#H2SO4 The Way I Want

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New Audio: H2SO4 Share an Arena Friendly Banger

New Audio: H2SO4 Share an Arena Friendly Banger @heygroover @romainpalmieri @DorianPerron

Throughout the past year, I’ve managed to spill a bit of virtual ink covering British electro pop outfit and JOVM mainstays H2SO4. Formed in Kent back in the late 90s, the act — Graham Cupples (keys, programming), Darren Till (keys, programming) and James Butler (vocals, bass) — features a collection of accomplished musicians: Cupples previously led techno acts Mortal and Code. Till played with…

[knickynoo]

Back to the Future: The Animated Series, s02ep05 “Verne's New Friend” Review and Commentary

Previous episodes linked here.

In this episode: the obligatory kids' show "girls and boys can be friends" plotline.

We're back in Real Doc's lab for the opening segment, a rarity this season! Doc's got a lot of mysterious, bubbling liquids around him, and he takes a drink from a beaker, informing us it's water. However, he then picks up another one, which contains H2SO4 (sulfuric acid).

Remember when I covered the first season and kept making note of Doc's seemingly deteriorating mental state? The guy was a whole other level of unhinged in these opening segments. Zany, off the rails, and just plain WEIRD (said with the utmost affection). This live-action scene is no different, and it's not something that can really be captured properly in text. I feel I must include an actual clip to give you a taste of what Animated Series Real Doc is like.

What is. wrong with him.

The thing that really gets me (aside from the way he says, "Poisooooonnn...") is the way he smiles after.

If I didn't know and love Doc Brown, I would be terrified of this man. This could be in a horror movie. The last thing you see before the mad scientist takes you down.

Ultimately, the point of Doc's odd little display is to convey to us that things are not always what they seem. As many of our lead-ins into the cartoon part of the show, this one begins with Verne.

He and a bunch of buddies are gathered at a local baseball field and are ready to start up their game. It's guys only, though, and when two girls express their desire to play, Verne tells them, "Get lost. Girls can't play ball!" He and some of the other boys then start making jokes about how the girls should go fix their hair or do their nails instead. Oh, Verne...

I feel like this is a VERY common thing in 90s shows. The whole "boy discovers girls can play sports/be tough/enjoy the same things he does" was done over and over in TV.

During the game, the ball gets hit out of the field and is caught by a kid sitting on the sidewalk. The kid returns the ball with an amazing pitch, and Verne is instantly impressed. He asks the kid to be on his team, and they immediately form a quick friendship.

And with the whole "Verne doesn't want to play with girls" plotline having been immediately established in the first 20 seconds of this episode, let's really consider for a moment where they might be going here, shall we? Verne's just met a kid who plays baseball better than he does and who loves comic books as well. This kid is always wearing a hat. I'm thinkin' Vernie is in for a surprise when he gets to know his new friend better.

While at the comic store, the kids come across a poster for The Bob Brothers All-Star International Circus, and they want to go. The worker at the store informs them that it's an old poster, and the circus happened in 1933 and is now out of business. (Nice reference to "The Bobs" here!)

When Verne's friend (who we don't have a name for yet) expresses disappointment at not being able to see the show, Verne says maybe they can go to the circus. "Can you keep a secret?" he asks. Verne is about to spill the secret of time travel to a kid he's known all of two hours.

He and his friend sneak into the garage and hop into the DeLorean, programming it to the date of the circus and taking off on their little trip. Btw, Doc had been working on the car in that same moment. Doc is UNDER THE CAR when it's driven out of the garage.

As they drive along the street, a hand reaches from somewhere behind Verne and he panics, thinking it's Doc. (He hadn't seen him under the car) It's Marty, though! He'd been searching around in the car for something Doc needed in his repairs and has now been taken along for the ride against his will. He also shows absolutely zero concern at seeing Verne's friend sitting in the passenger seat. No "Who is this?" or "Verne, you told someone about time travel?!". Nothing.

The three of them arrive in 1933 and go straight to the circus. They're the only members in the audience.

They soon discover why the circus went out of business. It's awful. The band plays terrible music, the acts are boring (the "ferocious" lion is asleep during his performance), the tightrope walker is only two feet off the ground and terrified, and the Bob brothers running the show are a couple of clumsy goofballs. Verne, Marty, and Verne's friend are bored to tears.

When it comes time to see the human cannonball, one of the Bobs announces that the act has to be canceled due to a "slight occupational hazard." This is the human cannonball.

The only way the act can go on is if someone from the audience volunteers to do it themself. Sounds very legal!!!

Marty accidentally volunteers himself to be the cannonball because he picks that exact moment to wave his hands in an attempt to signal the guy selling peanuts. Good going, Marty. He's promptly launched into the air, out of the tent, and crash lands on the DeLorean, sending pieces of it flying.

(If you look closely at the sign in the background, it says "Tannen Farm")

After taking a look at the car later on, Marty informs his little buddies of some bad news: the carburetor is cracked. He says he might be able to fix it with a paperclip, though. Verne's friend, who we learn a moment later is called "Chris," is able to help out by offering a bobby pin. Verne is baffled. Why would a boy be carrying around a bobby pin??

As Marty works on the car, Verne and Chris sneak back into the circus, where they overhear a Tannen telling the Bobs that they'll have to pay him double from now on in order to keep using his land. The kids climb a nearby ladder up to a platform so they can get a better vantage point, and a series of wacky events follow. Verne and Chris fall from the platform but grab onto a unicycle and end up riding it across a tightrope, then they fling themselves into a clown car, a runaway tire crashes into a group of acrobats, and so on. Pure chaos.

Once everything is settled, Mac Tannen comes running over to one of his pigs, scooping it up and cuddling it and doing all sorts of baby talk to it.

"Cleopatra! Poor little baby-wabey. Did the baddy-waddy wittle boys frighten Daddy's itty-bitty piggy-wiggy?"

And you know what? It's kind of endearing seeing a Tannen acting all affectionate and loving toward something. Look at how happy that pig is. She has a bow in her hair!

As a result of all the shenanigans, he ends up telling the Bobs that he now wants triple the rent money, plus extra for damages. If he doesn't get it by the next night, he's going to take over running the circus. Verne and Chris are forced to stay and help out around the place in order to pay back the money for all the stuff they broke. Verne comes up with a plan to get the money rolling in quickly, and he and Chris ride an elephant into town to advertise and give away free tickets. That night, the stadium is completely packed, and Verne tells the Bobs that they'll make a ton of money selling food and souvenirs.

Unfortunately, the sisters who do the trapeze act have just quit, and it's their biggest act of the night. Verne says it's no sweat; he and Chris will do the act because "We can do anything any old girls can do."

Wearing some of Doc's "booster belts", Verne and Chris prepare for their trapeze act debut.

Marty says they look silly, especially wearing hats, and Verne takes his off. Chris refuses to do the same. Hmmm....

Also, I need to drop another screenshot of Mac with his pig as they sit in the audience.

The show begins with Chris and Verne, who fly around the air with ease due to their booster belts. The audience goes wild.

(this has nothing to do with the plot, but I want to draw attention to a scene where Mac's skin tone flashes back and forth noticeably)

I'm truly fascinated by the amount of mistakes and wonky animation in this series. People's eyes and skin change color out of nowhere and the character designs vary episode to episode. There's no consistency at all.

Returning back to the episode, the pair is in the middle of their most daring stunt when Chris's hat flies off and reveals....she's a GIRL! Who could have seen this coming?

Verne is so shocked that he falls from his own trapeze and begins plummeting to the ground. Chris swoops in and saves him just in time. Once they land and a crowd of people gathers in awe, Verne stalks off angrily.

Outside, the Bobs pay Mac Tannen all the money they owe him, followed by another very obvious mistake. Mac calls to his pig, who appears a moment later carrying an armful of food and souvenirs. A second later all that stuff is gone, and it's just the pig walking away. Holding nothing.

What was going on in the studio that animated this show??

Over at the DeLorean, Verne is ranting to Marty about how upset he is that Chris was a girl this whole time. How could he have shared so many things he loved with A GIRL?? Marty doesn't get what the big deal is. He says that some of his best friends are girls. "She's still the same person you liked before," he goes on to tell Verne, to which Verne continues complaining. Marty tells him he better knock it off or his friendship with Chris (whose name is really Christine) is going to be over.

With the car fixed, they all pile into the car, where Verne continues to give Chris the cold shoulder for betraying him or something. Idk. Verne is convinced girls have cooties. But the whole reason that Chris hid the fact she's a girl is specifically because it was the only way she could be included in those "boy activities." Verne never would have asked her to play baseball or read comics with him if he'd known from the start.

Once back home, Verne joins his buddies for a game of baseball. As he chases after the ball, he runs into Chris. She hands him the ball, and Verne awkwardly asks her if she wants to play with them. And that's where the cartoon portion ends.

All is well. Verne has come to his senses and realized that it's okay to have friends who are girls. We don't get to see any scenes of how Verne comes to change his mind, though. It just happens. He's angry at her one moment, then asks her to play 20 seconds later in the next scene. I get that there's very limited time to tell a story in a kids' cartoon, but it would've been nice to see Verne having that moment of, "Hey, maybe I was wrong."

