Polyacrylamide polymer water-absorbing crystals - GIF

Polyacrylamide polymer water-absorbing crystals. These are fun to play with, but don't make the mistake I made: DON'T DO THIS IN A SINK.

Just one of these little guys slips down the drain and blocks up a drainpipe perfectly. I think the sewer snake head also doesn't really break them up like a normal clog, because I had to snake that one crystal all the way through to the septic tank.

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defiantly keep out of reach from children. Although if they could be color tinted and distributed to a party of junkies of sold by drug dealers to addicts it might be an easy way to eliminate the drug addiction problem in the world.
Don't tell the tide pod Darwin candidates about them.

Would like to see a time-lapse video.......

maybe they should start a new fad instead of tide pods or licking ice-cream stick a dozen in their mouth and tie their mouth shut.