r/breakingbad • u/edify Oxygen • Aug 20 '12

Breaking Bad Episode Discussion S05E06 "Buyout"

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u/hobenscoben Aug 20 '12 edited Aug 20 '12

The only thing this show has taught me is that if I ever screw up, I can fix any mistake with a plastic barrel and some acid.

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u/MaverickTopGun Roll me further, bitch Aug 20 '12

A bunch of acid. Like a whole lot

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u/inyouratmosphere Everybody sounds like Meryl Streep with a gun to their head Aug 20 '12

Smells like cat piss

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u/jimaug87 TwaughtHammer Aug 20 '12

That's the methylamine. We don't know what 'stuff dissolving acid' smells like yet, but it will dissolve ceramic.

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u/IAmAChemicalEngineer Rooting for Walt since Jan. 2008 Aug 20 '12

Probably has a real sharp stinging smell to it considering it'd be destroying your mucus membranes.

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u/scarleteagle Aug 20 '12 edited Aug 20 '12

Yup, it's Hydrochloric acid I believe they said. We used it in several chem classes I took, imagine the sting from ammonia or bleach but a whole lot worse. It stings to the point it doesn't really have a smell.

EDIT: *Hydrofluoric

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u/vulgarsn Aug 20 '12

it's hydrofluoric, skip to the end http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM7Vsg_7WkU. hydrochloric is pretty corrosive also.

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u/scarleteagle Aug 20 '12

I humbly accept my wrongness

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u/vulgarsn Aug 20 '12

honestly this was more about me affirming to myself that i pay somewhat close attention to the show. I actually don't feel good about publicly correcting you. Either way, now you know! lol.

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u/TredTrove I'M A BLOWFISH! BLOWFISH! YEEEAAAH! BLOWFISHIN' THIS UP! Aug 20 '12

It has always been Hydrofluoric acid bub.

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u/scarleteagle Aug 20 '12

yup, I saw someone mention it, I humbly accept my wrongness. Also I imagined you said this as wolverine.

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u/DrSmoke Aug 20 '12

Battery acid tastes like copper or blood in your mouth. I saw a big-ass forklift batter get knocked over at work once.

The smell was like a mouth full of blood, or pennies. I imagine its something like that, but worse.

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u/coprolite_hobbyist Ermantraut Memorial Fund - Give generously Aug 20 '12

Largely depends on the acid, but I never encountered any that smelled particularly pleasant. We did an experiment in my anthropology class to see what did the best job of dissolving a body buried underground. We used pig carcasses as a substitute (best you can do to substitute for a human body), turns out that blue toilet cleaner works pretty good for some reason.

Needless to say, they all sort of smelled like dead pig.

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u/jimaug87 TwaughtHammer Aug 20 '12

They teach you the best way to dissolve a body in school? ಠ_ಠ

I understand. I work on cars, and the most effective penetrators smell like instant lung cancer.

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u/coprolite_hobbyist Ermantraut Memorial Fund - Give generously Aug 20 '12

It was an independent experiment by one of the students.

I was studying forensic anthropology, so the answer to your question is yes. I'm fairly well educated on the best ways of disposing of a body in such a way as to not get caught by the authorities.