We go back to Doc's lab, where he reiterates the lesson that appearances can be deceiving. For example, his elaborate setup of tubes and colorful liquids is actually an invention that creates the perfect water balloon. You see, he's preparing for his and Verne's semi-annual water fight, and he's discovered an exact formula that helps the balloons fly further and have the biggest burst ratio.

I love Doc being a dad. Establishing regular water balloon fights with his son and using the power of science to beat him is something he absolutely would do.

And that about does it for this episode! It was okay. Verne was annoying in it, but I liked Chris (I was very much considered a "tomboy" as a kid), and Marty actually came through with some common sense and good advice. Like I said, I feel like I've seen this same kind of storyline a hundred times from various shows and movies. It was a popular one in the 80s through the early 2000s, it seems.

Join me next time as I go into the episode without any prior knowledge, because it's called "Bravelord and the Demon Monstrux" which intrigues me so much that I don't even want to read the episode summary.

[booksbeansandcandles]

Phil’s Daily Wisdom

Don't be afraid of DHMO - Dihydrogen Monoxide

Yes, it is the:

Number 1 cause of ALL drowning deaths

Number 1 cause of ALL Erosion

Industrial Solvent that can even dissolve rock given enough time

It is in ALL of our food

It is used in ALL forms of manufacturing

It can cause excessive property damage

AND MORE!!!!!!!!

There are WEBSITES that tell about the HORRORS of Dihydrogen Monoxide

It was nearly banned by a city in Califorina!

SCARED YET OF DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE?

DIHYDROGEN chemical formula is H2

MONOXIDE chemical formula is O

Put them together H2O

That's water y'all.

And yes, a small town in Californian nearly banned the substance because none of the city council knew what it was. Someone asked, "Isn't that just water" and so they banned sytrofoam cups at city events instead to save face.

Just because you cannot pronounce a word or it has a long name does not mean it is harmful or dangerous.

L-Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C)

Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D)

Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6)

Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12)

Every plant has a scientific name (Latin Name), a common/general name, as well as folk names. If you see the Latin Name don't freak out.

I see this a LOT in the magickal community - people don't understand a bgi word and get scared.

Don't buy into the crap that margarine is 1 molecule away from plastic. First off there are a LOT of different forms of plastics and each have their own chemical formula. Just because a substance has the same chemical formula as another does not mean they are the same. Diamonds are CARBON ... so is coal. If you take coal, put it under enough pressure and heat it can form a diamond. The chemical bonds between the carbon atoms make all the difference. Cabon has 4 bonding points. It can bond to itself 3 times. Due to the position of the bonds it cannot bond to itself a 4th time.

In chemistry a SINGLE ELECTRON can turn an explosive substance into a condiment.

Sodium is a metal. It is a VERY reactive metal. It EXPLODES when it comes in contact with water. It is missing 1 electron in its outer most shell and REALLY wants that extra electron and will STRIP it from other substances.

Chlorine is a color, odorless, and deadly gas. Mustard gas has chlorine. It has 1 electron in its outer shell that it doesn't want.

When Sodium and Chlorine get together the chlorine shares its electron with the sodium atom. The chlorine is happy because it no longer has excess baggage. The Sodium is super happy because its outer electron shell is full.

Together they make salt ... NaCl ... the most common seasoning.

Either atom by itself will kill you.

NaCl is a compound.

A molecule is a group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds. A compound is a substance which is formed by two or more different types of elements which are united chemically in a fixed proportion. All molecules are not compounds. All compounds are molecules.

Plastic is a long chain carbon compounds some have over 10,000 carbon atoms and other atoms chained together.

Sugars basically have the same base chemical composition: C6H12O6 but the carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms combine in different ways to create different natural sugars. Not all sugars metabolize the same way.

One last comment ... the addition or removal of an atom can cause major changes.

H2O - water

H2SO4 - sulfuric acid

There was a rhyme I learned in chemistry, “Willy was a chemist, but Willy ain't no more, what Willy thought was H2O was really H2SO4.”

[gfpet-rants]

How dare you tell me to calm down

I am someone calm but there are times not even a saint should forgive the actions of a-holes, i have to say my inorganic chemistry teacher is high class biatch because well even if i was fuming she shouldn't try to tell me to calm down.

She gives us a dinamic to do in class, she gives us 10 min. to find 10 acids and write down their names (ex. Sulfuric Acid) and symbols (ex. H2SO4), them we have to give for the other groups 2 of our symbols and they only using their periodic tables had to find the name of the acid in 6 min.

Here is the problem each group had different periodic tables, because well we were buying in different places, so lets say my group had a element that other groups didn't have in their periodic tables, what the f*ck the teacher wants us to do, there's no way for me to get it done before the time limit.

By luck we did everything right before the time limit but still she wanted the answers in the board, WHY!! she already gave us a f*cking short time limit why does she wants everything in the board? We were going to write down everything anyway and then give it to her with our names.

She got angry with us and i stayed quiet, but she had to open that god forbidden mouth of hers and say my writing was bad, i lashed out i simply didn't care at that moment, and well because she doesn't like conflicts and i was getting angry she told me to calm down even tho she was acting the same way not even two minutes before me.

I have to say if it was me from some years ago she would have received a table to the face because well she really makes me want to slap her.

[allhailthewicked]

Wow two posts in one day! Anyway I'm back at it again with the white vans and some late night thoughts. So the newest episode of WWW is absolutely AMAZING. Now most people are focusing on how the Ryan and Shane's mouth guards match guards match their unsolved text and how Shane kind of looks like a newborn deer while he rollerblades. However my dumb ass decided to completely focus on something incredibly different and barely related to the episode: The Writing On Ryan's Helmet

On this helmet you can see the chemical formula H2SO4. And I was like hmm… that's interesting I wondering what compound that is. You know since I haven't been in school in a couple month. So I looked it up.

And as you can see it stands for Sulfur Acid. Which is sick 🤙🏾 but I was like why is that on a helmet? why is this important? Then Ryan turned his head the other way.

It say the SULFURIC ASTRID! And let me just say that is such an amazing pun and I want to be that funny(punny) when I grow up. That's all for now folks!

[thequirkdetective]

Investigation 4 (12/6/2020): Explosion - Katsuki Bakugou

This investigation will cover the quirk of the most famous/infamous character in the BNHA fandom: Katsuki Bakugou. His ‘explosion’ quirk allows him to “secrete nitro-glycerine-like sweat”[1] from his skin and detonate it at will, and he uses the resultant explosions for direct close-range attack, movement, and illumination. The main detail to be examined therefore is the synthesis of the substance within Bakugou’s body.

To begin with, we’ll look specifically at the compound Nitro-glycerine. It is described by Encyclopaedia Britannica as “a colourless, oily, somewhat toxic liquid having a sweet, burning taste”. How exactly the taste of nitro-glycerine was discovered is not explained, and neither is the dubious use of the word “slightly”, but the entry does describe the exact stages of the decomposition of the molecule. Its extreme instability lies in its high nitrogen content. Diatomic nitrogen molecules form triple covalent bonds, and are thus very stable. Therefore, the nitrogen in its state within the nitro-glycerine molecule is unstable, as it ‘wants’ to form strong, stable triple-bonds. As the nitrogen is released from the molecule, energy is given off as heat, which allows the carbon and hydrogen atoms to react with the oxygen, releasing yet more heat. It is this second step, facilitated by the high oxygen content of the molecule, that makes nitro-glycerine so powerful as an explosive.

The instability of the compound creates difficulty – since it is in such a high energy state, it takes a lot of energy to synthesise. The commercial synthesis of nitro-glycerine involves heated nitric and sulfuric acids, but can be done at home, in an experiment not for the faint of heart (or perhaps the opposite, but we’ll get to that later). The ridiculousness of such an experiment can be summed up by a forum post by an amateur chemist using the phrase “only 65-70% concentrated HNO3 [nitric acid] and 96-98% concentrated H2SO4 [sulfuric acid]”. It’s safe to say that such a reaction is infeasible within biological environments, and most likely any environment without a few dozen blast shields and fume hoods. However, the main pathway is simply the nitration of glycerol, where each of the three hydroxide (OH) groups are replaced with a nitrate (NO3) group, and the mixture of sulfuric and nitric acid only exists to create protonated nitric acid (nitric acid with an additional H+ ion). It is this that reacts with the glycerol in an endothermic reaction, so if the two can be gathered from food then nitro-glycerine can be synthesised within Bakugou’s body.

Glycerol, referred to in the food industry as glycerine, is used as a preservative and sweetener, and as such can be found in a handful of foods, such as dried fruits, soft drinks, and icing. Despite this, the average intake of glycerol per day is rather low. Additionally, I have yet to come across a food containing nitric acid in both high enough quantities to be used for nitro-glycerine production and low enough quantities to be safe, or indeed containing nitric acid at all. The role of nitric acid in the reaction is rather indirect, though, and a safer way to obtain the nitronium (NO2+) ion could be found, specifically via nitric oxide (NO). This compound can be obtained via the ingestion of many foods, including red meat, beetroot, garlic, and dark chocolate. The compound would then bind to a protonated oxide ion, and become the desired nitronium ion.

