r/BeAmazed • u/himmokala • Dec 15 '24

Science Using red dye to demonstrate how Mercury cannot be absorbed by a towel

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u/Hard-To_Read Dec 15 '24

Like my kids dumping milk into their minuscule amount of cereal!

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u/trippy_grapes Dec 15 '24

Like my kids dumping mercury into their bowl of cereal! ...wait.

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u/Deboniako Dec 15 '24

Well, at least they will have strong bones or whatever

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u/SolusIgtheist Dec 15 '24

Liquid bones

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u/WhyteBeard Dec 16 '24

Liquid Metal bones!

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u/deathcheater_80 Dec 16 '24

That's adamantium! LMAO

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u/anon-mally Dec 16 '24

Must be mercury retrograde effect

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u/LookAtItGo123 Dec 15 '24

That's adamantium! They ain't gonna make it without healing factor though.

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u/Candid-Drink Dec 15 '24

Had bones**

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u/TCDGBK84 Dec 16 '24

I just read this post, and so your reply gave me a laugh:

"What do people mean when they add “…or whatever” at the end of their sentence?

At my workplace, I take orders most of the time. Yay me! I’m getting better and better at interacting with people, but there’s one thing a lot of them say that I don’t quite understand.

People would say something like “I would like a 12 count nuggets, a coke and a kale crunch or whatever”

I normally just repeat the items, and they confirm that’s what they want. So what is the “or whatever” for? I can’t figure it out but I think if I ask them that, they would look at me like I’m stupid. I tried to look this up on Google but couldn’t find anything."

https://www.reddit.com/r/Explainlikeimscared/s/05RYLxX6jv

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u/PhantomPharts Dec 15 '24

Early on-set Alzheimers

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u/MavisBeaconSexTape Dec 15 '24

At least the cereal won't get soggy

Source: this video

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u/Denali_Nomad Dec 15 '24

I see your kids are into traditional medicine

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u/vidfail Dec 15 '24

I've always believed that what doesn't kill you makes you very, very weak... and almost kills.

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u/t0adthecat Dec 16 '24

T-1000, is that you?

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u/Silent_Win_2412 Dec 16 '24

What would actually happen in a person drank this amount of mercury?

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u/Konfuselius Dec 16 '24

Watch out, they might become cereal killers!

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u/Praelior0 Dec 18 '24

Stops the cereal going soggy. Kids always know best

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u/ExcuseIntelligent539 Dec 15 '24

Haha, this and the egregious use of TP are two constant points of contention in our household.

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u/Admirable_Cricket719 Dec 15 '24

They just haven’t learned about second bowl yet

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u/Umi_seishin Dec 15 '24

You mean your kids dumping cereal into a bowl of milk, right?

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u/wishalor Dec 15 '24

What happened here only the 4th comment down the line is supposed to get downvoted..... Wait...

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u/Survivors_Envy Dec 15 '24

Tf are you talking about

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u/SonofAMamaJama Dec 15 '24

What in the world are you on about?! Pineapple is wonderful on pizza, do not drag a great topping into a conversation about how freaks eat cereal (putting the milk first is how a first version infant bot would attempt the task)

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u/NotoriousFoxxx Dec 15 '24

Warm fruit is gross

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u/NotoriousFoxxx Dec 15 '24

Thats lovely for you. But the texture is unnatural to my brain and makes me actually wanna die

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u/-DJFJ- Dec 15 '24

Nah Ed, you're just a special teacher.

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u/Survivors_Envy Dec 15 '24

only thing being forced here tbh is your own head up your own ass