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[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Even just H and O on their own can be quite scary. Throw them together and BAM, ubiquitous lifegiving liquid.

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You guy drink H2O?, in my household we drink D2O.

[–] dankm@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

That sounds expensive.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I know you wrote H and O, and not H2 and O2, but I'm going to assume the gas forms because those two substances pretty much cannot exist in their pure forms

And for those, O2 is necessary for our life, and H2 is non-toxic, it's just very flammable. So I don't know if the comparison fully works

Of course, you're right if you mean pure H and pure O, but, again, they will immediately combine to form a new substance

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

H3... We drink heavy water in this house!

Idk, I quite like O on its own. Pretty addictive stuff