Alice McFlurry 
My husband and I don’t fight very often, but one thing we do fight about is how he calls aluminum foil "tin foil" and he's like "IT'S THE SAME THING!" and I’m like "bruh, they are completely different metals, so please go consult the periodic table I've hung above our bed."
The periodic table above our bed is the other thing we fight about.
In defense of @KevBot, the periodic table used to be over our desk, but I randomly decided to move our bed to that wall so now we have a really romantic periodic table over our bed rather than the previous and almost-as-romantic Helsinki transit map over our bed.
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Joan Albright@simonzerafa @Alice @KevBot Ours is on a wall in the kitchen but it's not as swanky. It does feature a hand-drawn "Ah!" (the element of surprise) that one of the kids added to it.
Pete Zicato@Lironah @simonzerafa @Alice @KevBot
I love your kids just based on this.
@PeteZ We're nerdy and proud of it. 😁
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rhetorical answers
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rateexportpilot@Alice lol. I drive my wife crazy with this too.
That and I call paper towels "Kitchen Roll".
Jeremy Mallin@Alice OMG. I love this! I thought you might be serious about that. Guess I was right. 🤣
Taig McNab@Alice comic timing there was impeccable!
Johan Diederik@Alice that table on your periods or the elements one??
Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱I was going to say, you must have some *fascinating* bedtime chats! 😂
eestileib (she/hers)I'm with him, I would also prefer a Chart of the Nuclides to the periodic table.
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Deus Ex MacGuffin 
alexing@DXMacGuffin @Alice the second sentence in the article you linked says "cases of poisoning from tin metal are almost unknown"
it's one of the most well-known safe metals like obviously dont breathe it in or mess with organic compounds but that goes for like every metal
it's one of the most well-known safe metals like obviously dont breathe it in or mess with organic compounds but that goes for like every metal
@DXMacGuffin @Alice are you aware of how many tin cups are in use, or how much tin is in solder used for pipes lol
I'd much rather eat beans from a tin pot than a nonstick one. Tin wears out and you need to recoat your pans every once in a while, though.
Justin Macleod@Alice Such a romantic. 😂
Stefan@Alice wikipedia does not fool around. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_foil
Duracell Benny ⚡@stefan @Alice 💯 "Tin foil was superseded after World War II by cheaper and more durable aluminium foil, which is still referred to as "tin foil" in many regions (an example of a misnomer). " #nerdSniped
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Steve Dinn 🇨🇦@Alice But the real question is, "What do you make your hats out of?"
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Erin O'Riordan@Alice Let it go. It's an idiomatic expression.
@erinoriordan I think you meant idiotic expression.
@Alice It can be both.
Angus Mackenzie@Alice @erinoriordan
This reply has made my day. I will remember it 15 seconds too late the next time someone says "idiomatic" in my presence.
This reply has made my day. I will remember it 15 seconds too late the next time someone says "idiomatic" in my presence.
Raku.AnarchyDude, join us in the 21st century.
Lewis Edwards@Alice At least you aren't arguing over "aluminum" and "aluminium" because I'd just save the energy and shoot them.
Keith Nowak 🌮@Alice The only current use for tin foil is to craft mind ray blocking hats
keith shtum@Alice i would suggest to him to start calling it "molybdenum foil". and then short laugh.
Big George@Alice what if you use the aluminum (not alooooominum) foil to cover a open Tin ?
@george Thank you for reminding me that he also calls cans TIN cans when they're not even made out of tin.
David Nash“Oh yeah, my mechanical pencil just ran out, can you pick up some pencil leads while you’re out?”
(points to the usual bedroom decoration)
“Those aren’t leads, they’re carbons. Graphites, if you want to be precise.”
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RowinSpeez@Alice did he look at the periodic table and then say “…alumin-ee-um” and then keep fighting for another day?
@Alice BTW, in South Africa we call it Tin Foil.....
Jenny Fx@Alice I'm with him on this one. It avoids me getting caught in the aluminum/aluminium word vortex.
Badger AF (he/him) DEMOCRACY@Alice Periodic table? I've looked it from time to time.