Science!
@sjvn Having seen sodium and water, it must be really exciting to lick sodium.
@gdinwiddie <Nods> So, you say you like "hot" food do you?
@sjvn 🤣 ... and it's very light!
@gdinwiddie @sjvn ā€œIt’s just salt!ā€
@sjvn @corbden It’s not a salt until reacts with a non-metal.

@sjvn Even the green ones still say: "probably fine."

What they really mean: there's some chance it could still kill you, but sure, probably fine.

@raulinbonn @sjvn Well in the end it’s all about amount isn’t it?
@sjvn So I shouldn't have licked all that Polonium, then? #Bugger
@sjvn You should really ā€œplease reconsiderā€ licking fluorine, that one element that can set nearly anything on fire.
@sjvn I'd rather take the mild temporary chemical burn from iodine than the CNS damage from lead. Also, you can drink mercury without ill effects, as long as it is reasonably pure. Not sure about how bad licking osmium is, but the vapors it gives off while reacting with air cause blindness AFAIR. For phosphorus, you just have to be selective about the color of the sample you lick.

@sjvn

I would watch this show with great interest. Beats the hell out of mind numbing bullshit like Wheel of Fortune and Keeping Up With the Kardashians.

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Also there’s one element I’m greatly fond of licking not on the chart.

Where is Pu?

@sjvn while the body is full of calcium ions I wouldn't want to lick pure calcium metal, it would react with the moisture most interestingly and probably not in a pleasant manner...

Still it's an amusing chart.

@sjvn Is this for teaching chemistry to geologists?
@sjvn I think this needs to be considered not on the PSE but on the nuclide chart!
@sjvn I really miss @mikamckinnon 's pet, lick or flee Adventures #youfindarock
@sjvn David Tennant needs to see this!