A straight couple who recently appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank, a reality show where entrepreneurs pitch their inventions to a panel of CEOs who then decide whether to invest in their products, thinks they’ve come up with the best idea ever!
Chelsea and John Pinto are the proud inventors of Boom Boom’s Energy Nasal Inhalers, which they say are a “new best friend for your nose” that, when inhaled through both nostrils, create a “cooling, tingly sensation that makes you feel alive.”
Sounds a lot like poppers to us.
The inhalers are made up of four ingredients–menthol, peppermint oil, eucalyptus, and natural flavoring–and provide a “natural, refreshing boost that can improve one’s attitude and enhance an overall feeling of well-being.”
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Definitely sounds like poppers to us.
The episode actually aired back in October, but it recently went viral after a gay man shared the clip on Twitter along with the caption: “Did Shark Tank Do Poppers???”
Di-Did Shark Tank Do Poppers??? pic.twitter.com/PcBHM7ZYPe
— JULIAN? (@JSenOmg) January 27, 2019
The answer from other gay men: A resounding yes.
Granted, poppers are made out of amyl nitrite, not essential oils, but the basic concept is the same.
Here’s what others are saying about the Pinto’s “all natural” poppers…
They knew what they were doing when they called it tropical rush ?
— Jean Genet Ramsey (@gothliberace) January 27, 2019
How are they always behind 500 years
— boofingaspirin (@BakerusMaximus) January 28, 2019
gentrifying poppers… the straights know no bounds
— cedric (@cedixcx) January 27, 2019
“it does open you up”
oh you know he has experience w poppers
— ??????? (@mirrrrranda) January 27, 2019
In the words of willam, “2 hits and anything fits.”
— TeallyTim (@TeallyTim) January 27, 2019
— chris (@chrisvhayton) January 27, 2019
Shark tank:
Boom boom:
Shark tank:
Boom boom: any of yall ever tried cocaine?— Charlie (@cbmuller10) January 27, 2019
— CJ (@CJB865) January 28, 2019
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA AMATEURS
— MicahMartinezXXX (@micahmartinezx1) January 27, 2019
Brian
Except no, it’s not even close to poppers. Things aren’t all the same just because you smell them.
Creamsicle
They just rebranded aroma therapy and put it in a more conveniently size bottle.
joseph_buscarino
Exactly, how are these anything like poppers? does that mean everything inhaled comes from poppers? guess the nasal spray stole the idea too
batesmotel
I’m glad you understood that. As that was the first thing I thought. That’s not poppers. Poppers are not the only thing you can sniff from a bottle.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
originally poppers were amyl nitrate a compound used to revive cardiac patients unfortunately to the regulatory nonsense the manufacturers were forced to reformulate what’s sold it now it’s like comparing near-beer to 100 Proof grain alcohol.
the original was pure and simple labeled RUSH and did it do the job it gave you an immediate sense of euphoria released all your sexual inhibitions and pretty much allowed anything to happen. ….
HereIAm
What a disgusting drug! No wonder the authorities had to ban this substance which causes people to behave erratically and irresponsibly, not to mention its potential health hazards.
Bob LaBlah
Thats a long, roundabout way to say “made it easier to go in”. lol lol
Brian
Nitrite, not nitrate.
john.k
Well HereIAm I’ve been using poppers since the early 80s. They have not caused me to act irresponsibly and they have not, so far (I’ll be 71 in a few days), had any discernible ill-effects on my health. What they have done is to enhance sexual pleasure.
Hussain-TheCanadian
I would like Mr. Pinto to give me a private demonstration of how his BOOM BOOM invention works…….I’ll get the hot tub going.
HereIAm
You crack me up, Hussain.
Hussain-TheCanadian
I’m telling you HereIam, hes a cutey – Handsome straight men are nice to look at, but never nice to try to be with, they don’t feel like us, don’t think like us, and never will be gay – So it’s nice to tease them, I do it all the time in my personal life loool
HereIAm
Oh man, you are the charmer, the teaser, and the seducer 🙂
PinkoOfTheGange
That is just nicer smelling Vick’s Stick no where near VCR head cleaner.
fur_hunter
IMBECILES!!!!!!…….Poppers were around before these MORONS were born….or at least in diapers.
hayesj
In “Oklahoma” Laurie buys “Elixir of Egypt” from the peddler man and it sends her on a wild dream. Smelling Salts!
dannysax
Not like poppers at all. I have something right now in my bathroom cabinet like this. It’s a traditional Thai herbal inhalant, used for opening up your nasal passages, and it works well. ANd yes it does have menthol and herbs in it.
DrewD
Really, Queerty?!?
You’re now at this level?
Creamsicle
It’s still better than the dozen+ posts per week tha just summarize reddit threads.
batesmotel
There must be a lull in current events that you tried to churn this non-story into a story. Menthol, peppermint oil, eucalyptus, and natural flavoring are not poppers. Poppers are not the only thing you can inhale from a bottle. This story was lame.
mgconlan
Actually poppers have existed at least since the 1930’s, when they were used in emergency situations to open blood vessels quickly and thus shorten or stop a heart attack. In the 1932 film “Miss Pinkerton” a woman is murdered when the killer substitutes arsenic tablets for the amyl nitrate (the key chemical in poppers) she’s been injecting regularly as a preventive for heart disease.
Brethmas
Poppers were invented in Europe in the 16th century, to reanimate faintng people.
They were called “sels” (salts)….
nm4047
but predominantly just ammonia in a vile, any first year high schooler will have witnessed an evil teacher picking the most gullible student to inhale from the neck of a bottle of ammonia to demonstrate how you should not sniff unknow vapours.
azteej
You guys, this was not a serious article. It was tongue-in-cheek. You all get your lil glasses and professor hats out and want to drop some collegiate level chemistry and history on it. Just read it for what it is and laugh……You know laughter was invented by accident in a lab in 1809 by Dr Bob McLaughington while doing research on hiccups….. calm down people.
nm4047
is it not just vicks vapour rub (inhaler) by another name.
ElPillo
Exactly, why are all these people and queerly talking poppers. Again looking for what’s not there. They are perhaps more behind that the couple. A more herbal version than vick’s Menthol inhaler
ShowMeGuy
This is basically NATURAL poppers.
You know the back label probably includes the words and phrases: organic, No HFCS, and gluten free.
Crazy straight people.
MISTERJETT
deliver me from poppers. they give me a headache and make me lose my lust. hate them!!!!!
Man About Town
Look what they did for Pittypat Hamilton, as long as her dealer Uncle Peter was around.
NateOcean
They used to get around the government ban by marketing amyl nitrite as “VCR head cleaner”.
The trouble is:
(1) no one has owned a VCR for over 20 years.
(2) non one ever cleaned their VCR head.
NateOcean
Fun fact:
We had a free supply of amyl nitrite available at the nurses station at work. (We worked with chemicals, and it turns out that amyl nitrite is an effective antidote for cynanide poisoning.)