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[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Even just H and O on their own can be quite scary. Throw them together and BAM, ubiquitous lifegiving liquid.

[-] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 2 points 22 hours ago

You guy drink H2O?, in my household we drink D2O.

[-] dankm@lemmy.ca 1 points 21 hours ago

That sounds expensive.

[-] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago

I know you wrote H and O, and not H2 and O2, but I'm going to assume the gas forms because those two substances pretty much cannot exist in their pure forms

And for those, O2 is necessary for our life, and H2 is non-toxic, it's just very flammable. So I don't know if the comparison fully works

Of course, you're right if you mean pure H and pure O, but, again, they will immediately combine to form a new substance

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 23 hours ago

H3... We drink heavy water in this house!

Idk, I quite like O on its own. Pretty addictive stuff

this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2025
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