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Maybe stick to the stuff that comes out of the tap. (mander.xyz)
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[–] buycurious 130 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Reminds me on this chemist joke:

A man brought his chemist friend to the bar for a drink with the other friends. When asked what he wanted, the chemist decided that since she's the designated driver, she'll order water. "I'll have some H20, please!" the chemist said, with the man replying "I'll have some H20 too!"

The man died of ingesting hydrogen peroxide.

[–] HonoraryMancunian 108 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And the joke's alternative anti joke punchline:

The bartender served them both water, because he fully understands everyday human interaction and translated the request as intended.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, for as much as you use the chemical formula for water in your everyday human interactions, anyway

[–] dustyData 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The bartender didn't mind, since he has a sense of humor and understood he worked in an entertainment facility where people derive fun from saying and doing goofy things with friends and acquaintances, and this isn't even be the weirdest thing he has heard a patron say this week.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife 5 points 1 year ago

"Your mom is so fat, when she sits around the house ... she's morbidly obese."

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Little Billy was a chemist

Little Billy is no more

For what he thought was H2O

Was H2SO4

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

I've heard it as:

Little Billy took a drink, of which he'll drink no more.

For what he thought was H2O was H2SO4.

[–] lunarul 39 points 1 year ago

"I'll have some H20, please!" the chemist said

To which the bartender replied "I'm sorry, but we don't have icosatomic hydrogen"

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

I love the sequel to that one, too. Same set up. ... The first man orders H20 The second man says "why would you say that? It's incredibly pretentious, and you look like a jerk. Just order water." The first man frowns and sulks because his murder plot has been foiled.

[–] affiliate 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

is it called hydrogen peroxide because there’s one hydrogen per oxide?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's actually because "per" is used to denote the maximum "proportion" of an element. Compare "oxide", which is just one oxygen. "per-" is also used in chemistry in the sense of the Latin prefix "per-", which attaches to adjectives and verbs and such to convey the sense of "very" or "all the way". For example, sometimes we refer to molecules as being "perdeuterated" when all hydrogen atoms have been replaced with the heavy isotope deuterium.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

So, technically, yes

[–] BradleyUffner 4 points 1 year ago

Little Johnny was a chemist's son, but Johnny is no more. What Johnny thought was H20 was H2SO4.