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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What if I told you the original selection of terms "positive" and "negative" was arbitrary?

Anyway a positively charged electron exists. It's called a positron.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Bananas emit either a positron or an antiproton at an average of 1 every 90 minutes, IIRC. Eat your antimatter kids! The potassium is good for you.