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[–]chadrik 9021 points9022 points  (136 children)

I am sick and tired of this unflavored oxygen.

[–]Blueberry_Mancakes 2994 points2995 points  (67 children)

You said it, brother. First plain water (like out of the toilet) and then boring-ass air too? Wake me up when we get Brawndo Air (with electrolytes).

[–]Responsible_Milk_421 1322 points1323 points  (25 children)

It’s what lungs crave

[–]AssignedSnail 290 points291 points  (17 children)

You say that, but they 100% make saline solution for inhalation via nebulizer. XD

[–]Responsible_Milk_421 346 points347 points  (12 children)

Shut up I’m trying to watch “Ow! My balls!”

[–]Interweb_Stranger 226 points227 points  (10 children)

boring-ass air

Not to be confused with "boring ass-air", which is flavoured

[–]silveroranges 82 points83 points  (4 children)

I flavor the oxygen whenever I'm in an elevator, but people usually don't like the flavor.

[–]scoopablecatlitter 271 points272 points  (15 children)

Have you tried the oxygen in East Palestine Ohio?

[–]binybeke 208 points209 points  (4 children)

Fool. There is no oxygen in East Palestine Ohio

[–]Heterodynist 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I definitely wouldn’t buy bottled East Palestine Air.

[–]adavi608 8877 points8878 points  (128 children)

perri air

[–]javier052 2001 points2002 points  (78 children)

I knew there was a Spaceballs joke in here somewhere

[–]seth928 851 points852 points  (63 children)

Well, reddit is full of assholes

[–]bramtyr 491 points492 points  (32 children)

KEEP FIRING, ASSHOLES!

[–]tzc005 197 points198 points  (26 children)

Damn it, who made this asshole a gunner?

[–]madcat67 189 points190 points  (25 children)

i did sir he’s my cousin

[–]PricknamedNick 176 points177 points  (24 children)

Major asshole sir🫡

[–]Zsmudz 161 points162 points  (22 children)

How many assholes do we got on this ship anyway?!

[–]2krazy4me 137 points138 points  (1 child)

I'm surrounded by assholes!

[–]FirstConsul1805 42 points43 points  (0 children)

"I'm doing my best, sir."

[–]Gopher--Chucks 599 points600 points  (17 children)

[–]melodyalyssa 194 points195 points  (9 children)

I swear to god every time I see the air cans I think of this

[–]jluvdc26 4489 points4490 points  (492 children)

Very popular in Colorado though I've never seen a flavored one!

[–]mypatronusisyourmom 3278 points3279 points  (360 children)

I prefer the flavored one cause I know I’m actually getting it! I had a dr recommend to me for cluster headaches and I bought unflavored and was never sure I got any. Bought a peppermint flavored one and could taste it

[–]Mother-Ad7139 2665 points2666 points  (228 children)

I bet the flavor also helps with placebo a bit

Edit: not saying it doesn’t have uses, just saying that the flavored one might have more apparent benefits because of the placebo effect.

[–]raisearuckus 2419 points2420 points  (135 children)

Placebo is the greatest drug ever invented. I was having all kinds of pain and issues and my doctor prescribed me placebos and it completely cured me.

[–]Martel732 636 points637 points  (39 children)

Joking aside placebos can be a great medicine. If someone's brain is making them think they are in pain, they are in pain, the brain is in charge of that. A placebo might give them relief without serious side effects or risks of drug interactions.

On that note it is interesting that you can have negative side effects from a placebo since the mind is in control of what you feel and can cause things like nausea or mild pain.

[–]Yadobler 286 points287 points  (18 children)

you can have negative side effects from a placebo

A very famous one is MSG. Lots of double blind studies, and the fact that you're taking in glutamate from tomatoes, cheese and meat without vomiting shows it's very influenced by your thought

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Similarly, eating those do not eat desiccants (the small pack in food or packed products to keep dry)

They can choke you, but other than that they go straight to the stomach and out in the poop. But merely eating it with the notion that it's poisonous will make your body throw up everything and beg your life for mercy

[–]ukkosreidet 176 points177 points  (2 children)

Stop tempting me to eat the forbidden candies

[–]JeffTek 57 points58 points  (2 children)

