Dr Micha CampbellYou just know a geologist is responsible for this...
PB Livin'@michcampbell I would not recommend licking any of the noble gasses... If they're in a lickable state, they're coooooooold
@wh0sthatd0g thank you, more evidence that a geologist did this, as if we needed it.
Paul H 🏴🇪🇺Likewise H, He, N2 and O2
orleansfietser@michcampbell Na and Cl are both in red and are the most licked elements by geologists.
...And everybody else - though in an ionic compound so it's ok (so long as said compound is not "red" or "purple".
@Henrysbridge @orleansfietser imagining the tingle of licking Na - full body shiver!
Alkali metals
J 🏳️🌈 no se yks Viitanen@michcampbell To be fair, you *can* probably lick anything once (cue Terry Pratchett’s ”all fungi are edible, some fungi are only edible once”).
CourtCantrell will not comply@michcampbell *whines* but purple is one of my favorite colorrrrrrs
@courtcan don't say I didn't warn you!
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@amiserabilist that was in my head all day yesterday
my science teacher made us sherbet and told us stories of the bombs he made when he was a kid.
Sam Levine@michcampbell Yeah, any chemist takes one look at that Li color and runs far away.
@SRLevine why shoiuldn't you lick Li? (clearly not a chemist)
@michcampbell Same as sodium, when exposed to water the reaction is violent. It's not quite as extreme, but it's nothing to muck around with either. My guess is burns, with sodium and higher in that row it's more like exploding tongue, but I don't know anyone foolish enough to try it for experimental proof.
@SRLevine Thanks, that makes sense. One of my geologist mates suggested that coding Na red was an overabundance of caution. There is truly a reason they get called rocklickers 🤦♀️
Robert Cassidy@michcampbell @SRLevine Depends on how wet your tongue is.
@SRLevine @michcampbell I had the same thought.
Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️You can lick *any* element on the periodic table. Surviving it is what is variable.