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I just learned about "Salt (NaCl) is actually a combination of a highly poisonous gas (Cl) and a hazardous metal (Na)".

I'm sure there are lots of examples in life that this rule also applies to.

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Sex is good! Dogs are good! Sex with dogs is NOT good!

O2 is great! Vital, even! Unpaired oxygen is highly toxic to all forms of life

[–] elbarto777 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fucking is legal, selling is legal, why isn't selling fucking legal? -- Carlin.

[–] elscallr 8 points 1 year ago

He's got a point. Sex work being illegal is wrong.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (10 children)

O3 is again not good for us. Not breathe it and die but it attacks your lungs if you inhale too much.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago
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[–] spacesweedkid27 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

CO_2 is vital for plants photosynthesis. CO kills everything.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Alcohol is generally well tolerated in reasonable quantities, the common ink cap mushroom is edible, but if eaten alongside alcohol it becomes poisonous

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

Jesus. Not even alongside. It is poisonous to consume alcohol up to three days after eating them.

The symptoms can occur if even a small amount of alcohol is consumed up to three days after eating the mushrooms, although they are milder as more time passes.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago

Can't think of anything myself, but I just want to say this is a really good unique question.

[–] HonoraryMancunian 32 points 1 year ago

When she says "don't" and when she says "stop".

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer 28 points 1 year ago

Some might disagree but the one time I melted cheddar cheese on popcorn I nearly barfed.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

Politicians and guillotines are terrible on their own, but when combined....

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Chemistry is so weird like that, you should see the Nile red stuff where he turns paint thinner into cherry soda https://youtu.be/NIVkBs7oWDI?si=EK4OnaCu-zw4Ffzr

Or plastic gloves into hot sauce https://youtu.be/1B3Xi5L6siI?si=hqti_mueK2o-0A_h

Or cotton balls into cotton candy https://youtu.be/vHuFizITMdA?si=5-KRqq1qUz3S9Znq

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Grapefruit fucks with a lot of medications (if you regularly eat grapefruit, check to make sure none of your medications are affected by it). The effects can range from nullifying the medication, to increasing the effects (potentially fatally), or causing the medication to become toxic (also potentially fatally).

Wrinkly, wet fingers (after a nice long shower) grabbing soft, dry, fluffy blankets. Eeeeuuuuggggghhhhjjjjj. God, it hurts just thinking about it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You think wrinkly fingers are good on their own?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

No, but they're a result of taking a nice, long shower, bath or swim.

[–] joel_feila 21 points 1 year ago

Steak sause and ice cream is bad, Making out and cousin are meh on their own but great together.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't like espresso, or any coffee really, and I definitely don't like Liquor 43. But there's a South American cocktail called a Carajillo that's those two ingredients, fresh espresso and Liquor 43 and nothing else, dry shaken together... and its friggen delicious. Just absolutely amazing.

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

The gases of Hydrochloric Acid and Ammonia mixed together form Ammonium chloride. Which, among other things, is used as salmiak to make salty licorice.
I remember making this in high school, it's the very first thing that pops in my head whenever I think of bad + bad = good. Granted, you must like salty licorice, or it'll be bad + bad = disgusting :)

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[–] Brainsploosh 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fruit yoghurt is nice, soda is nice.

Mixing them is abomination.

[–] Lemminary 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also milk and orange juice. Super yummy!

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

Chlorox and ammonia are effective cleaners on their own and life threatening if mixed.

Sugar and acidity go together well but can be unpalatable on their own at the levels that theyre used. i.e 45 grams sugar / can would gag you without that acidity. the acidity on its own would not taste great.

Some spices synergize with other spices but arent great by themselves.

fat by itself: gag, bread by itself: boring, bread + fat: tasty

Carbon Dioxide is poisonous by itself but in small amounts it can stimulate breathing. Pure Oxygen can cause nerve damage over long periods of time but is necessary for survival. Nitrogen isnt poisonous but it cant support life on its own either. The three mixed together in the right proportions is breathable over the long term (air)

Penacillin type antibiotics dont work on resistant strains on their own and drugs that inhibit the enzymes that bacteria use to neutralize those antibiotics wont do anything on theur own but together, they can kill bacteria that used to be vulnerable to antibiotics but developed resistance to them.

Alloys are examples of materials that are greater than the sum of their parts.

Sulfur, charcoal and saltpeter are relatively unremarkable. Sulfur and charcoal burn but not particularly violently. Saltpeter doesnt do much unless it is paired with fuel. Together they make gunpowder.

[–] fubo 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The three mixed together in the right proportions is breathable over the long term (air)

For what it's worth, there's much more argon and water vapor in the air (each around 1%) than there is CO2 (around 0.04%).

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[–] nomecks 14 points 1 year ago

Tooth paste and orange juice.

[–] Rylyshar 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] TheOhNoNotAgain 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Blue cheese and orange juice! It's such a bad combo it's worth trying.

[–] Sir_Simon_Spamalot 7 points 1 year ago

That already smells like puke in my head!

[–] rustycheesi3 5 points 1 year ago

i have another one like this: salty paprika chips and nutella!! i swear, puking it out was worth it 😂😂

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Skittles and M&Ms. Trust me. They smell great but are inedible together.

[–] cynar 7 points 1 year ago

Nothing like a bowl of S&Ms on an office desk. Those who just take a couple are fine. Those who grab a handful are in for an unpleasant surprise.

The modern office equivalent to the Pythagorean cup

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Butternut squash soup is awful without any spices and spices are too strong to be ingested by themselves but together it's one of the best soups.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I'm in the minority with this. But I like bananas on their own. And I like milk on its own. But I don't like banana milk.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are two groups of people, people who hate drinking milk and creeps

Edit: I'll accept babies as a third but they are creeps too ngl, I just cant say that without being judged

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Banana milk is odd, both loved and hated it as a kid, and nowadays something about it makes me feel really ill (even when accounting for lactose intolerance), yet I love the banana from banana and prawn sweets.

In a similar vein hotdogs make me feel like death, like doubled over from stomach cramps

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[–] snausagesinablanket 8 points 1 year ago

Tuna fish milkshake

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Gummy bears + Spaghetti with meatballs

[–] TigZip 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Love onions and love gravy. Put them together and we’re going fall out quickly.

[–] flubba86 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What!? Onions with gravy on them, and gravy with onions in it, and onion flavoured gravy are three of my favourite things!

[–] TigZip 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And this is why we’re not friends !

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

Cold, but I respect it. We’re not friends either.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Those are fairly subjective, but:

  • Good+good = bad: garlic and fish, cheese sauce and pasta, soft yolk egg and rice
  • Bad+bad = good: soprano aria and rap
[–] GlitterNinja 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Doesn’t cheese sauce + pasta = mac and cheese? Do you not like mac and cheese?

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