Now we cook

By JAdams - 13/08/2012 00:49 - United States - Newkirk

Today, I walked in on my fifteen-year-old son and his friends attempting to set up a rudimentary meth lab in his bedroom. I'm not sure whether to be angrier that they simply tried this, or that they thought burning up baking soda would somehow produce methamphetamine. FML
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CoconutOil 7

Most 15 year olds work on their "math" not "meth" :P

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jetsown08 21

Perhaps they need to refine their METHods, then.

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l23VIVE 17

Maybe! And I am just guessing here, maybe he was making a paper maché volcano?

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DancinL 14

You can't do that by burning baking soda either...

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l23VIVE 17

OP never said his son was burning the baking soda

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l23VIVE 17

Wait, yes he did. Stupid short amount of editing time

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Trisha_aus 15

No, catch Walt and Jesse Sunday's on AMC to really learn.

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slipmaster 6

i am proud if these kids. they are simply learning chemistry :)

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RedPillSucks 31

But they weren't smart enough to go on the internet (yeah, repository of all truths), to research how to do it?

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Welshite 39

Uh yeah, I'd definitely be angrier that they actually tried this. Chemistry is nothing to play around with. Believe me, I've come into contact with chemicals that react violently with just air or water vapor in the air. Even seemingly innocent compounds have the potential for disaster under the correct circumstances.

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l23VIVE 17

Like sodium! It catches fire when you put it in water!

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Ray_of_midnight 22

Kitchen-table meth manufacture is dangerous. People have been known to burn down their houses doing it, and the house itself gets turned into a hazardous-waste zone requiring serious effort and money to remediate.

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tisvana20 6

LWhy was 42 thumbed down? Sodium does combust on contact with air or water unless it's in a compound or covered in oil. I knew a kid who stole some sodium from IPC and when his pants ignited, he threw it in the toilet and then our school had one less toilet. Chemistry isn't for playing. Also Meth is bad. It makes your heart "explode."

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ant1ion 12

How do you deal with those types of chemicals?

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tisvana20 6

Alkali metals or the compounds to make meth? Alkali metals (and earths) you store under oil typically. I guess you can also turn them into a compound and just do the reactions you'd need to get the end result, but that would leave a lot of unnecessary bi-products and cause a lot of extra work.

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TheDrifter 23

Definitely an orgy. Maybe he thought he could burn baking soda like incense to absorb any foul odors?

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Trisha_aus 15

Call the DEA! Call hank!

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Enslaved 36

I want to laugh at this FML but then look beyond it and picture the OP's son has probably already tried meth. So sad. Look for the signs beyond missing spoons.

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l23VIVE 17

Hmm or maybe his demonic cat peed on the carpet and he wanted to absorb the odor and wetness?

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PaulB123 11

Definitely be more mad at the fact they were trying to make meth...

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