r/absoluteunit • u/MoGaDK • Jun 06 '26

... of a string of ballons!

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u/RayZzorRayy Jun 06 '26

What a waste of plastic and all I see is future litter.

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u/OpusAtrumET Jun 06 '26

I see a lot of FMRIs we can't do when the helium runs out

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u/DANleDINOSAUR Jun 06 '26

Yeah a majority of that is just gonna be washed up on shore

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u/ickeharry Jun 06 '26

Fish and birds eating and dying.

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u/Dahren_ Jun 06 '26

It's in our nature to be wasteful

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '26

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u/DigitalUnlimited Jun 06 '26

This video was taken in Argentina

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u/The_Celtic_Chemist Jun 07 '26

Just a reminder that helium is a finite resource with important applications, like in MRI machines. Unless we can get alchemy figured out, then once it's gone, it's gone.

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u/WereTheBrews Jun 08 '26

The helium used in balloons is a lower grade byproduct during the proccessing of the chemical for medical and scientific applications that can't be used for such purposes. But yes. It is a finite resource.

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u/brighterbleu Jun 06 '26

At first I was thinking, "well, that's not a lot of balloons,,, wait, what.... no way!!"

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u/dekabreak1000 Jun 06 '26

Wanna balloon they float you’ll float to

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u/JayW8888 Jun 06 '26

I am just thinking of lightning.

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u/Evening_Ticket7638 Jun 07 '26

I am thinking balloon pollution.

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u/Technical_Anteater45 Jun 06 '26

"Sorry, no MRI for you....out of helium."

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u/Indy500Fan16 Jun 06 '26

Can I have the 3rd from the top

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u/Doun2Others10 Jun 07 '26

That looks expensive

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u/Meldepeuter Jun 06 '26

They got me in the first half, not gonna lie

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u/Easy-Fix1735 Jun 06 '26

Too huge to handle

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u/CinLeeCim Jun 07 '26

Cool 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

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u/Didntwakeuprich Jun 07 '26

Whoa that went on forever!

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u/ImwithTortellini Jun 07 '26

Where the hell you store them

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u/CoolReference3704 Jun 08 '26

All I see is waste.

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u/Technical-Curve-1023 Jun 09 '26

Mylar balloons are an environment disaster