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- From: rigler@dao.nrc.ca (Michael Rigler)
- Subject: Re: how one becomes drunk
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.013810.26331@sol.UVic.CA>
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 01:38:10 GMT
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- pfinerty@nyx.cs.du.edu (fun fun fun boy) writes:
- >this is how ethanol C2H5OH makes you drunk. i hope i can draw all this shit
- >ok. first off, here's what EtOH really looks like (really! i've seen it!)
- >
- > H-O H
- > \ /
- > H--C----C--H EtOH
- > / \
- > H H
-
- [Simple-minded description of ethanol's effect on the brain deleted.]
-
- You are so full of shit. You think we're stupid? Most of us took
- freshman chemistry, hotshot.
-
- It just so happens that the EtOH valence bonds draw off some of your
- brain's free electrons. Not much, but enough to create a small net
- positive charge in the neural pathways of your cerebrum. The cerebral
- cortex and limbic system act as a capacitor, until electrons are able
- to bridge the gap. The resulting radial current loop is responsible
- for impaired motor function and the sensation we know as "drunkenness."
-
- The mechanism(s) responsible for hangovers are less well understood,
- but are thought to involve the spontaneous decay of carbon nuclei.
-
- ---
- Rigler Send me more grant money!!!
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