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[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 61 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Fluorine ain't nothin to fuck with. Shit will set asbestos on fire. Shit will set water on fire. Shit will set anything on fire.

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just don't confuse it with fluoride.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 40 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Instructions unclear; set teeth on fire.

[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I thought that was just the ridiculous amounts of concentrated menthol some brands put in toothpaste.

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

That’s the mouthwash.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Wait what if

Here me out

What if Florine IS fire. So OF COURSE you mix it with anything and the result is fire

[–] drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Modern day chemists have succeeded where the alchemists of old failed by finally isolating phlogiston.

Ghosts can't go through walls. It's not florine!