Reddit hasn't had a quality shower thought like this on the front page in years. Well done fediverse.
Showerthoughts
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.
Rules
- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- Avoid politics (NEW RULE as of 5 Nov 2024, trying it out)
- Posts must be original/unique
- Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct
Any time I tried to post a shower thought on Reddit it was deleted because it either was posted previously (at any point in time, even if it was years ago) or was posted somewhere else online, not just Reddit, also at any point in time.
Nuts.
I've seen a few great ones lately, but I've also been seeing a ton from people who don't understand the concept very well. Things like "it's not nice to be mean to people" or "there are more countries in Asia than China, Japan, and South Korea." I can't really say much as I haven't posted anything myself, but c'mon people!
I might actually have to subscribe. I'm so used to avoiding the "default subs"
For what it's worth, half of them are essentially 'water is wet'. Although as far as thoughts in the shower go, I guess that's fairly reasonable.
I guess that makes water Hydrogen rust...
More like hydrogen ash
Water is also hydrogen and oxygen floating around in a sea where they are constantly switching partners. An orgy if you will.
That's why you're called a seaman when you go out floating in the ocean.
So, I'm no chemist, but if H2O is already oxidized, what do you call it when you make hydrogen peroxide - H2O2?
You call that an unstable compound that doesn’t want to exist. Hydrogen peroxide is constantly looking for an excuse to decompose back into water. Making it is like rolling a barrel uphill. As soon as you let go, the barrel will roll back down to the bottom of the valley.
Super oxidized?
The oxygen atom in a water molecule has an oxidation number of -2 (which is as reduced as it can get in common compounds you’re likely to find, and it has no reason to react further). In hydrogen peroxide, the oxygen atoms have an oxidation number of -1, so not quite as reduced as oxygen would rather be (which is why H2O2 is gonna oxidize whatever is around it. Those oxygen atoms are gonna get those sweet, sweet electrons one way or the other by god!)
The hydrogen atoms are identical between H2O and H2O2; that’s not where the magic happens, so to speak.
DiHydrogen Dioxide?
Next time it snows, remember: you're being gently coated in stellar ash.
I like this one. ⛷️
Golden shower, twice removed.
Did you try to burn the water while showering?
Reminds me of a joke me and my freinds made about a hipster restaurant that sells "deconstructed water" that's just a balloon filled with hydrogen and a match.
Entropy's a bitch.
So what would you call it when you combust water by exposing it to burning metals like magnesium?