I put MSG in a huuuuge amount of the food I prepare, and everyone loves it. Those same people say MSG gives them headaches and nausea, but I see them slurping down Ranch dressing and eating doritos and other flavored chips and snacks with MSG, they just don't know it's there. Absolute fad diet placebo. The people I cook for know absolutely that I use MSG a lot so it's not like I'm secretly poisoning them or anything

[–]Yadobler 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I'd argue that replacing 2/3 of the salt you add with just 1/3 amount of msg will give you the same, if not better, taste but cut down salt intake

[–]snortgiggles 267 points268 points  (17 children)

Right?! I've seen a %20 improvement with that drug

[–]themoochiest 238 points239 points  (11 children)

I saved 15% on my car insurance by switching to placebos!

[–]Non-Sequitur_Gimli 73 points74 points  (6 children)

What a rip off! I get 100% off with placebo insurance.

[–]mojoegojoe 280 points281 points  (49 children)

I'm not sure if this is sarcastic but your most definitely right. It just goes to show how emotional purspectuve (ie anxiety control=pain management) goes a lonnng way in pain management.

[–]nailsinthecityyx 178 points179 points  (19 children)

I'm a firm believer in the placebo effect.

My middle son takes gummy melatonin at night (he has ADHD so it helps relax him). My youngest started asking for it, claiming he couldn't sleep. I had a hunch he just wanted the gummy, so I started giving him Biotin whenever he'd say he couldn't sleep. He'd be out like a light within 5 minutes!

[–]VOODOO__ECONOMICS 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Love placebo. I work as a social worker and one of my clients is a lady with mild intellectual impairment. The lady has severe health anxiety that seems to result in real pain - always complaining about back spasms, severe stomach cramps etc - the doctor I work with has been ‘prescribing’ her fruit tic tacs (small colourful mints) - I give them to her during moments of pain and within seconds she is feeling completely fine. I’ve told the workers at her emergency accommodation to do the same, ambulance call outs for her have dropped to almost zero.

[–]bellbros 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Gonna have to use this one. Nice

[–]mypatronusisyourmom 61 points62 points  (12 children)

Probably! I don’t think it worked enough to really help, but I know someone who has severe migraines and has an oxygen tank for it. That probably is way more effective

[–]SomethingClever42068 165 points166 points  (11 children)

My mom had cluster headaches.

She eats like .5-1 gram of psilocybin mushrooms and she's headache free for like a year, year and a half.

She's been doing this for about a decade now after trying medical oxygen/medications/etc.

Something to look into, but it works really well for her

[–]trouserschnauzer 23 points24 points  (3 children)

0.5-1g how often and when? Every day? When symptoms start? I only get them for about a month or so at a time, and then they don't usually start up again for another year, maybe two.

[–]Cael87 49 points50 points  (2 children)

Wording confused me as well, they are saying their mother does half to a full gram once every year to year and a half and it's kept them at bay for 10 years.

[–]trouserschnauzer 14 points15 points  (1 child)

That makes much more sense now, thank you.

[–]jluvdc26 124 points125 points  (57 children)

Interesting! I get cluster headaches, next time I'm going to try it!

[–]hamburglerized 111 points112 points  (22 children)

This is nowhere near enough oxygen for cluster headaches. You need a lifetime prescription for o2 through a non rebreather mask at 15 lpm or more. Feel free to reach out to me for more info I’ve dealt with them for years.

[–]questar723 43 points44 points  (10 children)

How can I get oxygen? My cluster headaches were like debilitating this past fall/winter but my cycle is gone now

[–]hamburglerized 63 points64 points  (4 children)

Are you under the care of a physician/do you have insurance? I requested a lifetime need prescription for o2 from my physician and now I can get it delivered to my house. When insurance covers it it’s quite cheap. Are you on any other medications?

[–][deleted] 185 points186 points  (28 children)

Highly recommend psilocybin if you haven’t tried it. I forget what protocol I used to “cure” my dad, but I’m sure it’s out there. He suffered for decades and, after I found relief from depression and anxiety by microdosing, I set it up for him and he hasn’t had a cluster headache since. I think it’s been 7 or 8 years now.

[–]CaveJohnsonWitLemons 116 points117 points  (18 children)

This is an incredibly important comment. It's the number one best tool in your arsenal, I think if it wasn't for psilocybin I don't know if my brother would still be alive with his cluster headaches.

