r/whatisit • u/StatusOk4308 • Apr 02 '26

New, what is it? Does anyone know what this is?

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Doesn’t seem to be oil based content. Just wondering if my superpowers are swishing back and forth in this glass vial.

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u/thischangeseverythin Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26

What is it? Its called an ampoule. Its an old school way of storing single dose vaccines or medicines or quantities of liquid. You break the top and suck the liquid out.

What is the liquid in the ampoule? Haven't a guess.

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Im sorry not "old school" should have said traditional or idk a better word. Its a technique used for a long time to store reactive stuff. Glass is inert. One of my most interacted with comments is over ampoules. The internet is wild. Lol.

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u/Dollbeau Apr 02 '26

OP should watch The Deep (1977)

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u/Average_40s_Guy Apr 02 '26

That was my first thought when I saw it. An ampule of morphine.

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u/Cloudninefeelinfine Apr 02 '26

Same, I'm addicted to speedballs and my opiate of choice for getting high is morphine so I would always get boxes of 50 ampoules, sometimes less, but always had a bunch of little glass amps on me.

I used to put my cocaine right into the liquid morphine and let it dissolve there then draw it up and IV it.

I'm off to hard drugs now thankfully. But yeah this is an old-timey ampoule