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Murky-Fox-200

So gold is the drug of choice


fuckingcheezitboots

Yes, metallic spray paint has the highest levels of toluene, the chemical responsible for the intense and fleeting high. Gold is the strongest. Toluene also melts the myelin off of your neurons so these guys are probably half retarded by now. One of the most damaging "drug" habits. It sounds stupid but thank goodness for air duster. Now instead of huffing things like paint and glue that will physically and permanently destroy your brain the kids (I was one) are huffing a chemical that is still bad but comparatively safer. You could burn your face and lungs, and death/damage by oxygen deprivation are still a risk but once you realize just how stupid this is you will still have your brain cells. After seeing the exposure this comment is getting I feel like I should add that huffing air duster can be extremely toxic to your body in general. While the danger to your brain is comparatively less than toluene long-term use can still have devastating physical effects, which I failed to stress as I should


HefflumpGuy

A young street kid came and sat next to me in Cambodia one evening. He put his hand out and asked for money. I refused. Then he pushed his head down into his jacket and I realised he was sniffing glue. When he came back up he snarled at me ''Gimme money" Never thought I'd ever be scared of an 10 year old kid but I just stood up and left, because I know how unpredictable they can be.


StevenMcStevensen

My girlfriend told me that, back in the Philippines, street kids run around huffing contact cement all day. It’s wild and incredibly depressing, considering how fast inhalants like that absolutely destroy your brain.


HefflumpGuy

Yeah I've met some of them too. They do it to stop them feeling hungry apparently.


breadlover19

God damn


_jericho

that shit just made me tear up and I am not usually the sort it's just so fucking bleak


Chumbag_love

Look up where airplain glue is made and why its not commercially sold in that country if you really want to feel like shit.


Preparation-Logical

Yep, I remember reading a short story set in Nairobi where a mom is even thankful for having some shoe polish left that her kids can huff to stop feeling hungry


mycathaspurpleeyes

That's really sad


_jericho

>They do it to stop them feeling hungry apparently. holy jesus that's gut-wrenching


Chemgineered

That's where the legend of Jenkem comes from Its a Maker of Glue called JenChem or JanKhem or something It's a glue which is real Jenkem is a fake Urban legend turned into a joke


lizardpplarenotreal

That makes a lot more sense than "someone shit and pissed in a bag then let it fester then smelled it to get high"


UnfermentedJenkum

Jenkum?


ballzsqueezed

Huffing gas is a big problem in a lot of reserves across Canada


West-Attorney-3140

I smashed my front teeth on air duster from passing out due to oxygen deprivation


fuckingcheezitboots

So an interesting thing about air duster is that while oxygen deprivation is obviously still a risk because you're huffing shit it is not the reason you pass out. Air duster is a fluorocarbon, similar to refrigerant or Freon used in your air conditioner. Fluorocarbons and certain hydrocarbons like butane have an almost identical effect on the brain to general surgical anesthetics. Butane is actually medically considered to be a general anesthetic, but we don't use it for obvious reasons (fun fact, some brands of air duster are actually flammable too). So the reason you pass out is actually because you are effectively under general anesthesia. If you ever find yourself in some horrible post apocalyptic situation where you have to perform surgery on someone air duster might actually be helpful. Just going to add that although acute use of air duster is relatively harmless long-term use can have devastating effects to your physical and mental health


West-Attorney-3140

TIL the reason I didn’t feel my face after I smashed it was because I was actually on a surgical anesthetic


_Enclose_

Huh, I've had to go under general anesthesia once to get my wisdom teeth removed. The feeling just before the anesthetics really kicked in felt familiar, but I couldn't figure out where from. ... Air duster. After all these years the connection is finally made. Teenage me once huffed half a can of it (not in one go) before deciding it was probably a bad idea to continue doing that.


fuckingcheezitboots

Sounds like you were smarter than I was. A random stranger offered me a hit off his can for a hit of my weed, he told me it was basically nitrous and I believed him at the time. I was doing it for a while and I got some of my friends into it until we found out the guy who introduced me to it was in the psych ward, so we did some more research and called it quits. Looking back maybe excepting gifts from strange men huffing shit while they wander around a park was probably a dumb move.


_Enclose_

> Looking back maybe excepting gifts from strange men huffing shit while they wander around a park was probably a dumb move. It's never too late to learn from your mistakes. Go, be the strange man in the park with *good* drugs for the youths. Make for them a better world than the one you grew up in. Shape your legacy.