Edit: oof yes for sure you need to do your research first, don't just jump in blind. There's a lot of good info out there about dosages, methods, interactions, risks etc.

[–]Feral_KaTT 29 points30 points  (1 child)

We put cubenis mushroom in a 30 piece chocolate bar. 1/8 of gram of shroom in each. I have suffered chronic depression my entire life. Some dark winters were horrible. The 1st time I microdosed was 6 months after my 1st related heart attack, and 1st time I went an entire winter season feeling great, little to no depression.

[–]ThiccQban 38 points39 points  (5 children)

I had cluster headaches for about a month straight a few years back. Absolutely horrifying. The only thing that would stop them was high-flow oxygen at the hospital

[–]UnicornOnTheJayneCob 17 points18 points  (4 children)

For a month?! Holy shit! I would literally jump off a cliff. No joke. I don’t think I could handle a month-long cluster headache. Though come to think of it, I’d probably starve to death first because of all of the pain-induced vomiting.

[–]ThiccQban 11 points12 points  (1 child)

I literally walked into traffic one day. I walked out of the pharmacy and the pain was so bad I just couldn’t see. I’m lucky someone saw and grabbed my arm, helped me call an Uber to get home. Still have anxiety about them coming back some day. =\

[–]ppw23 107 points108 points  (26 children)

I remember oxygen bars were popular in the 90’s.

[–]arcosapphire 35 points36 points  (11 children)

Wasn't that the late 00s? I don't remember it from the 90s at all.

[–]rocketshipray 11 points12 points  (3 children)

O2 Spa Bar opened up in Toronto (Canada) in '96 and then they kinda of spread from there. Though oxygen bar type places existed in Asia since the late '80s, they weren't as much of a recreational place as they were a response to poor air quality. The more recreational places were more popular in larger cities in the late '90s to mid-'00s than in the late '00s when they had more lasting popularity in small to medium sized cities.

These Boost Oxygen canisters shown in the post came about in either 2006 or 2007. They're marketed more towards athletes who need supplemental oxygen for respiratory recovery.

[–]Wolfram_And_Hart 11 points12 points  (1 child)

I’d still buy a home version if they would come down from the 2k + oxygen tank cost

[–]WhiskyAndWitchcraft 23 points24 points  (4 children)

Went to one of those in Vegas, and thought that I'd take a funny selfie of me smoking a cigarette with the mask. Stopped short, when I realized that having open flame next to pure oxygen being pumped into my face probably isn't the best idea.

[–]HellJumper303 85 points86 points  (12 children)

Yup, I work in the casinos up in the mountains in Colorado and constantly have people asking about these. They do wonders I guess

[–]mypatronusisyourmom 25 points26 points  (2 children)

Oh nice! Blackhawk? I think they help people who are just popping in for the weekend more than anything. Especially if they’re spending time in the mountains

[–]Ckyuiii 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I've used them for high altitude backpacking trips. They're pretty decent for a little boost on the trail. Just taking Diamox is better though.

[–]Ab0rtretry 15 points16 points  (2 children)

yep i got really fucked up at Copper mt being used to sea level. had one of these in my jacket and it was great.

[–]burrito_magic 129 points130 points  (7 children)

I prefer Perri-air but maybe that’s because I’m druish.

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    [–]RevanTheHunter 38 points39 points  (5 children)

    That's all we needed.

    A druish redditor.

    [–]SWEATANDBONERS86 3495 points3496 points  (156 children)

    Anyone else remember for like a hot minute back in like 08-09 when people were trying to make oxygen lounges a thing? Like a hookah lounge but with "flavored" oxygen and they'd put the little tube with nose holes in it around your neck like you were some kind of emphysema patient we even had one come set up at big semester kickoff party my university would throw one time that they super hyped up That shit was weird as hell

    [–]SunniYellowScarf 1090 points1091 points  (56 children)

    There's still a ton of them all over vegas.

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      [–]FirstTimeCaller101 535 points536 points  (17 children)

      “Ay yo, we heard you like breathing so we hooked you up with a couple oxygen tanks in yo car”

      What could possibly go wrong here

      [–]Smoky_Mtn_High 120 points121 points  (7 children)

      They’re stored right next to the two NOS canisters we installed on your convertible 2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser…for convenience.

