Anyone else seen these silly videos?

[nightlygem]

There's some dumb rumor on TikTok that "three tablespoons of salt can kill you" which I find pretty funny. Granted, it is true, but it's not the typical salt that's going to kill you lol.

There's also a bunch more, like sugar and polar bear liver


Curious to see if anyone can fact-check these? Because sharing genuine methods on TikTok would be amusing. or, you can just laugh along with me.

 

[JenX]

Its very true. I spent the afternoon studying it and it doesn't work the same as SN but the symptoms are very similar. Neither of them are very fun! Lethargy, head pain, vomiting, unconsciousness, seizures, coma, death. The main difference I saw was that with table salt you don't have breathing problems. And with salt, diarrhea is a problem. I haven't heard anyone mention that with SN. It primarily affects your brain and heart. Lethal dose 2-4 tablespoons. You can also do it with soy sauce which is liquid salt and very popular to CTB in Asia.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2796.2004.01411.x

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_poisoning

I just wish I could find information on how long it takes to go unconscious. We definitely have more information on SN.

 

[permanently tired]

Its very true. I spent the afternoon studying it and it doesn't work the same as SN but the symptoms are very similar. Neither of them are very fun! Lethargy, head pain, vomiting, unconsciousness, seizures, coma, death. The main difference I saw was that with table salt you don't have breathing problems. And with salt, diarrhea is a problem. I haven't heard anyone mention that with SN. It primarily affects your brain and heart. Lethal dose 2-4 tablespoons. You can also do it with soy sauce which is liquid salt and very popular to CTB in Asia.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2796.2004.01411.x

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_poisoning

I just wish I could find information on how long it takes to go unconscious. We definitely have more information on SN.

I didn't believe it until I did some light searching. How painful would it be?

 

[JenX]

I didn't believe it until I did some light searching. How painful would it be?

It sounds very painful. But it also sounds like what happens when you take SN. Different mechanism, but similar affect. Maybe some of the pain can be mitigated by following the same protocol they outlined here for SN, but honestly I have absolutely no idea. I just know that death is certain, as long as nobody interrupts.

Edit to add, not knowing how long it takes before you go unconscious is the problem. And it's probably dose dependent but again there are too many unknowns.