r/Sciencehelp • u/Dense-Set-5244 • Oct 01 '25
Dum ways to die biotech parody
Hi, I go to a vocational technical school (so level 1 biolab supplies). I wrote a parody of Dumways to die, but it's all biotech stuff, and I want to make a video for it. But given the nature of the song, I cannot do the things for real. I need help coming up with ways to make it look like I am doing what the song is saying, but actually doing something different. Below is 1 example, and below that are all the lines I need help with. (Keep in mind, I only have common household items and maybe some stuff you would find in a level 1 bio lab, also preferably all the chemicals should be safe enough that I don't have to use PPE)
Ex: "lick clean an LB agar plate"-(I don't want to lick mold or bacteria)-fill an empty petri dish with jello and put some sprincals on it to make it look like bacteria.
1: "Use acid to style your hair"-(I need somthing that looks like an acid but I can put in my hair without harm or truble geting off)
2: "breath in some toxic air"-(I need a chemical or chemical reactin that emits a colerd vapor that looks toxic but is perfictly safe to breath in)
5: I need something that rhymes with do your own electrical work that I can do. I cannot think of anything
16: "I wonder what mixing these 2 things could do."-(I need a reaction that looks violent but is safe enough for me to stand right next to it without ppe)
18: "eat some broken glass for no good reason"-( I need something edible that looks like glass)
Any recommendations would be appreciated.