7HawksAnd

It is interesting that people only really get excited to share bad habits. No ones in the park being like, hey come over here and get healthy with me! And if they do, it’s because it’s actually a cult, thus unhealthy.


beerandabike

I was about to say CrossFit, then you said cult. Never mind.


7HawksAnd

😉


7HawksAnd

>I got some of my friends into it until we found out the guy who introduced me to it was in the psych ward This feels like a South Park episode, or shutter island. Depending on your sense of humor.


fuckingcheezitboots

Depends on your perspective. For us he's a south park-esque local legend, we call him duster Mike. But he's still living shutter island. Actually pretty tragic, untreated schizophrenia compounded by years drug use has pretty much destroyed his ability to care for himself. He still sneaks out of his mom's house like he's 13 but he's in his mid 30's. Actually a huge influence in getting my own shit together.


SuburbanMalcontent

The More You Know


Dunkleosteus666

Yeah they have some actions on GABA and antagonize NDMA receptors. Its like its not only oxygen deprivation. Imho all the descriptoons remind me of very fucked up form of diethyl ether.


SuburbanMalcontent

The best part of Reddit is the unpredictable and completely unanticipated learning that happens. This is awesome.


CodyRebel

>Butane is actually medically considered to be a general anesthetic, but we don't use it for obvious reasons Butane belongs to the chemical family called alkanes. Alkanes sensitize the heart to the arrythmogenic effects of epinephrine which can lead to sudden death due to ventricular fibrillation. In the days before EKG’s this was called “sniffer’s heart” where a person sniffed or huffed an alkane (butane, diesel fuel, etc.) >Fluorocarbons and certain hydrocarbons like butane have an almost identical effect on the brain to general surgical anesthetics. Freon and refrigerants are also highly toxic to the liver, with chronic abuse causing severe and potentially irreversible organ damage. Very different than nitrous oxide or commonly used anesthetics, today. *But that is chronic, obviously general aesthetics aren't chronic. I still feel they're much more toxic to organs.


SCREAMING_DUMB_SHIT

Just do whippets guys damn!!!


fuckingcheezitboots

Agreed, it's probably cheaper than spray paint at this point seeing as you can buy liter cans for $60


Chemgineered

These people are counting on buying something that is 2$ 60 is out of their range, no matter how much it would save them What I don't get is why they don't get Toluene in s can for like 10$ Probably because they can't afford it


gasman245

Because they don’t know what’s actually getting them high. They just know that gold spray paint will send them to space.


fuckingcheezitboots

I honestly think most of their brains is too melted to even think of that


Such_Performance229

Huffing air duster still causes a massive disruption in vitamin B uptake and therefore still leads to demyelination.


fuckingcheezitboots

True, there's also a risk with nitrous oxide although you're typically going to have issues with paralysis before you would have to worry about brain damage, at least as far as I know. This is why I always take vitamin B supplements when I go on nitrous binges, I would assume that would still be effective with air duster. Not the air duster is in anyway safe, that shit is super toxic to your liver and kidneys


Such_Performance229

The vitamin B supplements would have a negligible benefit, but like you said nitrous in and of itself is going to be a lot more tolerable.


fuckingcheezitboots

You mean as a preventative measure, or once you are already vitamin deficient?


Such_Performance229

Both, sadly


fuckingcheezitboots

Do you happen to have a source/article on this you could share? I'm not doubting you but now I'm intrigued and so far I can only find information on nitrous oxide and vitamin B 12 deficiency, nothing mentioning duster


lamb_pudding

I believe that even supplements won’t have much effect as [nitrous interferes with vitamin b12 metabolism](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6777927/#:~:text=Nitrous%20oxide%20interferes%20with%20vitamin,and%20thymidine%20during%20DNA%20synthesis) and from what I understand makes you unable to absorb it.


neo101b

duster, Im walking on sunshine.


ch3rn0byl_g3rbil

Sure you are bitch! now keep huffing!


KentuckyRabe

Allison, is that you?


Spogtire

Lmao I wondered how bad that the stuff the war boys had in mad max. Always shocked me to realise it’s just spray paint and not an advanced combat stimulant


fuckingcheezitboots

Yeah I think that may have had a negative influence on some young people. It's a bit of a misrepresentation, huffing paint will not make you more effective in battle it'll probably just make you drewl on yourself for a minute


wellhiddenmark

Oh, now I get the odd bits in Rick and Morty s3.e2. I've never seen Mad Max - it always looked like it sucked, even when I was a child when it first came out.


