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I wanted to tell a joke here, but all the good jokes argon.

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That was such a noble thing to admit.

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it didnt get a reaction out of me

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You could say you were inert to my attempt at humor.

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I was going to tell a sodium joke, but Na.

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Is that a mother fucking Warframe reference?

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Yesss, someone finally caught it!

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It wasn’t me it was my friend next to me :p

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We can’t lick sodium or chlorine, but combine them and you get something we literally make blocks of for the purpose of licking. What a world!

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One is bad in one way and the other is bad in the opposite way.

Neutralize!

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21 points

Remind your cousin Becky about this when she starts going on about mercury compounds in vaccines

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This is like the nile red videos where hes like “plastic gloves are essentially grape fruit” and then proceeds to make it.

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74 points

But does this imply licking it in a “lickable” state? I have a hard time imagining licking a gas, and licking hydrogen as a liquid at -250 C or so sounds, not great.

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Depending on the quantity and the leidenfrost effect, you might be fine

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One could say you are licking gasses right now

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That’s hilarious because me and my brother licked lead fishing weights for fun as a child. It’s probably why I’m retarded.

Can someone make one for suitability as dildo material?

Edit: Here it is, chumps

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How is bromine “probably fine”? It should be in the rectal damage section.

Calcium should probably be in the “Ow, my ass” section.

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There are a bunch wrong. Feel free to go crazy with it.

Edit: NEW VERSION IS UP Yay

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Better, but still a few issues.

Promethium, radium, curium, and Californium are all radioactive enough to cause rectal damage. Conversely, I don’t think phosphorus (black or red) or selenium are reactive enough to cause much harm.

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8 points

awesome contribution

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A nobel prize would be given to a lot more of those. Especially those naturally brittle or liquid.

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I guess it’s only implied but any liquid is inserted as a solid - e.i. below its melting point. It’s assumed anything crumbly has a suitable binding agent.

A few of them are definitely wrong as has been pointed out to me but I’m glad we’re all learning about science!

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Gallium would be an interesting suppository.

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Magnificent!

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Lithium, Sodium etc. need to be upped to “please reconsider.” Calcium and all the lanthanides are also metals I would not advise licking because theyre very reactive. Promethium is especially dangerous due to its radioactivity with its longest lived isotope having a half life of around 17 years. So not only is it reactive, youd die to the radiation too.

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Lithium is just gonna be a little fizzy like pop rocks. No explosions, thankfully. The LiOH produced would not be fun for you, but probably won’t hurt anyone else.

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Lithium salts are used to treat bipolar. The metal isnt just reacting with the water on your tongue to create a very strong base (and lots of heat), you are also going to be ingesting that Lithium (as a lithium soap as it reacts with oils and fats) which can have different (unpleasant) effects on you depending on how much was ingested. If your kidney function is impaired, it gets worse.

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