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Comment on Chemists of Lemmy, how accurate is this likability table?

Chemist here: all the reds are correct but it would take so much time to explain why so many of the greens are super concerning. Every time I see this reposted it’s so concerning…I should just spend the 17 minutes and save a copy pasta response of everything horribly wrong with this.

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barnaclebutt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I’m pretty sure that licking pure magnesium would make your tongue explode too.

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- readthemessage@lemmy.eco.br ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  I would not be willing to lick calcium, too
  
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  - model_tar_gz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Definitely not licking pure lithium, sodium, or any of the alkali (s-block) metals. My tongue is wet. That shit explodes in water, yo.
    
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    Fermion@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    I wonder if you’d get a sort of leidenfrost effect limiting the extent of damage.
    
    I’m not going to test that though.
    
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    wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Magnesium is fine (see response above). invidious.darkness.services/watch?v=Q_4I30Nz_b0 Just don’t vomit on it before you lick it, 'cause it’ll get spicy with acid.
    
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- wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  I have elemental magnesium. it’s shelf stable and doesn’t react violently with water. Want me to try licking it and let you know? (hint: at worst it’ll make a minuscule amount of milk of magnesia)
  
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ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
The LD 50 for sulfur is 2000 MG per kilogram body weight. So you’d probably be fine licking it. You can’t just go off the msds.

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Eheran@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
You are absolutely fine licking sulfur, it is not going to do anything. In case of a solid block you are not even going to taste anything. Also what the fuck, sulfur is not poisonous, that MSDS is bullshit.

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