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Can I lick it? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[-] teft@piefed.world 11 points 3 days ago

I want to meet the motherfucker bold enough to lick cesium.

[-] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I don't think you'd be licking much of anything after that. It's the one at 10 seconds in the clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YNsIaSbFdg

They're so casual about it too.

[-] AyuTsukasa@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 days ago

The most useful chart 😅

[-] SpaceRanger13@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 days ago

For the tactile learners out there!

[-] nebulaone@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

PlumBum is my favorite flavor.

[-] PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space 8 points 3 days ago

Lick mercury? Plenty of people carry lumps of it right in their teeth, 24/7.

[-] BreadOven@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Technically they're amalgams with silver or other metals. Different properties and such.

[-] vithigar@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

I responded similarly when I saw this posted before. Yes, mercury can be very toxic if it gets into your blood, but the chances of that happening from a lick are astonishingly small.

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[-] napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

Licks liquid Nitrogen

[-] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

Licking hydrogen is safe? Licks the sun

[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

If chemistry was spearheaded by goats

[-] UpAndAtThem@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Yes you can! ...well I'm gone!

[-] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago

Missed opportunity for sure!

[-] renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 days ago

licking uranium is only "maybe not the best idea"?

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 12 points 3 days ago

Compared to some of the others it's pretty low in radioactivity (isotope dependent)

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[-] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Titanium should not be on a higher danger level than lead.

Edit: Tl != Ti

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[-] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 days ago

Technically you can lick anything. You just won't be around for long if you lick some of them.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

And none of the answers say that you can't. Some of them just say that you shouldn't.

[-] koper@feddit.nl 6 points 3 days ago

I think I would rather lick Technetium than Lithium

[-] moopet@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Transuranic heavy elements may not be used where there is life.

[-] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I’ve been told that uranium tastes just like lemon drops.

[-] Fermion@feddit.nl 5 points 3 days ago

Radon should be yellow. You don't want long term exposure of it in your lungs, but it's still mostly chemically inert and not a significant immediate danger.

[-] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Just like how lithium should be red. Just because it's less likely to explode your face open doesn't mean that it's just "not a good idea". It immediately creates pure Lithium Hydroxide, which will immediately start saponifying your mouth, and that's assuming it doesn't immediately light on fire, like the last time I did that experiment.