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[–] [email protected] 152 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

You can apply this same logic to basically all of chemistry:

H: explosive, the main ingredient in stars

O: literally the reason fire is a thing, causes rust and kills cells via free radicals

H2O: I'm so wet, UwU

[–] [email protected] 43 points 5 months ago (3 children)

But we all know there's nothing more dangerous than dihydrogen monoxide.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Everyone who has come in contact with that stuff will die.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

this trope is never not funny to me lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Its also an industrial solvent and its used by nuclear reactors!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I haven’t died yet

That is an unproven hypothesis

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

100% of corpses are found with traces of this deadly forever chemical. its the secret big brother doesn't want you to know about.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not nearly as much so as oxidane

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Its an ideal solvent