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And you can breathe the helium when they sink

 Why don’t we buy ourselves balloons the same way we buy cut flowers?

They serve the same purpose: pleasant, colorful decoration (most commercial cut flowers aren’t that aromatic until you get your nose right in them). They last roughly the same fleeting amount of time.

So why would it be unusual to buy yourself a dozen balloons to let float in your house yet no one would blink at flowers in a vase of water?

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