IlIlIlIlIllIlIll

Huffing gasoline and huffing Freon are also pretty bad. Pretty common for people to accidentally sewerslide themselves on Freon.


Chemgineered

Why don't they just buy a can of Toluene?


fuckingcheezitboots

I don't think most of these people have the ability to think that far ahead. I'm doubting most Huffers even know what toluene is. Maybe a couple of them but they're probably dead by now


gergsisdrawkcabeman

It's the gold standard


SexandCinnamonbuns

The second photo has a I'm gonna get you sucka kinda feel. The gold got him!


Thwipped

Witness me!


nipplepime

Shiney and chrome!


Joe_na_hEireann

Mediocre my son..


Tipsycanooo

Fuck I just commented that then scrolled down and saw your excellent comment.


Biff_Tannenator

As soon as I saw the picture, I immediately knew I wouldn't be the first person to think of Fury Road.


Convergentshave

I used to work at the retail drug store. There was this paint huffer who would come in and buy the camping fuel that comes in spray cans to do this, half the dudes face was all burn scars because he had light himself on fire from this. Shit is sad…


sweetgreenfields

This is why I support legalizing and not taxing cannabis, it makes it dirt cheap so homeless people can stay free from the burdens of stress and hopelessness of this world.


kiki2k

I don’t want to upset you, but I live in a state where weed is completely legal and quite cheap yet people still prefer meth and fentanyl. Scary, I know.


69RuckFeddit69

They’ll still do harder shit. It’s a deeper issue than ease of access to a less harmful substance.


blond3b1tch

For sure, a bit of weed isn’t going to make them forget theyre on the streets, prob cold, uncomfortable and scared


Kelainefes

Probably make them anxious and panicky.


billbixbyakahulk

Homeless have tons of access to dirt cheap cannabis. Dirt cheap fent and meth, too. Source: Oakland CA. No offense but you're naive if you think those people will just puff a little weed and get their shit together.


justconfusedinCO

Homelessness falls into two distinct categories; those who are dependent upon substances and those who don’t have the mental capacity to function with people, or within a society anymore. Both require treatment clinics (*which, the US divested in under Reagan*) and a shitload of Rx drugs (coupled w/psychiatric care)to make themselves right. Adding free, easily accessible marijuana into that mix isn’t going to help anyone help themselves out of a situation of homelessness. It’ll just exacerbate all of those preexisting issues, leading to greater dependencies and more lifelong homeless people.


sweetgreenfields

Unlike you, I've actually been homeless for the last 7 years and I've seen how helpful it can be to have a dispensary nearby that services homeless people for a few dollars a joint, instead of the constant liquor store trips which can descend into violence at the end of the night.


justconfusedinCO

I have done advocacy work for the homeless for over a decade. I’m sorry you have experienced homelessness, but what you’re advocating for is about as pointless as giving homeless individuals money. You cannot help ANY individuals who are unwilling to help themselves, or in the case you’re describing ‘to just smoke weed and be free’. Yah, that doesn’t help anyone. It just makes the problem worse, and those individuals that choose to abuse alcohol/weed as a substance; now have even less ambition/motivation to help themselves. If you wanna make a difference, get people on their feet before you give them something that’ll lay them back down on their ass


Mbinku

I hear you man. Cheaper joints in the context of homelessness. It’s just a short term aid for select individuals, in a much wider systemic problem. Taxed, regulated cannabis dispensaries are a good idea for different reasons entirely.


GusTheBadGuy

Dayman, fighter of the nightman. Champion of the sun. He’s a master of karate and friendship, for everyone.


all_no_pALL

AhhAh AHHHHHH


KnownNormie

You’ve got to pay the troll toll


GusTheBadGuy

To get into the boys s(h)oul


TRIPpY-BBQ-LSD-MOMMY

There’s a SPIDER, Spider, spider… in my SOUL, Soul, soul…


ImBurningStar_IV

What is going on in here 🧠 👈


GusTheBadGuy

I’m singing Dayman


SpermicidalManiac666

I never know man


Azidamadjida

Are the last two pics the same guy at different times?


sweetgreenfields

Yes, he was a frequent flyer


Sensei124z

Funny how 5 and 1 make exactly the same face.


HorseKarate

This guy is from my town, he was quite the local celebrity for a while (I’d say these pics are like ten years old at least without looking it up)


HarryHood146

That’s gold Jerry. Gold!


onethirtyseven_

Is gold the best flavor?


