r/whenthe • u/DreadDiana • 13h ago

BRB, destroying the few grams of Californium on Earth

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u/Fanatic_Atheist 12h ago

2006 would be carbon skull emoji

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u/Massive-Word-7327 11h ago

I think that's the worst after hydrogen.

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u/Fanatic_Atheist 9h ago

And oxygen

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u/Massive-Word-7327 9h ago

oxygen is on par with nitrogen right after. Oxygen maybe a little higher than nitrogen as it's very common in almost every kind of organic molecule but it's still not the basis of all organic chemistry. There are massive amounts of carbon in almost every molecule in the human body where most molecules have way less oxygen. Nitrogen is also present in every amino acid so every protein so basically everything that is not fat is made of stuff with nitrogen but id say carbon is waaay worse though all of these are very bad.

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u/guto8797 6h ago

Kind of a distinction without a difference. Anyone with a weakness to any almost any element other than the exotics would get instantly hit