Comment on The Periodic Table according to astronomers

• threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Fluorine fires have entered the chat.

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  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Fluorine fires have entered the chat.

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

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    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      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)

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      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        it can potentially go on to “burn” 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 😬

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• frigidaphelion@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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  • Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    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.

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    • bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      🤘

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      • moakley@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Pretty sure that’s the emoji for “thwip”.

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