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/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