An insult that isn't acidic is more of a playful taunt.
― kenan, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 18:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Considering dipping a couple purity balls in the sol'n b/c of lack of lemons.
― libcrypt, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 18:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Update: Wet silica gel has a very faint odor of like new book or something.
― libcrypt, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 18:19 (fifteen years ago) link
I've done the "sachet of silica gel + drops of water" thing several times now. Never fails to amuse.
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 19:16 (fifteen years ago) link
And you have to drink tons of water to get there.
― Abbott, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 19:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Whoa what did I do there?
I don't know, but you have my attention.
― kenan, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 19:19 (fifteen years ago) link
I've got a bunch of these in water right now and they aren't doing a damn thing.
Where have I gone wrong? I want some kitchen science here. Either that or I am disproving some above hypothesis and we'll have to duke it out in peer review.
― Abbott, Friday, 23 May 2008 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Abbott, you must be even more bored than me.
― Oilyrags, Friday, 23 May 2008 20:13 (fifteen years ago) link
How much water? I poured in too much at first, myself.
― libcrypt, Friday, 23 May 2008 20:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Like a half cup (4 oz) maybe.
― Abbott, Friday, 23 May 2008 20:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh man, Oily, I don't do things because I'm bored. I do things because I'm EXCITABLE. (I wish I did things when bored, like chores; then my house would be clean.)
You just need a TINY bit of water, like literally a tiny tiny tiny drop for a sachet.
― Scik Mouthy, Saturday, 24 May 2008 08:09 (fifteen years ago) link
My guitar controller for Guitar Hero III came with a couple of packets of Silica Gel.
― jel --, Saturday, 24 May 2008 10:07 (fifteen years ago) link
https://waskstudio.com/products/sealed-fate-candy-packets
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 03:37 (three years ago) link
Eh. So much stuff is shipped in cargo containers across oceans, where the air is notoriously damp (and sometimes those containers are stored right on the deck where waves can break over the rails), that those silica gel packets are cheap insurance that the contents will mostly arrive in good shape.
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 03:53 (three years ago) link
I like them. As I reside in a humid swamp, internal mold is a real risk to expensive things like camera lenses, so they and other things (my backup HDs) get stored in an airtight containers with silica. Others have been used to prevent internal condensation in things like underwater casings. While I've bought the little packets in bulk, any of them can be restored to perfectly dry condition by boiling off trapped water in an oven. 250 F for 30 minutes will do if you're not dealing with huge amounts.
― Voulez-vous un coup d'etat, ce soir? (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 07:20 (three years ago) link
http://files.explosm.net/comics/Rob/pepperoni.png
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 08:15 (three years ago) link
Thats from 2007 and it was the first thing I thought of seeing this thread haha.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 08:16 (three years ago) link