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[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 days ago
[-] Blackout@fedia.io 37 points 3 days ago

Ice is just water in slow motion

[-] markz@suppo.fi 33 points 3 days ago
[-] tensorpudding@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

I think its neat too! Hydrogen bonds ftw.

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago

Nitrogen bonding is more fun.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago
[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

Guess again. Think nitrogen bonds in exothermic redox reactions.

[-] Logh@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago
[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

*In my best Barry White voice, "oh baby"!

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago
[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Guess again. :(

Edit: Nitrous Oxide is not exothermic in humans, for the medicine or the fun. Its an NMDA receptor agonist.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Oh, you must huff freon..

Good for you. /s

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

I like the boom. :(

Last guess.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

suddenly huffy brand bikes make more sense

[-] tensorpudding@lemmy.world 37 points 3 days ago

Or fully-hydrogenated oxygen.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago
[-] tensorpudding@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago

"You won't believe how many people each year die from asphyxiation due to this rocket fuel combustion byproduct!"

[-] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Every person that died drank it before their death. Coincidence? I don't think so!

[-] grranibal@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago

Have you already signed the petition to ban it ?

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

NO MORE RAIN! NO MORE RAIN!

Brawndo, its got electrolytes, its what plants crave!

[-] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 26 points 3 days ago

Since hydrogen is a gas in its natural state, isn't it technically "chilled, rusted hydrogen" because it is a liquid which has less energy than gas?

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 28 points 3 days ago

gas in its natural state

Well that's just your room temperature and pressure bias talking. All states are natural states, subject to environmental conditions.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Wow, you make a good point πŸ‘

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

Disturbing, I know. Don't tell my wife.

[-] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

But the question is, is it hydrogen oxide or hydroxide?

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Sounds like you're describing hydrogen peroxide, as pairs of individual hydrogen and oxygen atoms don't exactly like to exist alone, so they pair up as H2O2

[-] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

So you can burn water!

[-] bhamlin@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

In all seriousness, you should watch out for a related chemical, dihydrogen monoxide. DHMO claims thousands of lives every year!

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

That's why I drink beer 🍻

[-] jrs100000@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

Many breweries add DHMO directly to their product without disclosing it on the label.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago
[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Damn, I thought they filtered all that out with fish bladders or some shit like that. Fuck, well today I learned.. /s πŸ˜‚πŸ€£

[-] Delta_V@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

aka hydrogen ash

[-] early_riser@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

another quintessential shower thought. I approve.

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

And salt is just evil sugar.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

and sugar is just deficient garlic

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

These are the brilliant chucklefuck ideas that keep me coming back to the real internet, no AI slop here, you make a serious point πŸ‘

[-] twjolson@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago

Well, at least you got the hydrogen part correct.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Its oxidized, so its corroded. AKA, in simple laymans terms, rusted.

[-] twjolson@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

Rust is commonly referred to oxidation on iron, uncommonly to oxidation on other metals. Never to non-metals.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Hydrogen, fully frozen, has been declared as a confusing metal..

I dunno 🀷

[-] twjolson@lemmy.world -2 points 3 days ago

Except you aren't talking "frozen" hydrogen. You're talking "molten" hydrogen.

Even by your made up definitions, you're wrong.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Hey, I wrote the post, I get to mention other states of matter at other temperatures as well.

https://chemcafe.net/chemistry/is-hydrogen-a-metal-5799/

[-] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I think hydrogen is arguably a metal but its 2/3 for not a metal depending on which definition you use.

this post was submitted on 22 Mar 2026
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