It is important to note that when explaining his quirk, Bakugou uses the phrase “nitro-glycerine-like”. The pronunciation is ambiguous in the dub (either “secrete nitro-glycerine-like sweat, or “secrete nitro-glycerine like sweat”), but the subtitles reveal the former to be true, and therefore we know that the substance that is produced is not pure nitro-glycerine. Nitro-glycerine, despite the name, is in fact not a nitro compound, but a nitrate ester. These compounds all have the property of explosive, smokeless decomposition, but are again synthesised using nitric acid. The intake of nitric acid is unlikely to be the ingestion of the compound in solution, due to the acid’s tendency to corrode biological tissues. Bakugou’s internal organs have not yet been shown in the anime, but it is safe to assume that he does not internal chemical burns by drinking acid. The issue is therefore one of acquiring the acid (interestingly, passing electricity through moist air creates small amounts of nitric acid, a technique that could be completed with the help of Denki Kaminari) and somehow ingesting it without causing large amounts of corrosive damage to the digestive system. Therefore, the compound would most likely be synthesized rather than ingested in its native form. The synthesis of nitric acid involves the reaction between nitrogen dioxide and water, releasing nitric oxide and nitric acid. This nitric acid can then be reacted with glycerine to produce nitro-glycerine (although glycerine is relatively rare in the body and diet), or an alcohol to produce a corresponding nitrate ester. These esters are all to a certain degree explosive, especially methyl and ethyl nitrate, created with methanol and ethanol, respectively. Since methanol is incredibly toxic to humans (there’s a reason people don’t drink methylated spirits and tell you about it), it can be assumed the substance secreted by Bakugou’s skin is ethyl nitrate (formula C2H5NO3).

Now the exact compound and method of synthesis is known, we can look at some of the possible side-effects of such a quirk. The first, which has been theorised by a few different fans, is the fact that nitro-glycerine is used to treat high blood pressure. At first it may seem that this problem is irrelevant, since it is expressly stated the compound created is not nitro-glycerine, but the treatment works via nitro-glycerine’s decomposition into nitric oxide, catalysed by the enzyme mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase 2. It is then the nitric oxide which causes vasodilation, not the nitro-glycerine. This is a problem due to nitric oxide’s role as a by-product of Bakugou’s production of ethyl nitrate, and thus any of the compound that enters the blood stream would be absorbed by the blood vessels and cause lowered blood pressure. This could become dangerous, as low blood pressure creates dizziness, fatigue, nausea, and in extreme cases, loss of consciousness. Usually, low blood pressure (also known as hypotension) does not need treatment, but chronic hypotension can be treated via medication to alleviate the symptoms.

Another minor issue is the lack of normal sweating. Sweat lowers body temperature by evaporating, taking energy from the skin and cooling it. Ethyl Nitrate would perform similarly to normal sweat in this scenario, with any slight differences in energy change regulated by the amount of ethyl nitrate which is secreted (just like how the amount of sweat people secrete is based on temperature). However, it would make especially sweaty areas of Bakugou’s body dangerously flammable. It should also be noted that only Bakugou’s hands are every depicted as having explosive potential, so either Bakugou only sweats through his hands, leading to incredibly clammy, flammable and dangerous hands in any slightly warm environment, or sweats normally, leading to the possibility of his explosions spreading across his whole body. If he just sweats from his hands, this also explains the disproportionately large frequency and size of explosions he can release.

It hopefully should be rather evident that sweating explosive compounds and causing them to spontaneously detonate on one’s skin is not good for one’s bodily wellbeing. The immediate worry is one of burns from temperature increase. Ethyl Nitrate burns with 1348922 Joules per mole. I can’t find any measure for the average amount of sweat on someone’s hands, but it’s safe to assume it’s only a few ml and so the explosion of jus the residual sweat on Bakugou’s hands wouldn’t do much damage to the skin, since the heat isn’t very high or prolonged. The frequent detonation of small amounts of sweat would at worst cause hardening and callousing of the skin. But what about large quantities of sweat?

One of the largest (and first) uses of Bakugou’s quirk in combat seen is when the gauntlets integrated into his hero costume are used against Deku. They allow the storage and voluntary detonation of large volumes of Bakugou’s sweat, leading to a large explosion with significant offensive capabilities. But as Newton’s third law of motion states, every action has an equal and opposite reaction. In this case, a force of equal magnitude to the one exerted on the opponent, but in the opposite direction (along Bakugou’s arm). The magnitude of such a blast could be calculated by estimating the volume of storage in the gauntlet. The gauntlets stretch across the length of Bakugou’s forearms, and have a similar width. If we approximate them to a cylinder of length 30cm (12 inches), and width 20cm (8 inches), the volume of the gauntlets is ~9500cm3. Of course, some of this space is taken up by Bakugou’s arm, so simplifying his arm to a 10cm wide cylinder (to account for some beefy forearms), the volume reduces to ~7000cm3.

Let’s then estimate that 75% of that volume is sweat storage, so the final value for the volume of sweat each gauntlet comes to approx. 5250cm3, or 5.25 litres (1.2 gallons). This amount of liquid would weigh nearly 6kg (13.2lbs), not an easy feat to swing around with one arm, let alone jump and do acrobatics with (but again, we’re observing that Bakugou has some large muscles). We know the detonation of Ethyl Nitrate releases 1348922 Joules per mole, and 5.25 litres of Ethyl Nitrate is the equivalent of 64 moles. Therefore, the explosion of one full gauntlet releases 86.3 MJ of energy, equivalent to 20kg (44lbs) of TNT.

With proper preparation and placement, 1kg of TNT can be used to destroy a small vehicle. The explosions caused by many amateur bombs are equivalent to around 10kg of TNT. It is safe to say that if the entire gauntlet were detonated at once, the building would suffer catastrophic structural damage, most likely leading to at least partial collapse, and both Deku and Bakugou would be immediately killed (its seems All Might may have been on to something here). Although the damage caused by the use of the gauntlet is severe, it does not equate to the detonation of 20kg of TNT, and therefore we can deduce that only a portion of the total capacity of the gauntlet was detonated. The question is, how much?

After examining the many different controlled explosions usefully uploaded to YouTube, I estimate that the explosion Bakugou unleashed in episode 7 equated to roughly 10kg (22lbs) of TNT, or half of the maximum force of one gauntlet. The exact force exerted by the explosion is near impossible to accurately calculate, since the gauntlets direct the blast in a line, the dimensions and material of the corridor are not fully known, and well as many other factors come into play, not to mention I can’t find an equation that includes all of the terms ,corridor dimensions’, ‘material of corridor’, ‘width of gauntlet barrel’ and ‘weight of Bakugou and Deku’. However, we can turn to Newton again to figure out the damage to Bakugou’s arm. It is here we recall Newton’s third law of motion. It means that the force applied to Bakugou is at least the same magnitude as the force applied to Deku, and almost certainly much more since some of the force that would have hit Deku instead goes into destruction of the building. According to the BNHA wiki, Bakugou is 172cm tall, and we can see he is ~2.5 wall-tile-widths from the floor. This means the tiles in the scene are around 69cm wide and tall. Japan uses the metric system for all but traditional craft, and so it is likely the tiles are some round number of centimetres, let’s say 75cm. After the blast travels past and destroys ~35 tiles, 26m or 85ft (this seems rather far away for ‘close quarters’ combat, but here we are), it hits Deku and blasts him backwards, through the door behind him which sits 20 tiles (15m or 50ft) away. The blast is then immediately shown damaging the outer wall of the building, creating a roughly circular hole three windows wide. Afterwards, we see Deku standing in a new room, with the walls now tiled differently, but the width of each tile is the same 75cm when we compare them with the identical floor tiles. This shows us he is 7 tile-widths (5m or 16ft) from the door, having travelled a grand total of 20m (66ft).

The wind speed required to blow the average person off their feet is 45mph, the speed of a significant tropical storm. To work out the force of such a breeze, and thus the minimum force Deku was hit with, we must multiply the surface area of Deku’s body in m2, the wind speed in m/s, and the density of the air in kg/m3, giving us a final measurement of kgm/s2, or Newtons. Substituting in the numbers gives us approximately 50 Newtons of force as a minimum. Assuming this force was exerted over 1 second, we can see that 1 Deku 1m/s isn’t a realistic way to blow through a solid door. Let’s go bigger.

The magnitude of a force in Newtons can be calculated by multiplying the mass of the object the force acts upon and the resultant acceleration of the object due to the force (this is Newton’s Second Law of Motion). Since Deku starts at rest and acceleration is change in velocity over time, his acceleration is simply half his final velocity. The velocity now needs to be measured, which can be done via the approximate momentum need to break down a door.

The Enforcer is a modern battering ram used by the British Police do just that. It weighs 16 kg, and assuming it can be swung at ~15m/s (lets be conservative, Deku doesn’t need any more broken bones) the momentum it carries is 240kgm/s - this can also be understood as exerting a force of 240 Newtons on the door. For Deku to exert the same force, assuming he has an above average body weight[2] of ~75kg, he would have to be travelling at 3.2m/s. Let’s round up to 5m/s to account for his flight through the air and short trip beyond the door, since going at 2.3m/s would keep one airborne for long. This means that he has a force of 45kg × 5m/s acting upon him when hit by the blast, a force of 225 Newtons. Going back to Newton’s Third Law of Motion, this means Bakugou’s arm recoils under at least ~500 Newtons of force, since the blast originates from the gauntlet, (we’re being conservative and saying around 50% of the force missed Deku). Now we must find out the damage that this force would cause.

