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[-] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago

People always argue that -num isn't a legitimate way for the name of an element to end, but I never see you guys talking about Platinium.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

All words are made up and language isn't real

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Then we also need to talk about Sodum, Potassum, Magnesum, Plutonum, Uranum, Cadmum, Chromum, Titanum and a bunch more. Why should Aluminum be the outlier?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah well blowsraspberry

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Because platinum is also a concept. Nobody has gotten an aluminum record, or an aluminum medal. Some metals have ascended beyond mere utility into superficiality. Aluminium isn't there yet.

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