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        [–]Eatmyfartsbro 42 points43 points  (1 child)

        Ey yo, sorry about the rusted holes in your floor, but now you have 10 jackhammers with tvs in them!

        [–]TheD1scountH1tman 30 points31 points  (0 children)

        I actually sat down at one. Not mind blowing but it was nice

        [–]Orangeb0lt 388 points389 points  (4 children)

        My cousin's wedding Colorado had an oxygen lounge, it actually came in handy though because none of the old people at the wedding could breath because of how high up the event space was.

        [–]MrUsername24 79 points80 points  (0 children)

        Ah so that makes sense for mountain weddings then, cool idea

        [–]Otearai1 130 points131 points  (1 child)

        The one I went to made sure you were nice and relaxed the whole time and then at the end gave you a 5 hour energy shot lol

        [–]Bachooga 120 points121 points  (0 children)

        Glad you're nice and relaxed now wake the fuck up

        [–]notquitesolid 30 points31 points  (0 children)

        I remember people trying to make them a thing way earlier than that. There were a few raves and circuit parties i went to in the late 90s that had oxygen bars

        [–]Different_Host6527 36 points37 points  (10 children)

        Yes, it was a weird concept for sure. Mostly because it was expensive. Oh cool, I'll just pay you to sit here and breathe...

        [–]katzumee 2103 points2104 points  (75 children)

        Those helped my buddy when he got dizzy from the altitude while he was visiting from the lowlands. Not meant for emergencies but it definitely helped him perk up.

        [–]jeansonnejordan 749 points750 points  (9 children)

        Yeah they sold those everywhere I went in Vail CO. I still got a headache up on the mountain, though. Damn tree came out of nowhere.

        [–]Hunter_T_J 224 points225 points  (21 children)

        My wife and I used these while hiking in UT because the altitude was killing us. Made a world of difference.

        [–]Can-DontAttitude 94 points95 points  (7 children)

        Tell your buddy he’s an airsick lowlander

        [–]iamdanmingo 256 points257 points  (8 children)

        I use this product to take bigger hits on my dab rig...same same

        [–]katzumee 75 points76 points  (4 children)

        Well, now. I still have some left and I just came back from the dispo (got rosin). Thanks for the good time I’m about to have!

        [–]iamdanmingo 56 points57 points  (3 children)

        Couple hits before the dab, couple hits after you exhale...no coughing...

        [–]Artanis_Creed 1475 points1476 points  (34 children)

        Oh no... Spaceballs is becoming real.

        [–]Particular-Fungi 330 points331 points  (15 children)

        Perri Air!

        [–]ThrowAwayzizzle13 132 points133 points  (14 children)

        I see your Schwartz is as big as mine!

        [–]ChrisHaze95 81 points82 points  (13 children)

        The ship is too big. if i walk, the movie will be over

        [–]Ass_Cream_Cone 49 points50 points  (12 children)

        Why didn’t anyone tell me my ass was so big?!

        [–]Klin24 32 points33 points  (1 child)

        “1-800-DRUIDIA”

        [–]SergeiMosin 34 points35 points  (0 children)

        That was my first thought when I first saw canned air a few years back haha

        [–]iamdanmingo 7620 points7621 points  (248 children)

        LPT: Huff this about 10 times prior to a bong rip and you can take the biggest hit of your life and you won't cough for nothin

        [–]pseudocultist 5203 points5204 points  (110 children)

        Man you made me go from "what the fuck stupid product is this" to "I'll get my keys" in record time.

        [–]Osnarf 1172 points1173 points  (87 children)

        It helped me out with altitude sickness in the past.

        [–]Bidiggity 788 points789 points  (60 children)

        I think that’s what it was originally marketed for. I got a mini one for a buddy as a joke when he had Covid. He said it felt nice but not for $10

        [–]Jackie_Mitchell 711 points712 points  (56 children)

        I was in the hospital a month or so ago with fluid in my lungs. Couldn't take deep breaths so I was basically constantly hyperventilating. Freaking out THE FUCK OUT. When they gave me oxygen, like they pumped it up my nose forcefully, it was the greatest single feeling I've ever felt. I've broken my back before and gotten multiple morphine injections at the time, that doesn't have shit on how good that oxygen felt.