500 newtons is a lot of force, but it’s not the only thing to keep in mind. Boxers can punch up to 2500N, but the force doesn’t last long, maybe a tenth of a second. The main thing to focus on is impulse, and we can see that punches have an impulse of only 250kgm/s. The explosion force on Bakugou’s arm is applied over a significant time, giving an impressive impulse of ~1500kgm/s, or 6 boxer’s punches at once. The force required to dislocate a shoulder at the deltoid is around 85 Newtons, which means it’s not looking good for Bakugou’s tendons. However, the human shoulder can support a lot of force. People can dead-hang an excess of 100kg for an impressively long time, the equivalent of 980 Newtons (do note that this is in the opposite direction to our scenario, and does not carry a very high impulse). Even with the sudden shock, it’s doubtful that the 500N of recoil would do anything more than a possible dislocation (again, we’ve got serious muscle to take into account), which whilst being immensely painful would not be fatal or irreparable. But since half the force was enough to fling Deku through the air, even with adequate bracing Bakugou would near certainly be accelerated backwards and into the wall only a meter or two behind him, causing severe damage to his back, ribs, limbs, skull, and gauntlets. The headwear and shoulder guards of his costume may absorb some of the impact, but depending on their structural rigidity would probably do more harm than good, especially the sides of the mask which would be rather dangerous at high velocities.

Either way, Bakugou would be quickly propelled backwards, as if standing right next to an explosion of 10kg of TNT (a rather direct parallel) or being hit by 100 golf clubs simultaneously, if he were to unleash half of the possible blast of one of his gauntlets. Firing eve one, let alone both at full power would rival many modern-day chemical explosives, and would certainly be fatal to Bakugou and anyone within a considerable radius.

To conclude, Bakugou’s body uses nitrogen dioxide and water to create nitric acid, which is reacted with ethanol to produce ethyl nitrate. This is the explosive substance that Bakugou sweats, and it facilitates the explosions he can produce. Small amounts of the compound, as present on Bakugou’s skin, could be detonated, but to little effect. However, the storage of the compound allows significant explosive potential, with half of one gauntlet having the rough explosive power of 10kg of TNT, the equivalent of one small conventional bomb.

[1] Season 1 Episode 7: Deku vs Kaachan

[2] Season 1 Episode 3: Roaring Muscles

If you liked this investigation and want to have a say in the next one, then make sure to send a recommendation for which quirk I should investigate!

[punkscowardschampions]

Liam & Edie

Liam: [sends her some kind of coded thing where the answer equals 6 when she works it out so she knows he's not living his best life without her because they're both weird little nerds] Edie: I'm so insanely bored Edie: what lesson are you in and how many negative ⭐s is it Liam: german Liam: all the negatives Liam: [sends her a picture of his textbook with everyone's eyes stabbed out via pencil holes like miss you] Edie: awh, you wanna give me schadenfreude 😍🥴 Edie: that's generous Edie: I was just thinking that a Columbine would liven this place up Liam: write your list, I'll try & think of anyone I'd wanna keep off mine except for you Edie: but being the last ones standing is what we aim for Edie: and what I want right now Liam: anything else you want before I kick that plan off? Edie: don't need time to say any final farewells to any dickhead in this place Liam: you've got a steadier hand, I'll need you to carve no farewells onto the bullets Edie: more deserving use of my time than whatever I'm not being taught right now Edie: how's your aim though? Liam: -9 ⭐s for the lesson you're in Liam: but + it for my aim Edie: my fault for naively thinking Physics might be interesting when I picked it Edie: forgot we were catering for the braindead masses Edie: I believe it, no bullshit brag detected Liam: chemistry would've let you blow more things up Liam: & make 💊 Edie: 😤 I'm mad Edie: no amount of black holes are gonna make up for this Liam: we'll learn it online Edie: but I wanna blow things up with you now Edie: or not learn German vocab Liam: let's go blow up a 🚽 they have to let you out in case you're about to bleed or cry in front of everyone Edie: and am I? Liam: in front of me & whoever else is in there Liam: unless you wanna upload it after Edie: I do need to make the overreaction my fam had over the weekend worth the headache Edie: owed more trouble, like Liam: my dad was on one too, he's the only one not allowed to show up by his logic Liam: you want a bigger scale? every 🚽 in the building Liam: maybe school would have to shut Edie: Know that, my sister is the definition of one rule for her, another for the rest of us Edie: I reckon we could do 'em all without getting caught in the act Edie: more fun after the fact 📹 to claim it Liam: just need to get creative with our explosives, I won't have enough 🧨 to do every bathroom Liam: you in the labs or a standard classroom? Edie: labs Edie: she's scheduled a breakdown any moment now anyway, she's always pissing off to cry herself so I'll take my opportunity and cue as such Liam: 3 HNO3 + C6H7(OH)3O2  H2SO4 →  C6H7(ONO2)3O2 + 3 H2O Liam: only need nitric & sulphuric acid from you Edie: you're a hot evil genius, okay Liam: there's a story behind it but maybe I shouldn't give it to you Liam: keep that train of thought intact Edie: but I need it Edie: I can keep 'em both on track, trust me Liam: you need it? tell me about that first Edie: I love stories Edie: and I liked talking to you, a lot Edie: and I like it when you give me things Edie: so yeah, it's a need Liam: to make you happy then Liam: the year is 1846 and this german-swiss scientist was messing in his kitchen Liam: he spilled a mixture of those 2 acids I told you to get on his table & grabbed the first thing he had about to clean it up Liam: happened to be a cotton apron & he hung it on his oven door to dry after, super chill until it exploded Edie: that's perfect Edie: scientists really loved making shit happen on accident, just like all life Edie: 🧫🦠 Liam: I was an accident & look how that turned out Edie: Big same Liam: my sister too, different loser dad though Edie: yeah? Edie: we've got that in common too Liam: does seem to be pretty common Edie: happy little accidents Edie: or not so Liam: I don't wanna be like that Liam: the different girls bit at least Edie: people love repeating their parents mistakes and bullshit Edie: even when they railed on it for years Edie: I don't fucking get it Edie: make your own, at least Liam: maybe you'll think this is one but I gotta say it Liam: I don't care about claiming 🚽💥 I wanna claim you Liam: be with me Edie: You mean it Edie: no bullshit Liam: only if there's bullshit that comes with being official & exclusive all of that Edie: I think that's a really, really good idea Edie: not a mistake but even if it was, I still want it Liam: alright, it's yours, me & the gay 🖤 shit Edie: [sends him a 🥰 selfie] Liam: it's my background Edie: you were already mine Edie: [glitter moment shamelessly] Liam: took the longest shower & I'm still finding it 🗺❌ Edie: good thing you suit it Edie: we can try again though, after the literal shitstorm, a shower is a good idea Liam: yeah, wouldn't suit that Liam: german teacher can disagree as loud as she wants Edie: 😏 Edie: can keep their filth and their hands to themselves Liam: I respect that you only covered me in glitter so that those girls would think I was gay & do the same Edie: people gotta respect territory Edie: works until I perfect your tat Liam: I'll get on the school roof with a 📢 Edie: You're everything Liam: you can sample it when you write a song about me Edie: I will Edie: your friend is not getting a feature Liam: his loss Liam: I'll only gloat for a while Edie: you can go as hard as you want, I reckon Edie: you've earnt it, like Liam: I'll go as hard as you want Liam: you're my girl now Edie: I'm yours Liam: make your physics teacher cry for me then Liam: we've got shit to do Edie: 😄 Edie: done Edie: where are we meeting when I'm fully done and have secured the shit? Liam: [a location] Edie: 👍 Liam: 🔜 Edie: making people cry is a speciality of mine Liam: it won't work on me Edie: I don't want to make you cry Edie: ever Liam: good thing I can't ever, all that toxic masculinity Edie: not missing out on much Edie: even if Miss makes a proper performance out of it Edie: more fun ways to do that Liam: yeah there are Edie: 💣💥 Liam: don't have to hand you a 🧨 to cause 🎇🎆 Edie: you don't even know how true that is Edie: yet Liam: for now it's a guess Edie: I'll show you Liam: I just wanna feel something Liam: that's not only 💊🥤 Edie: I will make that happen Edie: you don't need to believe me, just wait Liam: I'm waiting Edie: you deserve to feel everything Liam: I've tried but it don't work out like that Edie: you can't? Edie: or only certain emotions Liam: there's no 💣💥 in me Edie: we can be dead inside together and make it happen to everyone else Edie: for now Edie: [show up] Liam: [just kiss her too hard because everything you do is a little bit too much boy, okay you're numb but there's too many emotions trapped under the surface that we're not addressing so] Edie: [thank god we're so overwhelmed ourselves that we can just roll with this and have it be the most extra thing] Liam: [this is why you two work] Edie: [just approaching this like you aren't her first honey not even 'cos we're fronting but feelings and trying to make you feel things] Liam: [realistically who have you ever slept with either boy unless you've gotten with one of Rio's friends casually prior to this or something like] Edie: [just out here doing the most from the jump, the fam must be like HELLO???] Liam: [shouldn't be here for it but I am] Edie: [we all are by all I mean us and them, no one else lol] Liam: [imagine how shook he'd be because didn't expect it to be like this] Edie: [awkward, like the levels you must pay attention to no one but Rio 'cos she isn't really conspicuous in how she be lol] Liam: [and if he did get with one of Rio's friends when he first started stalking her it clearly didn't work out so he's probably bracing himself for another failed attempt and then] Edie: [it makes logical sense, like tryna get in the friend group lowkey but none of her friends are really here for it[ Liam: [yeah and like in my head he started stalking Rio when his sister had just died so he wouldn't have been bringing his A game] Edie: [exactly dr phil] Liam: [but obviously nothing happened that she could clock as a red flag when she's thinking of suspects he was probably just really blah because numb] Edie: [yeah, and none of her friends are gonna chat shit on the boy who's sister just died really like it's to be expected] Liam: [it's a good cover like you said] Edie: [just sat here like it's so rude we're gonna kill Edie, as if it wasn't rude before] Liam: [I do feel so bad for him even though he literally fucks with Rio's entire life] Edie: [lol same, it's like if you could just stop doing that tah] Liam: [I think it's partly because we both know she ends up okay and living as happy a life as poss whereas he does not] Edie: [yeah, there's no hope and that's just sad, even if you were an absolute dick, like Ro, per example, still sad she dies for everyone else] Liam: [agreed] Edie: [and you aren't that insufferable boy which is just well] Liam: [nobody is, she's next level] Liam: [anyway also do your vandalism and have way more fun than you expected with that as well] Edie: [when it's just a moment for you immediately and you're all in] Liam: [do we wanna close the school or not let them destroy every bathroom in the place for various reasons lol?] Edie: [on the one hand, maybe get caught before you do every bathroom for that trouble mood, on the other, if you shamelessly upload it you'd get in more trouble for making the school look dumb and shit hmm, I think this time get caught and we'll let you be sneaky trouble causing nerds plenty of other times[ Liam: [I'm about that, we know you're both pretty distracted rn so] Edie: [it feels more legit for this instance, and we can separate you and they'd probably call Ali in for the drama of it] Liam: [you can work your way into the fam later boy you're trying to keep your gf highkey for now, I love the idea of both their mums getting called in and awkwardly meeting haha] Edie: [they'd lowkey want them to kick up a fuss and separate them for the school but Ali knows how well that works so it's like well soz you'll have to cope] Liam: [whereas his mum is the opposite, you know the sort never backs the kid and is just wholeheartedly like yes do whatever you think @ the school] Edie: [ahh the joys] Edie: [once that drama has unfurled and you're in your separate detention moments, sending him a pic from the school website of all the staff but she's digitally ❌d out all their eyes] Liam: I miss you too Edie: I hope so Liam: what else would I be doing? Edie: I don't know Edie: you are full of good ideas Liam: I was thinking about setting the fire alarm off Edie: an acceptable second to thinking about me constantly Edie: would hate to perish in a fire with all these cunts Liam: to be with you Liam: I'd get you before they made you line up in the playground for the head count Edie: then we can leave, like we planned Edie: they'll have let our mas fuck off by now Liam: 🗑🔥 Liam: boring if it wasn't for you Edie: you're like Edie: seeing a new colour Liam: maybe I should leave you there longer so you can work on your song about me Edie: don't though Edie: I know it sounds cliche but that's the only way I can explain how blindsided but transformed I feel from you Liam: you're the only person who's said it, don't think that's how cliches work Edie: I don't just say pretty things for the sake of it Edie: or anything Edie: I mean it, regardless of what it does or don't sound like Liam: I know you mean it Edie: if we both set one, it'll take them longer to get back inside Edie: hide and seek and we can finish what we started? Liam: you're on Edie: 3️⃣2️⃣1️⃣ Liam: 1️⃣ 2️⃣ 3️⃣ Edie: [ahh this poor school lol] Liam: [love that you get to be notorious though gal cos peeps gonna be talking about these antics for ages] Edie: [in this fam you have to make your own rep or life is really hard junie and grace, I said what I said] Liam: [tea though] Liam: [I'm trying to think of somewhere cool they could go and my first thought was like a junkyard vibe so they can destroy more things like life is strange and sex education unless you have any better ideas] Edie: [that's always a mood, also very akin to the barn which will clearly be your domain so] Liam: [yeah and somewhere she's probably been loads of times that she knows all the hiding places of so they don't need to be interrupted again] Edie: [live your best destructive lives] Liam: [when he would be and lowkey forget what he's meant to be doing here, such fun, not devastating me at all] Edie: [the theme of these painful two years lmao, I'm so glad you never find out babe truly] Liam: [though ngl I wish you could survive and we could see if y'all as a couple could survive that] Edie: [ahh when you can't do it all, so rude] Liam: [could've had it all rolling in the deep] Edie: [soz you've got to die my love] Liam: [soz you both have, his poor mother] Edie: [yeah that is no fun] Liam: [soz both your kids are dead babe but we need it for the plot] Edie: [some people have the worst luck truly]

