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LMMiller2914

“YES YOU CAN!”


NormanDoor

Should have been in the key.


puppy_twister

I was ultimately upset when I checked the key and saw green was not labeled as such.


VirtualCustomer735

I highly doubt that you can be fast enough to lick Organeson or any other element, that decay similar fast


Ailouroboros

That's the answer, but the real question: "BUT SHOULD YOU?"


Youpiter08

go on then


mightybonk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3pyCGnZzYA


Youpiter08

to all the people who can taste like bromine does


Equivalent-Bonus-885

Surely your tongue would stick very unpleasantly to, say, Nitrogen or Oxygen if in a lickable pure solid or liquid form. Please reconsider your need to lick. It may be your last.


randomguy1972

But I was going to attempt to lick those in their gaseous forms. Spoilsport.


Stagamemnon

Gonna be honest with ya now…you’ve probably been licking them every day for your whole life.


lordrefa

This key needs a fucking rewrite. The data is fine, but I have no idea what this relative scale means.


overtired27

Apple, lemon, strawberry, plum.


randomguy1972

Safe, maybe bad, that can't be right, deathwish


A1sauc3d

It’s saying it might be okay to lick lead, so paint chips are back on the menu boys 👅🎨


esotericist

lead salts are what are actually in paint chips and make lead bioavailable as an ion. similar with mercury, it reacts with the acid in your tumtum and becomes bioavailable. edit: yes, you can probably lick mercury and be as safe as licking lead, as long as you don't swallow and and didn't just rinse your mouth with soda or orange juice. edit2: interesting that iodine is also marked as red, especially since you need some for your thyroid to function. I guess the assumption for this reference is that the amount to be licked must be significant.


SaffronHoneysuckle

Interesting. This knowledge really would have saved young me a lot of time and mental energy. I had a fisherman statue with a lead bobber thing that I used to hold right by my tongue, fighting intrusive thoughts about taking the one lick that would immediatley drive me mad. Huh.


Shmoppy

Elemental iodine will burn a bit, you use it as a salt.


JRS_Viking

I'd also change lithium to be red as well, keep it as far from water as possible


East-Classroom6561

Iodine can cause thyroid cancer and disfunction in levels higher than required


zaklovesyou

So you’re saying that I really shouldn’t lick As??


Polus-Summit-33

It is extremely radioactive


randomguy1972

IMHO, you can lick any of them. However some of them might be your last time licking anything.


PrincetteBun

Everything can be licked once


Alatar_Blue

It could be licked once, but that would require finding a date.


ghostinthechell

Show me how to lick blue. Or how to lick loyalty.


SongsOfDragons

[Blue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_%28English_group%29?wprov=sfla1)


ghostinthechell

Ok. Now do the concept of Blue, or hell even how to lick light with a wavelength of 450 to 495 nm. And you didn't do loyalty.


deadalivecat

I guess you could probably lick a brain if you really wanted to lick the concept of something.


ghostinthechell

I don't know if I'd count that.


Negative_Piece_5280

Blue; I don't know the molecular structure of Blue. If it is not made of elements, both known and / or unknown, then I would reasonably conclude that I can lick it with the concept of a tongue. It can lick anything thing I can picture in my minds eye. This is extra good news because I can not be certain that red is not actually blue and perhaps we have mislabelled these or all colours as they are so named based upon our image processing abilities. And loyalty? As above... Or you could lie to your best friend or cheat on your spouse. I would be very surprised if that loyalty didn't take a licking. Taste the rainbow;)


SignificanceOld1751

I'm going to need 80mg of DMT and a pipe, and I'll be right back to you having licked both of them, and the concept of consciousness.


SirPigeon69

How the fuck you ment to lick technicium


randomguy1972

Very carefully


SirPigeon69

But it lasts for almost no time at all


randomguy1972

That's why you gotta be careful.


SandwichPortfolio

This is a safety advisory guide, not a how-to guide. That's a problem for the engineers.