        [–]Foreverfiction 224 points225 points  (18 children)

        My experience essentially mirrors what you said. I was in China for a class trip and during the week we were there my cough developed into pneumonia. Sitting on the 10th floor of a Beijing hotel, gasping for air, coughing up blood and finally my teacher gave the go ahead to get an ambulance. They dropped me in a wheelchair and cranked the O2. It was like the universe opened up and I fell backwards into it. Divine.

        Greatest feeling next to ketamine for my bones being set.

        [–]Jackie_Mitchell 114 points115 points  (12 children)

        What's weird is I'm kinda a mouth breather too a lot of the time, and I specifically remember my nose was clogged when I went in.. but they put them tubes up there and I was like clear as I've ever been. I remember answering their questions and speaking and feeling the oxygen being wasted coming out my nostrils while I wasn't inhaling and thinking 'this shit is precious stop asking me questions'.

        [–]ProfMcGonaGirl 48 points49 points  (10 children)

        Being a mouth breather is a red flag for having airway issues to begin with.

        [–]ShitPostToast 12 points13 points  (1 child)

        Now you got me thinking of Beijing rush hour flavor oxygen. Be like teenagers taking bong rips of pipe resin.

        [–]marktx 185 points186 points  (28 children)

        Fuck, that sounds like some hardcore shit, glad you’re good now 🤙🏻

        [–]Jackie_Mitchell 332 points333 points  (26 children)

        All good thanks to the miracles of modern medicine and also insurance.

        Protip, if you're prescribed medication for high blood pressure, do not think 'eh I feel good, let's not renew it this month and see how it works'.

        Cause you will end up in the hospital with 276 over 190 blood pressure and the nurses will call in their colleagues to be like 'yo check out this chicks blood pressure, she's not even on coke or amphetamines.. insane'. And then you get kidney and heart failure and you end up peeing for 6 days straight (not literally but it sure felt that way).

        [–]Bismothe-the-Shade 149 points150 points  (2 children)

        I hope we can all be graced with such wisdom without such suffering v_v

        [–]whitneymak 25 points26 points  (0 children)

        I like this. Well said.

        [–]jennetTSW 48 points49 points  (0 children)

        stares at the last 4 lisinopril in her bottle guess who's hitting the patient portal in the morning!

        Glad you're recovered!

        [–]gynoceros 37 points38 points  (8 children)

        I mean they call it the silent killer for a reason.

        The shit is insidious and will slowly fuck up your eyes, kidneys, sex organs, heart, brain, blood vessels, yeah you heard me: sex organs... And you'll pretty much have no idea because chronically high blood pressure doesn't really come with symptoms until it's "blow a blood vessel" high, and then you're having a hemorrhagic stroke or an aortic aneurysm that can dump your entire blood volume into your thorax in minutes.

        Untreated high blood pressure will, over time, lead to a really shitty time, including disability and or/death.

        As far as I know, BP meds are often some of the least expensive, so it's usually thoughts like "I don't want to be on a pill for the rest of my life" or "I know my body" that are the barrier to treatment.

        BTW: the more fiercely you insist you know your body, the less likely you are to know anything about anyone's body.

        [–]PorcineLogic 10 points11 points  (1 child)

        Well that was depressing. Guess it's time to see a doctor

        My blood pressure has been super high, had to go to the ER a couple years ago, my dad died from cardiac issues and his mom died from an aortic aneurysm way before I was born

        I'm getting palpitations right now. Shit sucks

        [–]tastiefreeze 69 points70 points  (16 children)

        Moved from just barely above sea level to Denver. Didn't need it the first few days, needed it a little after that for about a week. Just felt weirdly off for a little. Mild altitude sickness is such a strange feeling.

        [–]Fast_Garlic_5639 96 points97 points  (0 children)

        First post I've shared in months

        [–]hornblower_83 243 points244 points  (5 children)

        The real pro tips are in the comments.

        [–]seamus_mc 481 points482 points  (50 children)

        Your reflex to take a breath doesn’t come from lack of oxygen, but from co2 buildup.

        [–]T50BMG 78 points79 points  (3 children)

        I actually learned this from David Blane.