[montagues-starlight]

Self Ship Song Lyric Writing Prompts! (or just writing prompts in general)

I had this idea for quite a while! I just now put it into action though hfhfhfhf. Some of the song lyrics do already have pronouns in them (I tried to skip over those but some were my favorite lines) but obviously you can change the pronoun in it to match what you’re going to write! Now if this works right, the list should be under this read more!

Limelight by Cryoatic & Boyinaband

“There’s no way in hell I’ll ever let her go, sir!”

“Dammit, I loved her!”

“You elevated me”

“They thought you would break, but you never did cry”

“Your life saved mine through sliding doors”

“You were so smart and we were so synced and you were such a big part of this whole thing”

“I stayed lucky for as long as I knew you.”

“You were more of a cure than you knew”

“You were the limelight.”

Like or Like Like by Miniature Tigers

“Tell me how you feel about me, do you like or like, like me?”

“Just say you do”

“I was wearing that dumb sweatshirt, I looked like a goon”

Get You The Moon by Kina

“You showed the love when I wasn't feeling it”

“You helped me fight when I was giving in”

“You you made me laugh when I was losing it”

“'Cause you are the reason why I'm still hanging on”

“If I could I'd get you the moon and give it to you”

“If death was coming for you, I'd give my life for you”

Fallen by Gert Taberner

“Tell me things you never said out loud”

“Show me the parts of you you're not that proud of”

“Come on, now, love, don't be naïve”

“Lay out our cards and you'll see all my mistakes”

“Well, I don't mind while you're with me”

“When have I fallen? Am I crawling on my knees?”

“Yeah and I've fallen. Yes, I'm crawling on my knees”

“Yeah and I'm calling, out in search of who we'll be”

Sea of Love by Cat Power

“Come with me, my love”

“I wanna tell you how much I love you”

“Do you remember when we met?”

You’ll Be Okay by Michael Schulte

“It hurts to be all on your own”

“But you'll just have to wait, ‘cause time's running fast”

“It's easy to say it'll all be okay, but that's always the way it goes”

“Slow down, you'll be okay”

“Life is unfair but it pulls you back in when you're almost gone”

“You'll be okay”

Uptown Get Around by Stereo Skyline

“I've been going a little crazy lately”

“I cant get you out of my head.”

“So I spent today, just thinking of ways that I could make that smile shine”

“So I hope you know I'll never let you go away.”

“So lets hangout in the clouds, spill our hearts out and get down.”

Words by Passenger

“Well the first time that I saw her”

“I did my best to ignore her, but ignoring my best pretty soon”

“Darling you know I can't stay, ‘cause I’ve given my heart and my word to a girl far away”

I felt weak as she kissed my cheek and sighed when I heard her say “Never knew I could get my heart broken in less than a day”

“I did my best to assure her, but assurance isn't easy to give”

She said “darling you know I can't stay, ‘cause I’ve given my heart and my word to a boy far away”

“Never knew I could get my heart broken in so many ways”

“I could've told her that I adored her, she could've said she felt the same way, but we just smiled ‘cause sometimes words aren't the right words to say”

Your Guardian Angel by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

“When I see your smile, tears run down my face”

“I will never let you fall”

“I'll be there for you through it all”

“Even if saving you sends me to heaven”

“I can show you I'll be the one”

“You're mine; my true love, my whole heart, please don't throw that away”

“'Cause I'm here for you”

“Please don't walk away”

“Please tell me you'll stay”

Forever by Siah

“You are my star”

“I’m with you”

“I’ll hold you”

“Forever… I love you”

“Just take my hand”

“We’ll take the train to Neverland”

“All I need is you”

“We’ll be a candle to the world”

Strangers by Scratch21

“'Cause this feeling's different and I know”

“Alleviate me, I'll be fine in time”

“Please remember that I miss you”

“Young and reckless, what did we do?”

“Maybe one day we'll get better”

“Right by your side that's where I'll be in a heart beat if you ask me”

“Let's stay strangers like we're meant to”

“Oh, I wonder if you miss me too”

“I'm waiting right here where you left me”

“Be brave for me, ignore their eyes, just try”

“Not caring is so hard to do”

“Everything we loved together”

“It's not the same without you there”

“Feels like you were just beside me”

“How did time go by so quickly?”

