When I was in school decades ago, my science teacher brought in a big balloon filled with hydrogen and lit the string on fire without telling us that it was filled with hydrogen.
I could feel the explosion in my bones. It was neat.
I’m not sure you could do that in schools today.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 years ago
What could go wrong?
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I mean other than that…
shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Would make for more exciting birthday parties.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Seems more like a gender reveal party sort of thing.
www.cnn.com/2021/04/23/us/…/index.html
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 years ago
The alternative is to use extremely limited quantities of gas crucial for MRIs, chip making, metallurgy, and a few other high tech applications. But hey, pretty balloons.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 years ago
^(The^ ^store^ ^was^ ^just^ ^out^ ^of^ ^helium.)^
RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Only a matter of time before they can’t get any because we wasted such a limited resource on vanity instead of the pursuit of science.
frezik@midwest.social 2 years ago
When I was a kid, Dave Berry had a column where he made fun of the US Strategic Helium Reserve. This taught me an important lesson. When people make fun of what seems like government waste, 75% of the time it turns out to be really important. Not always, but you should look into it more.
Aqarius@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Yeah, there’s areas where it’s surprisingly hard for laypeople to tell apart “mostly useless” and “saves lives on a daily basis”.
Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 2 years ago
Oh the huge manatee!
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Am I missing a joke? Airships used hydrogen gas
Blaster_M@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Specific airships made by a specific country that had no access to helium…
Revan343@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
Not exclusively, hydrogen being lighter and cheaper meant it was still sometimes used when helium could have been.
rain_worl@lemmy.world 1 year ago
wasn’t that just the flammable lining?