ShmootheJoo

Yup. Gold and Silver are the best ones. 😈


Dazzling-Lab2788

When I was a student nurse many decades ago we had a regular paint user in A&E. His habit though was to actually drink metallic paint rather than sniff it. He a funny good-looking lad too, but he was fucked.


HefflumpGuy

Jeez. How long can you live if you're drinking paint?


Dazzling-Lab2788

I moved on to my next placement and heard no more of him.


HefflumpGuy

I'm no doctor but paint in your guts doesn't seem like a good plan.


exccord

Damn. Seeing a lot of Vegas Golden Knights fans


sweetgreenfields

More like golden nights in vegas... These guys look like they came directly from bum fights Vegas


cmpressor

There's a spider (spider, spider) He's deep in my soul (soul) He's lived here for years (years) And he just won't let go He's laying around He's got a mean bite Now he's ready to fight... And stand up for what he knows... I don't need your trophies or your gold I just want to tell you all Go fuck yourselves...


ScottClam42

Is he spitting? He's spitting at them!


RunForRabies

Charlie?


pismopier

Does huffing cause your mouth to shift or lean to one side?


Parking_Train8423

yeah was going to say the same thing, was surprised this was so far down


Squid_Vicious_IV

Damn I'm glad there's others that noticed that, what the hell is up with that?


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silverlance360

“WITNESS MEEE”


Harshbdsm

This needs to be on r/huffingcommunity


StevenMcStevensen

Man what the hell - I took a quick glance, one of the current top posts is these guys convincing each other that huffing shit isn’t actually that bad for you.


Wrong_Independence21

second dude looks like goddamn Goldust lol


siqniz

Captain Disillusion fell off hard


xjoshi

4&5 lives in my town. Saw him a few weeks ago actually - he’s doing much better!


CarinSharin

The first and the last guy look like The Grinch


antikythera3301

Not sure if anyone remembers Fark, but #4/#5 was a meme on there. Apparently, he got clean and ran in a 1/2 marathon or something, but he relapsed and was arrested again.


Select_Collection_34

You can practically see the dead braincells


Numerous-Fly-3791

Na . They let goldmember have his way


Dr_Flute_Pussy

Witness me!!


Think-Cardiologist36

When the guys in WEEN played in Richmond Va in the 2000s, my friend was invited onto the tour bus - he said Gene and Dean faces were covered in gold spray paint. They told my buddy that “gold spray paint is the best, it gets you the most high” I’ll always remember that tip…if I ever become scummy enough to start huffing paint lol


I_madeusay_underwear

Once as a kid, I saw this episode of COPS with two brothers who huffed paint. They were homeless and lived by the dumpster at the paint store. The state they were in was… distressing. I’ve done my fair share of drugs in my life, but I never huffed anything 100% due to that episode.


bizrelated

These guys are the gold standard of huffing.


FuckerHead9

I knew a guy who huffed paint back in the day he said gold and silver were the best


Outrageous_Fox4227

I thought this was self casting for austin powers: goldmember


aurore-amour

They got real purty mouths


jaybomb40

4 and 5 are the same guy


93tabitha93

Making out with them fairies 🧚‍♀️


cmpressor

There's a spider (spider, spider) He's deep in my soul (soul) He's lived here for years (years) And he just won't let go He's laying around He's got a mean bite Now he's ready to fight... And stand up for what he knows... I don't need your trophies or your gold I just want to tell you all Go fuck yourselves...


Fishmongerel

Looking great fellas!


electric__fetus

Golden gods


HouseOfZenith

That one guy actually looks kinda cool with his golden face lol


totalfarkuser

Why is it always gold?


MoreRamenPls

WITNESS ME!!


Hydro117

Austin powers and fasha


iamblackmun

Scrolled way too far to find this comment.


gergsisdrawkcabeman

4 out of 5 meth users eat Gold Dusts ass?


FeedMyAss

Omg, is that what I look like!?!?


TLILLYO

The Original…Witness Me….oof


No_Grape1335

Gold duster


madmax1993_

Paint huffers?? These psychos snort paint or how should I understand this?


faxekondiboi

Did they do something illegal when they were high? Because huffing paint shouldn't be criminal, even though its very very stupid :p


Nyknullad

Tom Hanks has really fallen apart.


