Making the stinkiest chemical known to man

Thioacetone is something that I've been wanting to make for a while, and now, I finally get to experience its horror. Will it be as horrendously stinky as it is claimed to be? Will it make me pass out and vomit?

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[MarkRober]

You wouldn’t happen to have a spare gallon would you? (asking for a friend)

[matthewmitchell]

"At one point my Cameraman had dropped dead from the horrific chemical smell, but I barely smelled anything so clearly I hadn't made enough of it" -- NileRed, totally not a Mad Scientist

[angelaphsiao]

The amount of times he goes “what’s that horrible smell?”, shrugs, and goes back to his experiment is kind of hilarious

[Dzugoslav]

Judge: "Why did you continue with this experiment?"
Nile: "Your Honor, there was the only one way to find out."

[destelpa]

Mad respect for Nigel's friend/camera guy. Suffering so the rest of us may know the power of this chemical

[TheDeathfDucks]

Nile really read multiple credible sources about the horrors of thioacetone and thought "nah these guys were just weak, I'm built different"

[zokkoop]

Renting an island to test a bio weapon is but the first step into supervillainhood

[ThomasGutierrez]

As a fan of the channel, I’ll admit that there was a moment of relief when he went outside and I didn’t recognize the buildings near his lab

[IgnavumFortuna]

I like to imagine the conversation that transpired when renting the island.
"What do you need an island for?"
"Chemical weapon tests"
"o.k."

[FaceyDuck]

Mark my words, one day Nigel is going to make the area within 500 miles of his lab completely uninhabitable.

[Renzsu]

It's hilarious how resistant you are to this stuff. Birds could've been falling from the trees and you'd still be going "it's actually not thaat baad" :D

[OrenzeNero]

Nigel isn’t always expressive in his intros, but he never looks happier than when he’s talking about dangerous chemicals. It seems almost like he has to hide his giddiness. Truly an early-industrial chemist in the modern day

[lilsusboi]

Nile is two things:
1. A real smart fella
2. A real fart smella

[moony]

I love how he interchangeably goes from scared that its not gonna work to scared that it is gonna work

[Izik]

Nile- I had to keep my eye on it very closely
ALSO Nile - SO WHEN I WASNT LOOKING....

[StupidMiners]

"Bro is smells"
"nah its not my Thioacetone its sewage or something else"

[IceMetalPunk]

Things I learned from this video:

1. Nile's olfactory nerves are apparently degraded from years of inhaling various chemicals he shouldn't.

2. When something says "here's how to make 100g of the worst thing ever", 1/400th of that amount will be fine.

3. Nile can afford to rent AN ISLAND?!

[TudoMr]

i feel like he could breathe 100% conncentration mustard gas and be like: "its not that bad i dont get all the stories about it"

[evillttlimp]

I love this series of a slightly anosmic chemist's perilous quest to find a smell that moves him

[stevealbers]

Show me a chemist that lost his sense of smell without telling me he has no sense of smell.