I have it on good authority there is a 5th element. I saw it in a documentary. It's ... perfect.
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The people that need to understand this, will not understand this.
They won't even notice the "others" part because they refuse to wear their glasses
Perhaps if we started using SVG or PNG instead of compressed JPG for graphs, it would have helped a bit.
Oh yes, the statistical mindset. Similarly, one could argue that for large integers, statistically there is no prime numbers.
Statistically, there are no small integers.
I prefer Hydrogen. While I am not Hydrogen, I say everything else must be.
It is UNUSUAL for an element to not be either hydrogen or helium. There is nothing wrong with it. It is simultaneously totally OK, an ABSOLUTE MINORITY position, and notably UNUSUAL considering statistical evaluation.
You can ascribe whatever meaning to that you want, but it is not a statistically typical position to be an element that is not hydrogen, not helium, and... Well... It's also pretty unusual to have extra neutrons or something and be BETWEEN hydrogen and helium.
Again, this is TOTALLY FINE. And it is accurate in other hypothetical contexts which are in no way being referenced here. These group sizes are still, of course, in no way the same.
It's not super uncommon to change from hydrogen to helium, but in other contexts... Yes it is. Still totally fine.
Everybody is just getting along the best he/she/they can, but PEOPLE have rights, we don't need to argue for rights by common-washing. It ain't common.
We also know elements can't change to a different element through any kind of reaction or anything that would be absurd. I'm tired of these woke scientists.
Have you tried alchemy?
Alchemy started as a hastily invented way to disguise a piss-drinking fetish that got way way out of hand.
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and stars are enacting the trans agenda to turn Hydrogen into Helium
Everytime I wake up in the morning, it's because the light of a star has made me woke. Coincidences? I THINK NOT!
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I keep reading about how they don't have enough helium supply. Is everything fake news?
The universe is full of Helium.
It's just not concentrated here on Earth.
And also we want a very specific isotope of helium. The stuff you put in a balloon isn't the same helium the planet is getting low on.
I read that if it wasn't for the US dumping it's strategic helium supply, the price of a party balloon would be $50. Yes, Helium 3 gets attention for Fusion research but regular Helium is used heavily in imaging equipment like MRI's. The Large Hadron Collider needs 130 metric tons of the stuff.
Helium is one of those things I don't really care about. I could tell you I never liked balloons because of their impact on the environment, and that would be true, especially with ones getting released into the air. However I also have a really selfish reason, and that was cleaning them up. I never really liked water balloons for the same reasons, and I'm so happy I haven't been around much confetti.
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The universe has low metallicity.
i love breathing "other"!!!
Mmm, nitrogen, my love. *passes out*
shoulda gone with the nitrous oxide.. still passes out
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