strong bases.[/QUOTE]
just wondering, is "lye" sodium hydroxide? here in oz, sodium hydroxide is sold as "caustic soda". I'm assuming this is the same stuff, apparently this is the stuff used for making soap. (sounds like u have some chemical knowledge)
yeah, I know a bit about acids & bases too... like how acids contribute H+ ions while bases contribute OH- ions, and about how a strong acid/base has a high dissociation constant..... so what? it doesn't tell us anything about a lye burn does it? But once again, don't want to be "degrading of your intelligence"....
thanks, NaOH = Lye. Thought so.
Try mixing with water + aluminium (aluminum for USA) foil = hydrogen
if you say the thought of burning your own hand has never, EVER crossed your mind since you read this book, then you're lying. he acted on impulse, and that, at least, is pretty fucking cool in my book. no inhibitions. i like it.
i've not done it myself, though a few guys and i poured salt on the backs of our hands and held on ice cubes till they melted -- now i don't know if there is a strong enough reaction between salt and ice to burn, or if it was just some kind of frostbite, but my hand scabbed up pretty nicely. it didn't stay raised and has mostly healed since, but i have a nice prune-shaped scar to remind me.
stupid, maybe, but who are you to judge.
fuckers.
[QUOTE=DishFish]Not to be degrading of either of your intelligences, butheh...Acids and Bases are like Chemistry 101, you learn it like in fifth grade. 0 is Acidic, 7 is neutral, and 14 is Base.
And yes, sodium hydroxide is Lye.[/QUOTE]
No shit. That's why I was asking why anyone would play with something that was a strong base.
Also no, I never thought about burning the back of my hand with lye. It is stupid. I don't play with strong bases...unless I'm wearing gloves. ^.^
[QUOTE=hutson]if you say the thought of burning your own hand has never, EVER crossed your mind since you read this book, then you're lying. he acted on impulse, and that, at least, is pretty fucking cool in my book.[/QUOTE]
It has crossed my mind. So has driving the wrong way on a busy highway or running my razor across my tongue.
Unlike some of the Fuckwads posting in this thread, the part of my brain that tells me these are stupid things to do WORKS, so none of the many scars on my body are self inflicted.
I'm disapointed that it means my name won't be in your Official Book of Cool...I hope I find some way to deal with that tragedy.
^^^He's not lying
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I would like to hear that Janice Dickinson was assasinated... Some people are just like slinkies not really good for anything, but they bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs.
a month or 2 back i itched triangles into my hand with my finger nails until half the skin was gone and the scars are still there. i didnt do it because of fight club, i dont know why i did it. but i did. and to this day i wear long sleeves to cover the back of my hand. i had no purpose to do it so i have no purpose to show it off. i think anyone that wants to burn themselves just to say they did is focussing too much on the opinions of people that dont matter. dont show off and pretend your a badass. hitting bottom isnt something you write on your forehead, its something you feel inside
but wutever, if you wanna burn yourself go ahead.
but i think if its obviously visible then your just doing it to show off
soldier of flame, begger of mercy,
-zen
all we are, is shadows on the wall
[QUOTE=slantedstaircase]I have no idea what exactly made me do this, but I saw the container of Lye in my laundry room last week, and decided to do it.
It hurt really fucking bad, but not as bad as I thought, or something. The past few days its hurt more than it did the day after, its really weird not to have any sensation on a little chunk of your hand.
wondering if anyone else has done it. I'll put up pics when I can...[/QUOTE]
wow! that is SO cool! i think i'll go shoot myself in the face now! CHUCK TOLD ME TO DO IT!!!!1!
[/sarcasm]
"when i pray, and sometimes i do, i pray to myself...and sometimes, if i'm lucky, i answer myself."
i've relized how stupid it was but i am going to try somethings from the other books but i'm going to need some help and some anal beads 1/2 inch(start small) a copy of poems and rymes from around the world someone who does'nt mind losing a eye one of the kids who really is considering shot theirself in the head cause tyler and jack did should do fine. any volanteers who have the above mentioned items. by the way i still like ebay i would'nt have my danelctro bass if it wasn't for them and, dishfish i just plain don't like you, you fuckin' cocksucker!
i'm gonna eat your children!
None of you seem to understand anything about this book. There are those whom can read and enjoy it. Others can understand how accurate some things are in the book and relative to life. Self destruction is maybe all we have today. Not in idolization of the movie or book, but how things are is worthless. Burning one's self with anything, including lye, isn't stupid. Only some can understand the benefits of such an act. You don't do what is in the book Fight Club because you want to be like them. You do things trying to learn more about yourself. Some of you and actually most, will never realize how shitty your lives are and you may never need anything more than what you have be it video games, jobs, clothes, women, whatever. If you see things how I see things, things need to change. We need to realize we are worthless and not special (just like the book states) and we are afraid to live in a time where life is oriented around lifestyle and blindness. For all of you wanting to burn your hands with lye, do it as an act of awareness.
Leave the lye on you hand for as long as possible. Not considering the consequences means you are either a moron, or you are ready. And don't shut it off, the pain. I have been in martial arts all my life and I know how to shut pain off easily, but this will deter the act. Feel the pain. This is all we have. And it isn't morbid to all those who think it's crazy. You all are on a different page and something is holding you back. You are just like everyone else in this place. Pain is bad; hitting bottom is horrible. Right? You will never know how great the feeling is until you are willing to kill yourself and capable of doing anything. Those whom commit suicide, if they just looked at things in a different light at that time, they would realize that that is freedom and it is a feeling like no other. Only after we lose EVERYTHING are we free to do anything. We are still capable of getting God's attention. This book is more accurate on a radical level then most things you will ever read in your entire lives. True freedom exists during the time that nothing else matters. Then it feels as though you're flying. I don't expect many or any of you to understand. And that is fine. Live your lives and die happy. You probably don't realize how unhappy you are. Sorry about the length.
lye can eat thru metal, and like the guy said above, it went thru tin foil.. Look at the top of your hand, theres very little skin (although it hardly matters how thick the skin is..) That lye will eat thru it quick and start working on your bones and tendends..
[QUOTE=Schism]lye can eat thru metal, and like the guy said above, it went thru tin foil.. Look at the top of your hand, theres very little skin (although it hardly matters how thick the skin is..) That lye will eat thru it quick and start working on your bones and tendends..[/QUOTE]
Look friends, I've lost all feeling and control in my hand so I can have this really cool scar on my hand, and so that I could come to realize my true inner self!
I rock!
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