i love chemistry because you start off with "oh so high pH or low pH is bad" and then you get into nonpolar, polar, strong vs weak acids and a bunch of other things so you're back into the "uhhh idk if this thing is bad or not" because there's like a h...

Amber

and even then you find something inert right it doesn't burn you or do anything and you find out no what it does instead is it displaces the calcium in your bones and it definitely wasn't safe

Amber

or even if it doesn't directly replace atoms within your body you'll find out your brain has this receptor shaped in just the right way this molecule can bind to it and block neural pathways from functioning like what the fuck

Amber

you find something like potassium. oh yes, innocent enough no weird shenanigans right? well i have some bad news for you on that front as it turns out your body needs to regulate a set amount of potassium. too little? you'll die. too much? you'll die. like what

Asta [AMP]

@[email protected] "potassi-YUM? buddy have I got some fucking news for you"

Amber

surely i am safe, let's go to the noble gasses cough oh fuck they've displaced the oxygen in my body and while chemically inert i am having trouble

Amber

like is there anything that exists that won't kill you given the right set of circumstances lol

Helical

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today class we will be learning about xenon

xenon is a noble gas, so it’s inert and doesn’t react with anything (mostly)

xenon basically doesn’t do anything

oh except if you breathe it its a very powerful anesthetic and you collapse also it’s kind of a drug

Amber

@[email protected] i used to wonder why toxicologists were the way they are. after going through highschool biology, highschool chemistry and college chemistry i stopped asking questions. everything is out to get you lol

Shio

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Amber

@[email protected] just gonna go back to drinking water and pray i don't get https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/water-intoxication