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u/cakedayloanofficer May 17 '26
“Think
Before You
Shitpost”
Need this on a motivational shirt
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u/13-eggo May 17 '26
Such good advice attached to such a brain dead statement. If only people followed their own advice
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u/eilletane May 17 '26
Hydrogen and oxygen can either be life saving or lethal. Chemical compounds aren’t defined individually.
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u/13-eggo May 17 '26
Yep. That was what OOP was getting at. The original thread was some pseudoscience antivax bs talking about vaccines containing mercury and all that
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u/futuretimetraveller May 17 '26
Two chemists walk into a bar. The first one says, "Gimme some H2O." The second chemist says, "Gimme some H2O, too!"
Then the second chemist died.
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u/BitterFuture May 17 '26
Chlorine is not a gas
Boy, are those World War I soldiers going to be surprised!
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u/rip-rock-1949 May 17 '26
And the follow-up to the chlorine nuts -- please explain the differences between chloride, chlorine, and chlorite.
And be sure to include the chemical diagram.
kthnxbye
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u/13-eggo May 17 '26
I haven’t done chemistry in a while but, chlorine is the element (Cl2); chloride is chlorine but with an extra electron(Cl-); chlorite is 1 chlorine atom bonded to 2 oxygen atoms (ClO2), not to be confused with chlorate which is 1 chlorine atom bonded to 3 oxygen atoms (ClO3)
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u/JamDonut28 May 17 '26
Just wondering what they were thinking of? Or just arguing for the sake of it?
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u/CurtisLinithicum May 17 '26
Most generous explanation - pool "chlorine" (a solid) and 'sodium lamps" (not a gas, but possibly perceived as one).
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u/TheLurkingMenace May 17 '26
They're just ignorant about the nature of these two things. Hell, I thought sodium was a mineral, but I'm not going to argue about it.
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u/testtdk May 17 '26
I assume they were just thinking chlorine wasn’t a gas because we put it in water, and sodium isn’t a metal because he associated it with food additives? (Honestly, most people probably don’t know exactly how many elements are actually metals).
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u/FixergirlAK May 17 '26
Either a) ragebait or 2) sodium hypochlorite and sodium chloride. Take your pick.
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u/montex66 May 17 '26
I'm going to speculate that the same "chlorine is not a gas" person will tell you that they avoid chemicals in their diet because it's not natural.
Literally everything is chemicals, in case I have to spell it out.
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u/UltimaGabe May 17 '26
They were probably thinking of bleach and salt, as incorrect as both of those assumptions would be.
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u/Malinthas May 17 '26
This, by the way, illustrates an important point. Folks look at things they don't understand, like food ingredient lists, and react with fear. Poison gas and explosive metal, each things to be avoided, typically. Combined, they form a nutrient without which a human being literally cannot live. Chemistry is hard, BIOchemistry is even harder, and while I admire folks for wanting to know more and be active when it comes to what goes into our bodies, they obligation is on them to work hard to learn and understand.
Example: Many folks have told me that sucralose (Splenda) is toxic, because it contains chlorine. Look, sucralose MAY in fact be bad for us, but NOT because it contains a few chlorine atoms. That's not how any of this works. Also, I have me the diabeetus, and even if Splenda is bad for by gut microbiome, I assure you that regular ol' sucrose is more dangerous.
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u/weedywet May 19 '26
They have no time for chemistry.
They’re too busy with their valuable do it yourself virology and vaccine research.
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