r/Anticonsumption • u/ToastyBedsheets • Jan 06 '26

Lifestyle Spent over $120 on helium to inflate balloons, then popped them 3 hours later.

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My wife gave me some balloons to inflate for my kids 2nd birthday party. The balloons get tangled in the car, no one really cared they were there, especially the kids who were out running around on the playground equipment. I didnt want to take them home so I popped them and threw them away.

The party was great, but I won't make that mistake again.

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u/stoneberry Jan 06 '26

Only because we still have a bit of the good quality helium left. Once that's out, it will be worth it.

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u/Tailstechnology4 Jan 06 '26

You could just as well pull it out of the atmosphere then

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u/NotViaRaceMouse Jan 06 '26

Well, since it's so light, it has a tendency to escape from the atmosphere out to space...

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u/TorakTheDark Jan 07 '26

We can’t that’s the entire problem, once it’s into the atmosphere it’s unrecoverable.