Absolutely fucking don't. In high school, my, uh, friends tried out many of the experiments in it, in ways we "thought were safe". I later got a degree in chemistry and learned actual lab hygiene, and looking back, hooo boy, it's terrifying all the ways in which things could have gone wrong.
Like nearly burning down my friend's garage, were it not for some quick thinking.
By all means, amateur chemistry is a great hobby, and I think the 2000s swung too hard into nanny state stuff post-9/11. But anarchist's cookbook is an exemplar of the wrong way to do things. Watch NileRed, NurdRage, That Chemist, etc.
Like nearly burning down my friend's garage, were it not for some quick thinking.
By all means, amateur chemistry is a great hobby, and I think the 2000s swung too hard into nanny state stuff post-9/11. But anarchist's cookbook is an exemplar of the wrong way to do things. Watch NileRed, NurdRage, That Chemist, etc.