        [–]6InchBlade 296 points297 points  (34 children)

        Yes but you can oversaturate your blood oxygen - preventing your body from realising when CO2 is building up. There’s a technique used by freedivers where you hyperventilate for a while before diving for a longer breath hold. You also have to be careful however as it increases the risks of shallow water blackout.

        I hope my science is correct this is all off the top of my head however so someone more knowledgeable correct me if I’m wrong.

        Edit: people are saying it’s primary effect is that it flushed excess CO2 out hence a longer breath hold.

        [–]seamus_mc 107 points108 points  (5 children)

        Freedivers train to suppress the co2 urge to breathe. They also slow their bodies down to operate at very low O2 levels. The hyperventilating is to clear more co2 out of their lungs before they dive but there are all sorts of risks with those techniques. I am much better versed on the scuba end, but i know some freedivers. But you dont breathe any less when breathing a tank of gas that has extra oxygen in it (i am certified up to 40% O2)

        [–]uiucengineer 26 points27 points  (0 children)

        That’s not from getting oxygen real highly, it’s from getting co2 real low

        [–]that_bearded_guy_94 105 points106 points  (8 children)

        Reddit has taught me so much that my school education could never

        [–]IAMTHATGUY03 13 points14 points  (0 children)

        How much of your knowledge is a misinformed upvote that got corrected too late so it continued to get upvotes. That’s what I think when I’m telling people a fact from Reddit. One day I’ll get called out f

        [–]brainopixel 36 points37 points  (3 children)

        For one, you’re oxygenating your brain to kind of wake it up, but you’re also opening up the alveoli to get more smoke to be absorbed. Nicely done. 🙌

        [–]anonchurner 999 points1000 points  (72 children)

        We brought this sort of thing on a remote high-altitude hike, though unflavored. At around 16500 ft we encountered a lady who was throwing up, almost passing out, too weak to stand up.

        Six people were trying to carry her down the mountain in a sleeping bag. Gave her the canister, and she was ok to walk down herself. The guide we were with thought it probably saved her life.

        [–]RedMoustache 173 points174 points  (11 children)

        I’ve lived my whole life near sea level. I’m sure I could acclimate if given time but the occasional vacation isn’t long enough for that.

        Around 8000’ it starts getting noticeably harder to recover. Hiking up a steep or uneven hill I’ll have to make stops to catch my breath.

        Around 13,000, I start getting physically sick. Nausea, confusion, my hand/eye coordination starts to suffer, my heart rate spikes, etc. It doesn’t really improve until I get to a lower altitude.

        I find these make a noticeable difference. Regardless of their actual medical value they help me recover and stay focused.

        [–]somethingdarksideguy 31 points32 points  (2 children)

        Was she not prepared?

        Hiking to 10k+ is no joke, doable for most.

        Hiking to 12k was manageable with training prior.

        Hiking to 14k+ takes a decent level of prep and training.

        I've never even tried 16k....

        [–]anonchurner 14 points15 points  (1 child)

        Altitude sickness can strike pretty randomly, but this lady was hiking in a larger group, which meant a lot of pressure to keep going despite symptoms. A group that size should have carried their own oxygen, but didn’t.

        [–]Obieseven 1116 points1117 points  (27 children)

        I’m 72, have pulmonary fibrosis, and play tennis. This product helps me recover somewhat faster when I’m huffing and puffing after a tough service game

        [–]blowthepoke 183 points184 points  (14 children)

        How many inhalations do you need for recovery?

        [–]Obieseven 309 points310 points  (12 children)

        I haven’t been tracking it rigorously but I’d say three puffs brings me back to normal breathing in 2-3 minutes versus 5-6 minutes without any puffs. Maybe I should have said marginal to somewhat.

        [–]blowthepoke 107 points108 points  (5 children)

        Still quite impressive for something you can get OTC

        [–]imreallybimpson 27 points28 points  (2 children)

        How many puffs in a can?

        [–]Cable_Minimum 76 points77 points  (0 children)

        The bottle in this pic says 200 one second inhalations, so it's pretty much the same as an inhaler.

        [–]OwlLeeOhh 35 points36 points  (0 children)

        Pulmonary fibrosis has ran through almost all of my grandfather’s siblings for some unknown reason. That’s awesome you’re playing tennis! Keep it up!