“Now we're strangers but I miss you”

“Please remember, don't forget me”

“I still think of you and I”

“I'll be leaving this heart empty”

“Tell me what does this all mean?”

“Are you still there?”

“I don't know why I can't just let you go”

“Can we go back? can we start again?”

“Now we're strangers but I need you”

Can’t Sleep Love by Pentatonix

“Tell me am I going crazy?”

“Tell me have I lost my mind?”

“Am I just afraid of lovin’?”

“Am I not the lovin’ kind?”

“I want that can't sleep love”

“Maybe I'm too picky”

“I'm here looking for the real thing”

“I'm tired of dreaming I'm no one”

“I need some body next to mine”

Hold Me Now by RED

“Hold me now”

“These tired wings are falling”

“I need you to catch me”

“The life I had is gone”

“I won't give up until I see the sun”

“I'm not afraid that I am brave enough”

I Do Adore by Mindy Gledhill

“Everything you do it sends me higher than the moon”

“You strike a match that lights my heart on fire”

“Grace just isn’t my forté”

“Hello, how are you, my darling today?”

“Puppy love is hard to ignore”

“Every little thing you do, I do adore”

“We’re as different as can be”

“We balance out each other nicely”

“We’re opposites in every way”

“Ha, ha, Heaven help me”

The Science Love Song by AsapSCIENCE

“I'll be the spark if you'll be the flame”

“I'll be your star if you'll be my space”

“'Cause there is no distance that I wouldn't go”

“I'll be your G if you will be C or I can be A if you will be T”

“If there's a mutation I'll fix every base, work as your zinc finger nuclease”

“Just like an atom, don’t rip us apart”

“A research endeavor; we can write the conclusion together”

“Just like the movies, I'd steal your heart… but then you'd die so I won't do that”

“If we broke up, I'd be no more. I'd give up H2O for H2SO4”

“Take away gravity, I'd still fall for you”

“'Cause you're like that angle, acute, and your smart”

“When it comes to love the brain seals the deal”

“Because you matter to me”

[flightboundtrolls]

[A gift for Gunner appears on her hive's doorstep. It has a Indigo ribbon and small hazardous warning labels. Inside seems to be a note and other small boxes. In the note reads: "Hey Gunner check it I found some stuff from the old powerplant and thought you'd like it. -Parmex" Inside the boxes are tiny bit radiated rocks (which are in a protective box), some photos, and some fabric (in the same way as the rocks).]

[gunner gasps. if this were a cartoon, her eyes would be stars.]

[she really wants to open the rock box but, she knows she can’t.]

[she grins]

H2SO4 HELL YEAAAHHHH H2SO4

[penzyroamin]

Hey!!! I’m going on a long flight tomorrow, could you rec me some good javid fics for me to entertain myself with?? I’ve been searching but it’s hard to find good ones and I trust what you think !

GOD MY TIME HAS FUCKING COME YOURE SO RIGHT ANON THIS IS EXACTLY MY TERRITORY

okay so FIRST OF ALL. lovely bitter water by @livingchancy just finished and it’s. so. so. amazing. a fantasy-style AU, with jack as a pirate and david as a fairy who gets lead by his magic to help him find what he’s missing in life and kath as the wizard who’s trying to seperate them because jack really doesn’t want any extra baggage in life. it’s G, very very sweet, and filled with fantasy hijinks. 30K+ too, so it’ll be a good time.

and then as for more fantastic multi-chaptered fics that just finished, it all comes back to you by @thefactsofthematter is absolutely brilliant! modern au, essentially, davey and jack fake being engaged to get free cake and then it winds up becoming way more complicated than they guessed it would. It’s teen, and it’s fucking incredible, and features the most god tier vine references and newsbians that i’ve ever seen. about 29K, so it’s good for eating up some time and making you deleriously happy.

you want canon era? i’ve got canon era! The Draft by IGuessIWriteStuffNow is fantastic but so so sad so don’t read it if you don’t want your heart broken on a plane, fair warning. It’s teen, about 2.5K, and a good read all in all.  

(pssst shameless plug my ao3 is right here and it’s got loads of javid check it out)

and like???? an acre before us, also by @livingchancy is the cutest fucking shit ever and makes me sob tears of joy. basically, davey has a lil crisis about wanting to paint his nails and jack is the world’s best bf and.. it’s so good just read it. it’s G, 2.7K, and so wonderful. go read it.

and oh my lord how could i ever forget Groundhog Dave by letsprayitwritesitself!! basically, it’s a ghd au where david’s stuck in the loop and jack’s lovely and crutchie’s fantastic and it’s just. soso good. go read it. teen and up, 38K, fantastic in general!

also by letsprayitwritesitself, The Party Goes With You! basically, it covers two parties jack and david saw each other at, six years apart, and it’s absolutely wonderful. teen and up, roughly 5K words, and a general joy to read. 

want high school au?? you know you do! H2SO4 by @allbesolucky is so cute and gives us the classic nerd/jock dynamic and is all around silly and wonderful. teen and up, 3K words, a delight!

you want high school TEACHER au??? of course! Teachers Deserve Higher Pay by icecreamdolley is simply wonderful, completely hilarious, and i absolutely recommend it. basically, davey’s head teacher at a high school and jack’s the new art teacher and they hit it off and davey’s gay. teen and up, 10.6K, and so wonderful i postponed writing this to read it again.

and the one and only @postitnote8 has an amazing soccer dads au that’s expanding and is the only reason i’m alive. it’s exactly what it sounds like.

so there, have a pretty fantastic list! if you need more, send another ask or pm me, and all y’all, feel free to ask me for fic recs!!! i’m always excited to talk about my favorite fics, so hmu!!

[justwhumpythings]

Submission: This is Lynn from the whump RPG. I just wanted to share some headcanons/thoughts with you and giving Garrett a little bit of an epilogue. Also I wanted to thank @withalittlebitofwhump again for being such an awesome GM and of course @eyeforaneye and @justwhumpythings – it was a blast to play with you! <3

Oh and there was this awesome playlist provided by @withalittlebitofwhump 

New Blood by Zayde Wolf – excellent for the kitchen scene

Wicked Game by Ursine Vulpine ft Annaca – perfectly captures the drama of the cellar scene til the end (I listened to it on loop while playing that)

Some of the things going around in my head since we finished playing:

trying reach for the phones/typing in the code with blood slippery, trembling hands

concerning the scene where Garrett gets hit by some chemical: I probably would have written that a bit differently (at the time I thought, that that’s only the beginning so I downplayed the pain/whump); using the infos given by @withalittlebitofwhump I would conclude that the stuff that hit his hand was HCl (hydrochloric acid) or H2SO4 (sulfuric acid) at a relatively high concentration (30-40 %) hence the fumes; so the few drops would hurt like freaking HELL and result serious chemical burns (since he didn’t rinse it immediately with A LOT of water); though he was lucky that it was just acid and not base --> NaOH of similar concentration for example can result in way more severe chemical burns (our skin has a slightly acidic pH i.e. is more protected against acids than bases) so while acid would result in superficial burns, base “eats” through the tissue potentially causing way more damage ((just the rambling of a laboratory technician)) back to the whump: Garrett blinking away tears, biting on his cheeks to avoid screaming and wiping it through wet grass doesn’t really help with that(edited)

on the way to the hospital: Garrett loosing a lot of blood, slowly becoming deadly pale Rikuto/Nathan (depends on who’s driving) trying to stem the flow by applying pressure to the wound “Oh God there is so much blood …  so much”; Garrett nearly loosing consciousness --> knowing that if he fell asleep he might not wake up again Rikuto/Nathan tries to rouse him by talking to him/slapping his cheek but it doesn’t work so while mumbling “I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry” he grabs Garretts burned hand (hopefully with some cloth between) and squeezes it --> Garrett winces, cries out in pain, jolted awake abruptly his whole body tense; maybe this has to be repeated several times to prevent him from slipping away, leaving him delirious and horrified as the skin on his hand feels like it’s being torn off

rushing into the ER: “We need help, please!” Rikuto and Karsten dragging in Garrett, a deadweight between them; they trip and stumble, fall to their knees too exhausted and dizzy from their injuries, Garrett slipping from their grip, crumbling to the floor and then there’s so much hectic action as people rush towards them (( I know cliché but I’m a sucker for drama))

Garrett awaking to the sensation of throbbing pain, beeping monitors and his surroundings being way too bright

when Rikuto and Nathan visit him first thing he says with a dry chuckle is “I … called it” referring to his doubts for their plan in the beginning

when Karsten visits, repeatedly apologizing, Garrett just scoffs “F-fuck off”, not having the energy for a snarky “This-is-why-you-suck”-speech

as the group is steadily recovering: Nathan and Rikuto sitting at Garretts bedside as they discuss their individual next steps while Garrett constantly trains with his hand determined to get it back to full working condition as fast as possible --> cursing frustrated and in pain when it doesn’t go as fast as he would like to

as the days go by: nurses/doctors often finding pens and other things missing, though no one probably suspects that one patient who just got out of ICU…

epilogue: Garrett decides to go back to working alone but keeps loose contact with Rikuto and Nathan counting them into the small circle of people he can trust

justwhumpythings: Thanks so much for the headcanons, Lynn, I love them! I couldn’t have asked for a better group to play my first RPG with <3

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https://soundcloud.com/weareh2so4/white-light-bassbears-remix?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Over the course of the past year, I’ve spilled a lot of ink covering British electro pop outfit H2SO4. Formed in Kent back in the late 90s, the act — Graham Cupples (keys, programming), Darren Till (keys, programming) and James Butler (vocals, bass) — features a…

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EZ Battery Reconditioning Review - DON'T BUY IT Until You See This

How To Recondition A Rechargeable Battery

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You save funds by understanding how to choose future battery purchases. This is an crucial and effortless step when you recondition a motorcycle. And if you do not like the guide then no worries about your income, Tom Ericson gives 60 days no inquiries asked money back guarantee.

