if H₂O is so great why isn’t there H₂O₂
from individual@toast.ooo to science_memes@mander.xyz on 26 Jul 08:02
https://toast.ooo/post/8616359

cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/5662575

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lvxferre@mander.xyz on 26 Jul 08:05 next collapse

why isn’t there H₂O₂

Because the undergrads used it for acetone peroxide.

[deleted] on 26 Jul 08:07 next collapse

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BreadOven@lemmy.world on 26 Jul 10:00 next collapse

It is not flammable. At higher concentrations, it can explode, especially when in contact with organic matter. But it is not flammable.

ryedaft@sh.itjust.works on 26 Jul 10:10 collapse

I think the joke is that it does exist and it’s very different from H₂O.

toynbee@lemmy.world on 26 Jul 08:14 next collapse

One of my favorite limericks:

Little Johnny was a scientist
Little Johnny is no more
For what he thought was H2O
Was H2SO4

titter@lemmy.world on 26 Jul 12:23 next collapse

Two chemists go out to eat together. The waitress asks them what they would like to drink. The first chemist cheekily responds that they would like some H2O. The second chemist thinks this is a great idea and orders an H2O too. The second chemist dies.

toynbee@lemmy.world on 26 Jul 12:35 collapse

Always liked that one, too.

I once went to a restaurant with a friend. My friend ordered a root beer, then the waitress turned to me and asked what I would like. I said “I’ll have a root beer, also.” The waitress nodded, wrote that down, and walked away.

It soon became clear that something had gone awry; our sodas didn’t come and the waitress could be seen walking around the back of the restaurant asking other staff something. Finally, the waitress sent out the (very pregnant, I felt bad that she had to walk out) bartender to tell me that she was sorry, but she’d never heard of a “root beer alto” and so wasn’t sure how to make it.

I always found that a bit embarrassing. I tend to use “also” instead of “too” because I find it less ambiguous and also because I have pedantic friends who, if I had said “I’ll have a root beer, too” would say things like “root beer 1 not good enough for you?” My intent was to be more clear, not less! That’s the only time it’s backfired for me, though.

titter@lemmy.world on 26 Jul 15:13 collapse

Oh my gosh that is funny

toynbee@lemmy.world on 26 Jul 16:39 collapse

Hopefully enough so to make you at least titter!

SirSamuel@lemmy.world on 26 Jul 13:24 next collapse

Oh man yeah, I remember seeing this on thinkgeek a while back. I wish I had gotten that shirt before they went under

The rhythm was a little different tho:

Johnny was a chemist’s son
But Johnny is no more
What Johnny thought was H2O
Was H2SO4

Pretty great, thanks for the reminder 😁

toynbee@lemmy.world on 26 Jul 14:22 collapse

My pleasure!

It’s very likely you could find that on a shirt somewhere else or just have one made.

jacksilver@lemmy.world on 26 Jul 15:50 collapse

It’s a good poem, but not a limerick. Limericks have 5 stanzas in AABBA format.

literarydevices.net/limerick/

JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org on 26 Jul 18:42 collapse

It’s a diddle to the toon of the Oscar Myer jingle.

[deleted] on 26 Jul 08:58 next collapse

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anhkagi@jlai.lu on 26 Jul 09:29 next collapse

well, there is 🤡

callouscomic@lemmy.zip on 26 Jul 10:04 next collapse

Wasn’t hexbear one of those shitty servers I blocked? Isn’t it full of assholes?

Ugh, forgot I had to move off lemm.ee or whatever I originally signed up to recently and lost everything.

keepcarrot@hexbear.net on 26 Jul 10:42 next collapse

Yes

tetris11@lemmy.ml on 26 Jul 10:44 next collapse

Yeah, tribalism solves everything - we need more of it, pronto!

iii@mander.xyz on 26 Jul 10:59 next collapse

My tribe is against tribalism. It’s only the stupid other tribes that like it.

frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 26 Jul 11:22 next collapse

There’s a difference between allow by default and deny by default. One of them is necessary for a healthy society while acknowledging that you need to keep certain groups away from you. The other is culty.

lvxferre@mander.xyz on 26 Jul 19:12 collapse

Some users there are fairly decent, but their collective reputation is deserved due to how they behave outside their instance.

lihmalahmalehma@suppo.fi on 26 Jul 10:47 next collapse

lost everything

rough

CrookedSerpent@hexbear.net on 26 Jul 13:18 collapse

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lvxferre@mander.xyz on 27 Jul 03:37 collapse

Is there some story behind PPB? As in, why do you guys like that pic so much?

tiredofsametab@fedia.io on 26 Jul 12:33 next collapse

Hrm, one oxygen per hydrogen or perpahs a hydrogen peroxide...

M137@lemmy.world on 26 Jul 15:31 next collapse

It should be H₂O 2 as in “Water 2”. You wrote “2 hydrogen atoms and 2 oxygen atoms”, which is hydrogen peroxide.

multifariace@lemmy.world on 26 Jul 17:13 next collapse

More H~6~C~12~O~6~(aq)!

lvxferre@mander.xyz on 27 Jul 03:37 collapse

I’m diabetic, you insensitive clod!!one!!!eleven

ornery_chemist@mander.xyz on 27 Jul 13:30 collapse

catalase