        [–]10jesus 39 points40 points  (2 children)

        who would've thought, oxygen and lungs go well together.

        [–]that_bearded_guy_94 376 points377 points  (46 children)

        I’m not gonna lie as an asthmatic I think I’d enjoy this lol

        [–]ImFuckinUrDadTonight 71 points72 points  (9 children)

        Asthma is defined by bronchiospasm, or contraction of the airways. Pure oxygen may help a little bit, but won't compete with a bronchiodialator like a rescue inhaler.

        [–]Nickthedick3 29 points30 points  (0 children)

        That was my first thought. The shortness of breath is because your airways are constricting, not lack of oxygen alone.

        I was born with asthma and still have it 31 years later.

        [–]heuristic_al 35 points36 points  (0 children)

        I also have a lung condition. Not sure how I heard about these things, but I know I don't feel right when I ski.

        I asked my doctor about it and he was pretty lukewarm about it. Kinda told me that there was a small chance of problems and little upside.

        But I decided to try them anyway. I go skiing next week. Wish me luck.

        [–]DuckSwimmer 44 points45 points  (2 children)

        I’m thinking the same thing, fellow asthmatic.

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          [–]that_bearded_guy_94 24 points25 points  (0 children)

          I heavily considered lying so I really hope you enjoyed my honesty

          [–]wifiguru 269 points270 points  (13 children)

          I use the canned oxygen to avoid altitude sickness/headaches. Works well.

          [–]lg4av 165 points166 points  (5 children)

          [–]SpecialCoconut1 23 points24 points  (2 children)

          Freshness to go!

          [–]RevanTheHunter 34 points35 points  (1 child)

          Nah, haha, I say let it die! Let it die, let it die Let it shrivel up and-- Come on, who's with me, huh?

          [–]UnstoppablePhoenix 14 points15 points  (0 children)

          YOU GREEDY DIRTBAG

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              [–]LeVampirate 56 points57 points  (0 children)

              I remember this problem when I went to Texas. So much more animated than my friend and his company, but I could just drink and not... Get drunk. Yet a hangover was still possible, terrible deal.

              [–]Ishana92 15 points16 points  (3 children)

              I get the energetic part. But how does the "can't get drunk" part work?

              [–]Infinite-Breakfast21 32 points33 points  (1 child)

              Had this problem. Went from N Utah (apx 4500 ft) to Mexico was very confused at the amount of energy we had.. but COULDNT GET DRUNK. Eventually ended up doing double shots of tequila on top of mixed drinks. Couldn't tell- but the hangover the next morning sure let us know we were feeling it!!

              [–]antithesis56 124 points125 points  (4 children)

              Boost Oxygen is about to see a humongous spike in sales in the Ohio/Pennsylvania area

              [–]Soup_Dealer 131 points132 points  (6 children)

              two types of people in this thread -mountain climbers/high altitude hikers -stoners

              [–]Calculonx 42 points43 points  (1 child)

              Very possibly the same person

              [–]Flaky-Fellatio 17 points18 points  (0 children)

              As someone from Colorado, I can confirm there is ample crossover between the climber/hiker types and stoners.

              [–]The-Tea-Lord 74 points75 points  (1 child)

              It’s thneedville. The air is not so clean! So we buy it fresh, it comes out of this machine.

              [–]ZanyeWeast 12 points13 points  (0 children)

              Satisfactions guaranteed-ville!

              [–]senorbozz 460 points461 points  (79 children)

              My favorite part is the label explaining that oxygen is weightless. Makes me wonder how many idiots went to checkout "Hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr this cay-un is emptay!"

              Edit: I've really enjoyed the Reddit scientists coming out in droves. I know it's not "weightless". I'm still amused by the thought of people thinking it's empty.

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                [–]notapantsday 27 points28 points  (3 children)

                We have two-liter oxygen bottles at work and you can easily tell by weight if they're full or empty. Oxygen not only has weight, it has enough weight to be relevant for practical applications.

                [–]SolomonBlack 23 points24 points  (0 children)

                Externally is appropriate.

                [–]JoshyMcBike 206 points207 points  (13 children)

                I sell these at the shop I work at. I can tell you from experience it’s at least 95% of people that pick the can up.

