• toynbee@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    One of my favorite limericks:

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

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      23 hours ago

      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.

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        23 hours ago

        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.

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      22 hours ago

      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 😁

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        21 hours ago

        My pleasure!

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

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    1 day ago

    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.

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

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    20 hours ago

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