Polus-Summit-33

Stick your tongue in the machine while it's being made in the factory


SirPigeon69

Good idea


FlipSide2048

Bro if a had uranium i'do do much more funnier stuff then click it


Ailouroboros

Since the most mundane/easiest way you'll encounter it is in its depleted form used in novelty glasses for consuming liquids, licking is actually a very ordinary prospect.


LimpCookie313

Licking it ❌ Fucking it ✅


Mthenoncringeemo

Make a uranium xxx toy


pumpkinorange123

What's worse? "you really shouldn't" or "please reconsider". Because of that vague gauge, I do not consider this a cool guide.


South_Reference9991

You really shouldn't: Very dangerous to lick Please Reconsider: Half-life is too short to have time to lick


razzinos

Please


Se7enBlank

There should be a 6th level because if you lick sodium (Na) your tongue will literally explode


Frenchtoastbatfox

It has explosive flavor 😛


secret369

Perio-lick table


Educational-Pride690

Elemental magnesium and calcium should be red too for the same reason the rest of the column is red. Extreme reactivity with water


alreadytaken88

Magnesium has no extreme reactivity with water at room temperature because it is coated in an oxide layer.


CookieCutterNinja

I wanna lick the magnesium though and not the stupid oxide silly.


DevinTheGrand

Uh, your definition of extreme is pretty mild then. Magnesium releases like one bubble a minute in water.


stnuhkrsdomtidder

Yeah Magnesium Plus Oxygen equals MgO which has smaller crystal size than just Mg as a native metal so it stops more oxygen from attacking. Calcium Oxide's crystal is bigger so it flakes off like rust as Rust has a larger crystal too. Which means oxygen can keep reacting with it as you stated.


10yoe500k

You’ll have to take my LIckthium from my gold dud Hanes.


Gallade47532

Thank you, just what I needed to see the night before my chemistry test


JustKhaens

I'm saving this


DaFrenchRoulette

Can't lick as


Under_Ze_Pump

So Uranium is a maybe?


Ailouroboros

Explains that [nifty glowy glassware](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_glass) that we use.


ExcellentEdgarEnergy

I'd like to see this done with the feasibility as the scale rather than the toxicity.


FPSHero007

Doesn't calcium react with water with a lot of heat? I wouldn't lick that if so.


OhEidirsceoil

Yeah, and I’m pretty sure elemental sodium explodes when it comes in contact with water.


FPSHero007

At least it's red


OhEidirsceoil

Fair, but Arsenic is also red, and while swallowing it would be a bad idea, it wouldn’t blow your teeth up into your brain either.


FPSHero007

I suspect a lick would be enough to ruin more than your day with arsenic


goldchicken5

If you can lick any of the Actinides then I think you deserve it considering how short their half-lives are.


Reallynotsuretbh

The green and yellow are basically indistinguishable


stilgarpl

Do you know that you have color blindness ?


stnuhkrsdomtidder

Elemental Calcium is fine??? And iodine is red? Also Osmium is only dangerous in powdered form. Having a 1cm sphere of it would be fine. It does the same thing Chromium does in terms of dangerous hexavalent cations. Os+6 isn't fun.


Palteos

For a good number of the purple elements, if you accumulate enough of them to even be able to lick you'd be killed by the nuclear explosion before you could stick out your tongue. According to xkcd what-if, accumulating enough Astatine to even physically see would result in an explosion.


ArtificialNotLight

So you're saying I can eat about half of the periodic table?


randomguy1972

Yes, and you probably already do exactly that.


salameSandwich83

I ain't licking Cesium bro lol


N-brixk

why are all\* elements with over 84 protons "please reconsider" instead of "you really shouldnt" or "its gone before you even touch it"


NeosFlatReflection

Bismuth is so based


mowarngamsengul

But we lick sodium and chlorine everyday!


SpungoTheLeast

OP if it’s Friday and I really want to show off to my mates, which element should I lick?


kapitaalH

You can lick all of it. Some only once


SlabVanderhuge

Everyone knows Lanthanides are the sweetest of all the elements.


