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Godort@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• jewbacca117@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Why the fuck would you need to to rectify mercury

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  • NorthWestWind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    It’s a nice planet that is commonly misunderstood

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    • jewbacca117@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      What did mercury ever do?

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      • TootSweet@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Please tell me “rectify” does not mean “insert into a rectum.”

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  • synapse1278@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Serious answer: it rectifies electric current, using mercury vapor. It looks pretty cool but it’s very obsolete technology.

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    • guy_threepwood@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      And generated a fuck tonne of UV, so….don’t look at it with your remaining eye.

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• Naich@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Oh yes. I’ve seen one in action. It’s beautiful but deadly. Looks like genuine magic with sparks and glowing shit bouncing around.

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  • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    TIL

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhaQqgXrMMU

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