• brian@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    But does this imply licking it in a “lickable” state? I have a hard time imagining licking a gas, and licking hydrogen as a liquid at -250 C or so sounds, not great.

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    8 months ago

    That’s hilarious because me and my brother licked lead fishing weights for fun as a child. It’s probably why I’m retarded.

    Can someone make one for suitability as dildo material?

    Edit: Here it is, chumps

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    Lithium, Sodium etc. need to be upped to “please reconsider.” Calcium and all the lanthanides are also metals I would not advise licking because theyre very reactive. Promethium is especially dangerous due to its radioactivity with its longest lived isotope having a half life of around 17 years. So not only is it reactive, youd die to the radiation too.

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      Lithium is just gonna be a little fizzy like pop rocks. No explosions, thankfully. The LiOH produced would not be fun for you, but probably won’t hurt anyone else.

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        Lithium salts are used to treat bipolar. The metal isnt just reacting with the water on your tongue to create a very strong base (and lots of heat), you are also going to be ingesting that Lithium (as a lithium soap as it reacts with oils and fats) which can have different (unpleasant) effects on you depending on how much was ingested. If your kidney function is impaired, it gets worse.

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    I’d bump up cesium, rubidium, and probably potassium to “please reconsider”, as I would not want to stand near you

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    8 months ago

    A decent chunk of these are “how would you even?” and a few others are “you’re doing it right now.”

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        8 months ago

        I fully agree with it being yellow. By far, the most common isotope of uranium is uranium-238, which is indeed radioactive, but not dangerously radioactive. In this list, lead is listed as a yellow because it can give you heavy metal poisoning. In this scenario, the uranium would cause more damage to your body by damaging it as lead would (heavy metal poisoning affecting brain, kidneys, liver, etc) before the radiation would ever have an impact on your body.

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          But would it be elemental prior to licking or oxidized as usual? Because one is still significantly worse than the other and looking at lithium very much suggests elemental uranium!

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    I think licking pure uranium is worse for your health than licking pure chlorine gas

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    They’re all lickable, it’s just that some you can only lick once.