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[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 69 points 4 days ago (3 children)

One of my favorite limericks:

Little Johnny was a scientist
Little Johnny is no more
For what he thought was H2O
Was H2SO4

[–] titter@lemmy.world 33 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Two chemists go out to eat together. The waitress asks them what they would like to drink. The first chemist cheekily responds that they would like some H2O. The second chemist thinks this is a great idea and orders an H2O too. The second chemist dies.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Always liked that one, too.

I once went to a restaurant with a friend. My friend ordered a root beer, then the waitress turned to me and asked what I would like. I said "I'll have a root beer, also." The waitress nodded, wrote that down, and walked away.

It soon became clear that something had gone awry; our sodas didn't come and the waitress could be seen walking around the back of the restaurant asking other staff something. Finally, the waitress sent out the (very pregnant, I felt bad that she had to walk out) bartender to tell me that she was sorry, but she'd never heard of a "root beer alto" and so wasn't sure how to make it.

I always found that a bit embarrassing. I tend to use "also" instead of "too" because I find it less ambiguous and also because I have pedantic friends who, if I had said "I'll have a root beer, too" would say things like "root beer 1 not good enough for you?" My intent was to be more clear, not less! That's the only time it's backfired for me, though.

[–] titter@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Hopefully enough so to make you at least titter!

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's a good poem, but not a limerick. Limericks have 5 stanzas in AABBA format.

https://literarydevices.net/limerick/

[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 days ago

It's a diddle to the toon of the Oscar Myer jingle.

[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh man yeah, I remember seeing this on thinkgeek a while back. I wish I had gotten that shirt before they went under

The rhythm was a little different tho:

Johnny was a chemist's son
But Johnny is no more
What Johnny thought was H2O
Was H2SO4

Pretty great, thanks for the reminder 😁

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

My pleasure!

It's very likely you could find that on a shirt somewhere else or just have one made.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 24 points 4 days ago

why isn’t there H₂O₂

Because the undergrads used it for acetone peroxide.

[–] callouscomic@lemmy.zip 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

Wasn't hexbear one of those shitty servers I blocked? Isn't it full of assholes?

Ugh, forgot I had to move off lemm.ee or whatever I originally signed up to recently and lost everything.

[–] lihmalahmalehma@suppo.fi 10 points 4 days ago

lost everything

rough

[–] CrookedSerpent@hexbear.net 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

Is there some story behind PPB? As in, why do you guys like that pic so much?

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml -5 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Yeah, tribalism solves everything - we need more of it, pronto!

[–] iii@mander.xyz 23 points 4 days ago

My tribe is against tribalism. It's only the stupid other tribes that like it.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 11 points 4 days ago

Some users there are fairly decent, but their collective reputation is deserved due to how they behave outside their instance.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 4 days ago

There's a difference between allow by default and deny by default. One of them is necessary for a healthy society while acknowledging that you need to keep certain groups away from you. The other is culty.

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 13 points 4 days ago

Hrm, one oxygen per hydrogen or perpahs a hydrogen peroxide...

[–] anhkagi@jlai.lu 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)
[–] ornery_chemist@mander.xyz 1 points 3 days ago
[–] multifariace@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

I'm diabetic, you insensitive clod!!one!!!eleven

[–] M137@lemmy.world -2 points 4 days ago

It should be H₂O 2 as in "Water 2". You wrote "2 hydrogen atoms and 2 oxygen atoms", which is hydrogen peroxide.