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[–] hector@lemmy.today 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I know one I wish I didn't, about why you can find cannisters of nitric oxide at porn stores. (You get crackers and baloons and you inhale the nitric oxide, laughing gas, we used to do it when tripping and smoking green bud, it would seemingly last a few minutes in those situations and not just 1 minute like the whippets which are an expensive way to do it.

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

Poppers is what they call those little black bottles with the caps, which folks in the gay community sniff. Relaxes the bum hole.
I've not ever tried them myself, since I'm a top anyway, however it's popularly known around gay pubs and the like.

[–] squidman64@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Nitric oxide and nitrous oxide are two different things