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The Periodic Table according to astronomers (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ah yes, oxygen, my favourite metal

[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Can't make fire without oxygen. That's pretty metal 🀟

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Can’t make fire without oxygen

Fluorine fires have entered the chat.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fluorine fires have entered the chat.

Oh shit, someone call the fluorine fire department to save the chat!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

call the fluorine fire department

Sometimes there is no such department, especially for the most vigorous fluorinating reagents like chlorine trifluoride: Sand Won't Save You This Time (Derek Lowe)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

it can potentially go on to β€œburn” things that you would normally consider already burnt to hell and gone, and a practical consequence of that is that it’ll start roaring reactions with things like bricks and asbestos tile.

Yeah, that's a big fat nope from me 😬

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lmao I think that particular emoji is sign language for love, not that that isn't appropriate here

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Even apart from sign language, it's the hand sign for "hang loose" and not "throwing horns." But was as close as I could get.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

🀘

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Pretty sure that's the emoji for "thwip".

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

It sticks to a magnet, that means metal right?