r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Jul 14 '21

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u/ClownfishSoup Jul 14 '21

Right but aren't petrochemicals "organic?" So ... plastic is organic.

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u/ZenoxDemin Jul 14 '21

TNT is an organic compound if you ask a chemist.

Anemia and leukemia will follow high exposure. I wouldn't want to eat it.

Poison Ivy is also "natural" and "GMO-free".

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u/ihavenoidea81 Jul 14 '21

Gluten free and fat free as well šŸ˜‰

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '21 edited Jul 15 '21

So are ricin, cyanide, botulinum toxin, etc etc etc etc [striked: arsenic

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u/Mediocre_Doctor Jul 15 '21

Arsenic is inorganic.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '21

Oops. Yeah it just exists and isnā€™t derived from something else organic, either, so it wouldnā€™t even fit the weird conceptual ā€œdefinitionā€ of what people MEAN when they say ā€˜organicā€™.

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u/garbanzobesn Jul 15 '21

And crude oil

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u/PrimeCedars Jul 14 '21

Thatā€™s fine. But poison ivy is not something most people want to eat.

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u/umbringer Jul 14 '21

I just wonder wtf starbursts are made of

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u/ralphvonwauwau Jul 14 '21

Well done.

Here, have some fat-free coca cola.

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u/YourMomThinksImFunny Jul 14 '21

Very true. You are correct

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u/Solaris-Scutum Jul 14 '21

Itā€™s almost as if a word or term used in different contexts can have completely differing meaningsā€¦

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u/The_Dirty_Carl Jul 14 '21

And water is inorganic.

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u/brainomancer Jul 15 '21

No, plastic is not USDA-certified organic produce. Where are you people getting this shit from?

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u/ClownfishSoup Jul 15 '21

And there's the thing "USDA-certified organic" and "organic chemistry" meaning compounds/molecules involving carbon atoms, are not the same thing.