                [–]scotyb 31 points32 points  (11 children)

                How much are they and how often are people buying them? Repeat customers?

                [–]JoshyMcBike 65 points66 points  (0 children)

                Somewhere around $8 and $15 depending on size. More of an impulse buy for people going to the mountains.

                [–]meta_dylan 41 points42 points  (9 children)

                I think it’s mainly for tourists getting acclimated to higher altitudes, so probably not frequent buyers. I was skiing in Colorado recently and they sell them everywhere. They were like $10-20 depending on the size.

                [–]VonRansak 171 points172 points  (23 children)

                http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=924

                Not actually weightless. Oxygen weighs more than air, and if compressed is appreciable.

                They aren't empty, sure, but they also don't contain a lot of oxygen.

                [–]DukadPotatato 124 points125 points  (6 children)

                You're telling me matter has mass, and therefore weighs something!?

                [–]goddamnpancakes 22 points23 points  (5 children)

                i mean, other canned air is kinda heavy, so the expectation makes sense.

                [–]IsildursBane20 50 points51 points  (5 children)

                O2 weighs more than a mixture of air. It’s 32 g/mol whereas air averages 28 g/mol. The can just isn’t filled very much

                [–]manafount 36 points37 points  (5 children)

                I feel like the confusion is extremely reasonable. Most people who have actually held tanks of compressed air know that it has noticeable weight under pressure. The volume (and weight) of the air inside is directly related to the pressurization, which these cans really seem to go out of their way not to disclose. Their SDS says it's between 215-260 PSI, which is about 10-15 times less pressurized than the oxygen tanks a diver or welder might use and thus the contents are 10-15 times less heavy.

                Even more people have probably used air dusters, which also have a noticeable weight difference when full. That's because they're actually full of diflouroethane, but those products also really go out of their way to mislead people into thinking it's just compressed air.

                All the redditors in here posting "lol DUH air dont weigh nuthin Xd" are the ones who strike me as idiots.

                [–]immerc 8 points9 points  (0 children)

                explaining that oxygen is weightless

                Which isn't true.

                [–]dustabor 105 points106 points  (20 children)

                I saw this on Shark Tank a few years ago

                [–]the_guy_who_agrees 27 points28 points  (0 children)

                I remember Barbara mentioning how it helped her husband breath and was a life saver and hence, she is out lol. I think Mr Wonderful invested

                [–]Orion43410 64 points65 points  (1 child)

                This reminds me of that scene in Space Balls when president skroob was huffing down cans of Perry-air from Druidia

                [–]edthach 62 points63 points  (17 children)

                Oxygen is not weightless. It has mass, and currently exists in a gravitational field. Filthy fucking liars.

                [–]Arctyc38 40 points41 points  (11 children)

                So let's see, 10 liters at 1.43g/L, 14.3g... $10 can.

                A small canister of welding oxygen is $14 for 40g, 28 liters. Guess you just need a mask, lol

                [–]ClumsyRainbow 25 points26 points  (7 children)

                Is welding oxygen safe to breathe - ie. do they guarantee that the tank doesn't have any toxic contaminants? A scuba tank seems more equivalent.

                [–]billhartzer 71 points72 points  (22 children)

                We have several of these in our house, always. Our house is also up in the Colorado mountains. At 10,000 feet above sea level. The air is thinner up here.

                [–]scotyb 24 points25 points  (3 children)

                How much do these bottles cost and how often is someone buying them?

                [–]communityproject605 33 points34 points  (0 children)

                They're about $10 bucks around here. Used quite a few cans when I had the C-19. They are worth the price but don't last long.

                [–]throw_and_run_away 23 points24 points  (2 children)

                Misread the flavour as pepperoni. I'd buy that.

                [–]fr0_like 8 points9 points  (0 children)

                These are actually nice for being able to tell the air is, in fact, going inside you.

                [–]Big-Vehicle-5392 8 points9 points  (2 children)

                I heard Ohio has flavored oxygen right now too

                [–]Onehundredyearsold 18 points19 points  (6 children)

                Wow! $10/can on the internet. I guess it’s worth it though because they state “ Each and every can is made with love at our HQ in Milford, CT.” 😆

                [–]KingEgbert 17 points18 points  (3 children)

                They got the good O2 in Milford, man