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The guide is a detailed explanation of the measures that are involved with the suitable correction and the repairing of the old and not functional batteries. By reconditioning old batteries, you can save lot of money annually. Subsequent place the battery in a zip lock bag and spot in your freezer overnight.

Connect your battery charger to the battery terminals. As the construct up progresses the battery loses its capacity to take and hold a charge till it reaches the point it is regarded as dead. Although our society becomes far more and a lot more dependent of battery power year right after year millions of old batteries are thrown away.

I took it property added epsom salt remedy, mixed really good and charged overnight. The discoloration you see consists of good active material and particles of separators that have been blown into the upper reaches of the electrolyte by violent gassing. There is a myth that the current maintenance totally free batteries do not need to have water added.

The measures have been presented in a concise form in this EZ Battery Reconditioning overview. It is mentioned that 4 out of five batteries or also 98% of them, can be reconditioned back to life. More than 19k folks invested in this battery reconditioning system simply because it is available at really cost-effective value and it is protected with 60-days income guarantee.

As bizarre as this sounds, aspirin will frequently operate depending on the degree of discharge of the battery. Afdhal- it is just John's theory- but i would say cadmium does not just plate itself- requirements driving- so does copper- BUT copper is a non laster in H2SO4!

If you want to go for a smarter choice, then the very best way to do so is to repair your dead cells by your self. Just like the Fake Scam Alert, some web sites will try to draw you in by claiming you can download Tom Ericson's EZ Battery Reconditioning Program for cost-free.

As a battery is discharged the density of lead sulfate in answer increases. The battery IS the most costly component of a energy tool. Most of the occasions untrained technicians along with car dealerships tips men and women to replace batteries considering that they charge fairly a bit for it. You ought to ensure that their talks do not lure you.

Their web page titles may well be something like, EZ Battery Reconditioning Program Free Download”. The customers will be provided a list of valuable tools that may possibly be required for the reconditioning of any sort of battery. I followed all methods to recover my laptop which was dead a lengthy time ago, and surprisingly it transformed my laptop and cell phone batteries into new ones with longer lifespan about 70 to 80 % compare to old ones.

They will just want their battery operating once more, preferably close to its former capacity. Rod Rowan - You seem to be saying that, given that 1972, you have been putting the active material, that separates out of the plates by means of beginning, back into the plates.

For that reason, if you do not want to waste your tough-earned cash into the replacement of the batteries every year, then this EZ Battery Reconditioning pdf guide can be the best 1 for you. The Producing Money Restoring Batteries Guide” is a bonus that will introduce you to the business possibilities in reconditioning batteries.

On the other hand, it is a hugely reliable and worthwhile guide that can aid the people in multifold methods. I have designed this internet site to share my individual and truthful overview on EZ Battery Reconditioning Program. For very best results use distilled water when mixing your own additive.

This device is really easy to use and does not require any input from the user. The most pricey piece of kit is the computerized battery analyzer, at around $130. They are effective, Used to be maintainable, like yours, and had straightforward elements. During the previous two years, I utilised a trickle charge during the winter to insure the batteries would not freeze.

Reconditioning may possibly involve a couple of tens of millions of batteries per year. They now energy every thing from razors to radios, and when a single goes dead you just plug it in for a recharging. Please note: The lead sulfate inside the plates are crystals and seem almost black simply because they do not reflect light.

My query is can i dry this battery out and replace the electrolyte?....Thank You…..Mike J. Finding out to recondition rechargeable batteries will not only save you funds, it will also support save the environment. Automotive batteries use lead plates submerged in sulfuric acid to create a chemical reaction that produces electricity.

If you are only interested in how to recondition a battery for your own use, you can begin with minimal equipment. No want to be a mechanic or have sales expertise to operate a Battery reconditioning organization. Depending on the condition of the battery, repeating this method two or 3 instances can substantially boost the battery's overall performance by removing added sulfur buildup

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Giving Batteries a Second Life: EZ Battery Reconditioning Course

Battery Reconditioner Desulfator Rejuvenator

Battery reconditioning has become extremely straightforward with the introduction of new tactics. If you injure your self although reconditioning a battery, seek the advice of a medic at when, as a lot of hazardous chemical elements are incorporated in a modern auto battery. As lengthy as it is a NiCad battery you can recondition it back to life. Discount automobile batteries can price as low as $30, while far more expensive, premium brands can price among $80 and $120. http://rcrddeals.com/ez-battery-reconditioning-guide-review/

You save funds by realizing how to pick future battery purchases. This is an critical and easy step when you recondition a motorcycle. And if you don't like the guide then no worries about your income, Tom Ericson offers 60 days no questions asked funds back guarantee.

With every single battery costing a minimum of one hundred dollars or much more, there is no doubt that the EZ Battery Reconditioning program will aid stretch your pocketbook additional. EZ Battery Reconditioning is a tailor-made systematic solution for injecting new life into dead batteries. http://ezbatteryreconditioning.rcrddeals.com/

While this is the only solution for those men and women, there is yet another way you can save funds and get a one hundred% functional battery. I have not decided to attempt to use Epsom salt due to the fact an intermediate in the reaction of Epsom salt with lead sulfate is NaOH, so I figure I would attempt NaOH directly.

You are going to uncover out where to get deep cycle batteries and how to recondition them. Reconditioning of batteries is also an additional way of obtaining option energy sources although maintaining the atmosphere clean because it is widespread expertise that disposable batteries do a lot of harm to the environment.

I consider not many people are aware of the possibility of reconditioning batteries. Absolutely everyone knows how more than time, recharged batteries shed their capacity to hold a charge as extended as they did when they had been new. Recondition it by utilizing the drill normally till power drops and give it a full charge.

The methods have been presented in a concise kind in this EZ Battery Reconditioning review. It is mentioned that four out of 5 batteries or also 98% of them, can be reconditioned back to life. More than 19k individuals invested in this battery reconditioning system since it is offered at very cost-effective cost and it is protected with 60-days money guarantee.

As bizarre as this sounds, aspirin will usually perform depending on the degree of discharge of the battery. Afdhal- it is just John's theory- but i would say cadmium does not just plate itself- requirements driving- so does copper- BUT copper is a non laster in H2SO4!

Numerous battery organizations now have rechargeable” batteries and the gear to recharge these batteries. They make sealed lead acid batteries that are best for any alarm of fire technique battery. EZ Battery Reconditioning program is definitely worth getting a look at. It is not with no it really is downsides as we have seen but the pros far outweigh the disadvantages.

As a battery is discharged the density of lead sulfate in resolution increases. The battery IS the most expensive component of a power tool. Most of the occasions untrained technicians along with automobile dealerships tips individuals to replace batteries because they charge fairly a bit for it. You ought to guarantee that their talks do not lure you.

In reality, the battery makers clearly indicate the number of times they can be charged for it to function efficiently for longer periods. So with this in mind I highly advise you keep away from battery reconditioning with copper sulphate simply because it basically does not perform effectively and Epsom salt is a far far better decision for battery reconditioning.

To begin, one particular have to safely get rid of their battery from the device and disconnect all energy to the battery. In a discharged state the battery would for that reason have a reduce particular gravity as compared with a charged state. It would look that the increase from 1.250 to 1.275 you saw involved a specific quantity of lead sulfate becoming converted into lead and sulfuric acid inside the battery.

Reconditioning rundown batteries can make them function longer. They mentioned the greater voltage is required when additives are put in. Hello! Simply because the battery loads in hybrid automobiles are constructed to final, it isn't a concern. John - It would seem the preceding owner gave the really tired and virtually worn out batteries an overcharge to give the cart at least some energy to persuade an individual to acquire.

Learning the strategies of battery reconditioning for various kinds of battery can be accomplished with a good guide, normally for much less than $50 on-line. With a tiny bit of foresight even though buying, you can assure all batteries in your residence can be reconditioned with this technique.

This stops the production of electricity passing among the plates and this is when the battery demands restoring or reconditioning. Commence by bringing 1/two gallon distilled water nearly to the point of boiling. Come see what a difference our customer service and care can make to your automotive maintenance and repair knowledge.

Reconditioning may possibly involve a few tens of millions of batteries per year. They now power every thing from razors to radios, and when one particular goes dead you simply plug it in for a recharging. Please note: The lead sulfate inside the plates are crystals and appear nearly black because they do not reflect light.

The day soon after the warranty expires, put water in the battery, right after that, keep watering. This product functions see the buyer comments on our testimonial web page , now you can attempt it for yourself. The battery charger can be obtained from the car battery workshop ether borrow it or purchase it. If you wanted to buy one, it may possibly expense like a new battery but fairly bargain for a extended term application.