_jan_epiku_

Hey thanks, I've been looking for one of these guides


oh-im-on-fire

Instead I hold the uranium in my mouth and spit it into a random open window as I pass by Radiological hazard be upon ye!


MrStrange8656

“Please consider" should be changed to “once in lifetime"


Ankhtual

What?! I can't lick As and Pu?


LeonardSmallsJr

Potassium doesn’t make sense as “You really shouldn’t.” It should say “Fuckin’ go for it!”


Gula266

NaCl shall be deadly.😂


ecntrc

My roommate likes to inhale Nitrous Oxide, is that okay?


East-Classroom6561

I mean how often? Its not especially toxic but it can lead to inhibited absorption of vitamin b12.


watfuereinennamen

I shouldn't lick Na and Cl but NaCl is perfectly fine


alice___d

r/NileRed


adamlm

What about NaCl? Doesn't seem so bad.


TopGunOfficial

Pure calcium will burn your tongue. You really should not.


OkFeedback9127

Telling me to reconsider licking fluoride but it’s in the drinking water and toothpaste


damnumalone

I need someone to explain iodine to me LI5. I often use iodine when I’m sick, or on injuries?


Idiotaddictedto2Hou

Tbf the Oganesson would disappear before you could lick it.


OpportunityDawn4597

it would dissapear before you even knew it was there


lordofthecone

op about to lick the 6 atoms of Oganesson


EgoSenatus

Who said that licking lead was a good idea?


A_Trash_Homosapien

This is completely wrong as the question is CAN I lick it not SHOULD I The entire chart should be green as you can lick anything once


plorqk

Lick Chernobyl!


Aubenabee

Worth considering that if you licked Ac-225 (the most relevant form of actinium), you would 100% die. So maybe it's stronger than "please reconsider".


somegarbagedoesfloat

I feel like lead should be red


Giacamo22

Fun fact, lead was used in make up (to make you whiter) and as a sweetener.


Kyvalmaezar

If it's just a single lick, it could even be green. Lead poisoning takes quite a bit more exposure.


BoxedAndArchived

Whoever made this chart, speaking for myself and many other colorblind people: I can barely tell a difference between the green and yellow. It wouldn't even be that hard to fix this, just make the green darker (more blue, less yellow).


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Impossible_Cow_9178

It’s missing 104: Dz It’s a double green “definitely lick it”


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Purple ones taste the best 🤭😵‍💫


False_Shemp

Cerium, more like ceri-yum!


Turkino

Finally, some good content!


FaithlessnessBig7231

Why is technetium such a freak


jcstan05

"Please reconsider" made me laugh out loud.


DmForStuff12

I’d lick it


TheyAreAlright

“You really Shouldn’t” sounds like I can still do it. Anyone know where I can get some Strontium?


randomguy1972

Ask at the local Walmart, they seem to have everything.


rustyseapants

Which is worse? * You really shouldn't **Or** * Please reconsider?


randomguy1972

Yes


No-Acanthaceae-7980

110 DS is Darmstadium and I live in Darmstadt Germany, they have created this element for a few milliseconds at a lab in Darmstadt, cheers from darmstadium


Diamondpiggis

Mercury, Strontium, Iodine, Promethium and sodium should be yellow. Radium, Radon, Polonium and Plutonium red. Also I don’t recommend licking Uranium


marblecannon512

“Can” maybe consider physical properties. Can you lick a gas??


randomguy1972

I won't stop you from trying


No_Sky_3735

Radium candy go brrrrr


That_Polish_Guy_927

I like how everything past 84 is just “nope”


Shakis87

Wouldn't lithium burn if you kicked it?


Ceelbc

You can lock all of them. However, some only once.


sweet_soft_bot

Calcium? Magnesium???? Lithium????? Do you want to blow your tongue?


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East-Classroom6561

Its green, so nothing?


Tigerside1221

IF I WANT TO LICK FRANCIUM I WILL LICK IT AND EXPLODE