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Lex8P t1_itrnuhv wrote

I knew my farts were impressive... They found me!

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666pool t1_itst917 wrote

Are you a cow? Humans produce hydrogen sulfate. Cows produce methane.

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carbonated_iron t1_itsvd86 wrote

Hydrogen sulfate is sulfuric acid…

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CuttyAllgood t1_ittjoj1 wrote

Not exactly, right? It’s a salt of sulfuric acid, so it only becomes sulfuric acid when dissolved in a solution.

Which is why all of my wet farts burn so badly.

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Lex8P t1_itto833 wrote

So this explains why my chair smells so bad and has a hole in it

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Understitious t1_itttmvw wrote

There's a good article about fart gas composition on Chemistry World (you can google it yourself so I don't get banned for posting a link). Anyways, turns out around a third of us DO produce methane. So yes, some of us are indeed cows. Also, our farts often contain tiny amounts of hydrogen sulfIDE (H2S) but not H2SO4, unless you're making some seriously questionable dietary choices.

Fun facts about H2S:

  • you can smell it at <1ppm
  • above 20 ppm can cause airway irritation and shortness of breath
  • above 100 ppm is considered immediately dangerous to life and health
  • around 150 ppm you actually stop smelling it after a while. Your sensory system gets so fatigued by the constant stimulation it just peaces out.
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