We have offered you with a full battery reconditioning therapy that you can go by means of. New owners of EVc reconditioning gear receive a complementary five-hour EZtime ticket. Battery cures that A guarantee the planet B take their cash C do practically nothing. I believe my father knew about this as he usually had a container of epsom salts in the garage.

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How To Recondition A Rechargeable Battery

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I only use the bus 2-three times per year the rest of the time it is on shore energy with a extremely leading finish personal computer charging method. After the software program powers off the unit, which indicates the battery has been totally discharged, plug the AC charging cable into it, thereby starting the battery charging cycle.

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You can make do without having, and just use a voltmeter, if all you want to do is mend 1 or two batteries of your own batteries from time to time. I have been shown several easy and involved methods to get further life out of auto batteries, and some actually perform incredibly effectively.

You are going to find out where to acquire deep cycle batteries and how to recondition them. Reconditioning of batteries is also an additional way of getting option energy sources although keeping the atmosphere clean since it is common information that disposable batteries do a lot of harm to the environment.

I consider not numerous people are conscious of the possibility of reconditioning batteries. Everyone knows how over time, recharged batteries shed their capacity to hold a charge as long as they did when they have been new. Recondition it by utilizing the drill usually till energy drops and give it a complete charge.

When I see a dilemma, I attempt to think around it. I do have several most likely worked out batteries in my RV and boat. EZ Battery Reconditioning is a digital package of data. The battery is OEM and initial use was 8-2004 so it is 5 years old, but that still does not clarify why the system to recondition stopped functioning.

As bizarre as this sounds, aspirin will typically operate depending on the degree of discharge of the battery. Afdhal- it is just John's theory- but i would say cadmium does not just plate itself- demands driving- so does copper- BUT copper is a non laster in H2SO4!

Several battery organizations now have rechargeable” batteries and the gear to recharge these batteries. They make sealed lead acid batteries that are perfect for any alarm of fire method battery. EZ Battery Reconditioning plan is undoubtedly worth having a appear at. It is not without having it really is downsides as we have seen but the pros far outweigh the disadvantages.

My truck's battery went fully dead about a month ago. An enthusiastic entrepreneur having fundamental ability about battery reconditioning can start this profitable venture with moderate capital investment. Via battery reconditioning, it is achievable to revive the life of a battery.

If so I guess I can rule that out, given that I have scarcely utilized this battery to extract energy. Given that it can not be recharged, it is regarded as a dead battery and simply discarded. The battery separators made by the business in query were created of organic rubber.

As a battery matures and has been recharged numerous instances, it loses its capacity which then demands to be corrected. John Fetter - Thank You for a wonderful forum and excellent to excellent info! This guarantees that you preserve, or return, your batteries to their maximum capacity.

Battery imbalance seems fixed and I noticed battery bank is holding its charge greater. So it is however frequent to locate men and women replacing a perfectly very good charger, in the belief that the charger is the difficulty, only to discover it destroyed by the actual culprit - the battery.

On the other hand, it is a very reliable and worthwhile guide that can aid the people in multifold methods. I have produced this web site to share my individual and honest assessment on EZ Battery Reconditioning Program. For best benefits use distilled water when mixing your personal additive.

Where tons of income gets spent and It really is a fantastic time to be involved as an affiliate. While the EZ Battery Reconditioning guide is accessible for purchase on several alternative web sites, the original source of the guide is exactly where customers will get greatest offers, as nicely as the satisfaction guarantee.

Get lifetime assistance from Tom Ericson, Frank Thompson, and our other battery reconditioning experts. After the battery has been fully charged it has been reconditioned. Each and every battery has a determined lifespan in which it functions correctly and as soon as this period has passed, a battery will require reconditioning.

The day soon after the warranty expires, put water in the battery, following that, maintain watering. This product works see the customer comments on our testimonial web page , now you can try it for yourself. The battery charger can be obtained from the auto battery workshop ether borrow it or acquire it. If you wanted to acquire 1, it might expense like a new battery but really bargain for a extended term application.

If you are only interested in how to recondition a battery for your own use, you can begin with minimal gear. No need to have to be a mechanic or have sales knowledge to operate a Battery reconditioning enterprise. Depending on the condition of the battery, repeating this approach two or 3 occasions can substantially improve the battery's overall performance by removing extra sulfur buildup.

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Why EZ battery reconditioning is a scam?

15 Amp Battery Charger With 40 Amp Engine Commence

Battery reconditioning has grow to be quite effortless with the introduction of new techniques. If you injure yourself whilst reconditioning a battery, consult a medic at once, as several harmful chemical elements are incorporated in a modern car battery. As extended as it is a NiCad battery you can recondition it back to life. Discount car batteries can cost as low as $30, while a lot more pricey, premium brands can price between $80 and $120. http://rcrddeals.com/ez-battery-reconditioning-guide-review/

The creators of this system are selling it at really affordable price for just $47 and along with they are providing 60-days cash back guarantee. Consider of the savings if these had been replaced with rechargeable batteries. The active material in a lead acid battery is sulphuric acid.

With every battery costing a minimum of 100 dollars or a lot more, there is no doubt that the EZ Battery Reconditioning plan will support stretch your pocketbook additional. EZ Battery Reconditioning is a tailor-produced systematic remedy for injecting new life into dead batteries. http://ezbatteryreconditioning.rcrddeals.com/

This is not a short term improvement once your batteries have been recovered by leaving the unit attached it will continue to operate, substantially extending the life of your batteries by keeping them in leading condition. The chemical reactions that retailer and release electrical energy within the battery also dissolve the lead in the plates, and there is no way to rejuvenate that.

As associated by Ohm's law , existing is the ratio of voltage to resistance, so a sulfated battery will have reduced existing flow. In addition to this, Tom is also offering cost-free and valuable The Creating Money Restoring Battery Guide”. Repeat the method of charging till the voltage stops increasing and then discharge the battery to .5V per cell.

Remain informed of the newest updates, announcements and hybrid automobile suggestions from Bumblebee Batteries! This E book arrives with 60 day refund back for dissatisfied customer group but nonetheless you might test it today and see the impact it creates by saving your income.

Repeat this process 3 instances (which could take a few days, based on the device). Nevertheless, sulfation causes irreversible corrosion of the lead plates, so this method will perform only three to 5 instances. We are going to refill the battery cells with a new electrolyte made from distilled water and Epsom salt This is to raise the voltage and improve the amps the battery can give.

As bizarre as this sounds, aspirin will typically perform depending on the degree of discharge of the battery. Afdhal- it is just John's theory- but i would say cadmium does not just plate itself- requirements driving- so does copper- BUT copper is a non laster in H2SO4!

Frank has eight years of knowledge and he is producing six figure earnings just by selling recondition batteries to distinct company. Repeat the process several instances, until you get a reconditioned battery. It does not take considerably cadmium sulfate to do the job.

For the procedure of reconditioning, you will need to get your hands on a reconditioning pack that would offer you with top quality benefits. Craig - The earliest patent on rubber battery separators that I have been able to find is US Pat 761,345, to Theodore A Willard, issued on Might 31, 1904 - who, ten years later, went on to invent the auto battery as we know it nowadays.

Rods play a key function in electron process that goes on, in this function, the lead plate builds up sulfur deposit around it and prevents the battery from storing charge. Step two: This step is to discover the proper dead or old batteries. By the way, this could be a excellent chance to make some additional income by mending (seemingly) dead batteries.

They will just want their battery working once again, preferably close to its former capacity. Rod Rowan - You seem to be saying that, because 1972, you have been placing the active material, that separates out of the plates through beginning, back into the plates.

Reconditioning rundown batteries can make them operate longer. They stated the greater voltage is necessary when additives are place in. Hello! Due to the fact the battery loads in hybrid automobiles are built to final, it isn't a concern. John - It would look the preceding owner gave the very tired and virtually worn out batteries an overcharge to give the cart at least some energy to persuade somebody to purchase.

On the other hand, it is a highly reputable and worthwhile guide that can aid the folks in multifold techniques. I have created this internet site to share my private and sincere evaluation on EZ Battery Reconditioning Program. For best results use distilled water when mixing your personal additive.

This device is quite straightforward to use and does not call for any input from the user. The most pricey piece of kit is the computerized battery analyzer, at about $130. They are powerful, Utilized to be maintainable, like yours, and had simple components. During the past two years, I employed a trickle charge during the winter to insure the batteries would not freeze.

Reconditioning batteries is a extremely easy process, and any individual can do it completely. Lead sulfate is not a very good conductor of electrical energy. If you're going to replace electrolyte or add water or whatever, do that initial and then replace the caps.

What should you count on from the plan, how can you make income reconditioning old batteries and finally need to you sign up for the plan To begin, right here is a fast overview of EZ Battery Reconditioning Plan. I am going to show you how to recondition a normal 12v auto battery.

If you are only interested in how to recondition a battery for your own use, you can start with minimal equipment. No need to have to be a mechanic or have sales encounter to operate a Battery reconditioning enterprise. Based on the situation of the battery, repeating this method two or three occasions can substantially improve the battery's performance by removing extra sulfur buildup.