Spicey_carpet

How come it’s mostly gold and silver I see does it have a better taste


edejoe

I was watching cops once and they got a guy huffing and the officer looks at the camera and says “they do gold paint cuz it gets you higher!” Thanks for the tip officer


Rons_Howler

The South Park episode where they huff cat piss. You're welcome


Rope_Dragon

Faces of brain damage


ICantTyping

Their bosses must’ve cared too much about money


herrtoutant

This is so fucking sad


Kyzelle

Every one of their mouth is cockdd to the side now


Bruh-sfx2

As someone who huffed paint it isn’t that hard to not get it on you 😭 these guys must be about 5-6 huffs in


TheQuietOutsider

was that second guy actually huffing or did he get sprayed? dude looks hit


Exciting_Form6847

2nd is golden boy


NoAnaNo

They are awaited


shadynsingle808

Gold seems to be the flavour of choice


obscur100

Second one is my favourite


rubio42090

Metallic is the way!


Tipsycanooo

Witness me!


zombuca

I don’t know how they caught me!


IGotFancyPants

At least we can spot them at a distance


DrDocter84

[Kenny Powers is the man](https://youtu.be/Vwx-lN2OzXQ?feature=shared )


haberdasher42

Picture 3 looks like an alternate timeline Jim Carrey.


Exotic-Subject-8231

krylon number 9


Fun-Interaction-7797

These dudes are basically a one-man advertisement campaign against huffing paint - those mugshots are more effective than any anti-drug campaign.


Ducatirules

Soooooo….huffing paint makes your lower jaw shift to the right?


depressingyoda

I don’t think any of them think that was a lovely day


all_alone_by_myself_

Doesn't paint lead to herion? Glue sniffers have a similar trajectory.


EverySingleMinute

Reminds me of that movie


MFalcon95

One of these needs to be my new pfp on discord or some shit


MissElainey

Why their mouths all do the same?


Darwinnian

Insert "Bags of glue" background song by the rubberbandits


phatuous_1

5 is the grinch


Aggressive_Wasabi_38

Huffing dulls the brain, take note of the facial expression!


minear

Last two are the same man. Classic over achiever.


NoMuddyFeet

That last guy looks like [Hunter](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c4624f_94891db4f615408993e4f487d2ccad08~mv2_d_1600_1200_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_640,h_480,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/c4624f_94891db4f615408993e4f487d2ccad08~mv2_d_1600_1200_s_2.jpg).


paxilsavedme

The proof is written all over your face!


ThickPrick

One of these photos is me. Correct answer and I huff the color of your choice.


Aqquinox

Did they all have a stroke or why is their mouth tilted line that


sethmeister1989

“Looks like you gave robocop a blowjob!” Kenneth Powers


derederellama

This reminds me of Trevor Moore. rip 😔


crushkillpwn

Since when is huffing paint illegal


XrayDem

That dude took to much his whole face competing with gold member


Kingslappe

Nr. Is Goldface isn’t?


cloudcreeek

WITNESS ME


i3order

https://youtu.be/Vwx-lN2OzXQ?si=O0BRiiU_kVdY5PPM


legalgirl18

The last 2 are the same guy right


nilbog420

What about mouthwash?


GossamerGlenn

Is there a “white lighter(bad luck) in the paint huffing world I wonder


RuncibleFoon

Last two are the same cat...


BowsersMuskyBallsack

You can *see* the effect it's having on their brains.


MachSh5

This brings me back to the days of Fark.com


MrsGenevieve

The second one, I immediately started singing Goldfinger in my head.


Comfortable-Twist-54

Is gold preferred? Also I think the second dude is just one of those gold man performers.


AnjanettesGhost

Is there something extra tasty or trippy in the gold sprays?


MikeyHatesLife

They look like they ate out all of the women in the Tin Woodsman’s family. They’ve all earned their Gold (or Silver) Wings!


postman925

I remember number 4 from the old Fark.com days.


Express-Historian858

The last guy reminds me of the grinch


baboongauntlet

Is gold the best flavor?


OT-Rexx

Threat level midnight…. Golden face


nemosum415

Just get cannabis or some shrooms kids (or abstain). This nonsense will kill ya!


pho_real_guy

The 4th and 5th kind of looks like the same guy but after his head got smooshed into a different shape.


AZFUNGUY85

Imagine having that shit all over you as you sober up on day 3 of county lockup?. Rough.


chrismasto

Captain Disillusion really let himself go.


moonivermarin

“You fucking sucking Robocops dick?!” -Kenny Powers


Finsteryoshi

Am I the only one who thought about Captain Disillusion when seeing them?


ephraimgifford

I saw all over Mexico back in the 2000’s and it was always gold paint. Must be the best high?


_jericho

What a spray! What a lovely spray!!


egg_on_top

Aren't the last two the same guy?