4d ago

it's making the frickin frogs gay

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It blows my mind that anyone thinks that dihydrogen monoxide thing is funny. I’m against chemophobia or whatever it’s called, but the dumber person plays the trick.
Edit: this subreddit apparently has the combined intellectual capacity of one MAGA Republican’s left pinky.
- It's not meant to genuinely trick people into thinking that water is bad, that's obviously ridiculous even for the dumbest of people.
  It's meant to be explained afterwards for those who got genuinely caught. Experiencing a fear of some dangerous chemical only to discover it's simply water is an illustrative example of how people misunderstand chemistry and chemical industry, and for some it might be eye-opening.
  
  I don’t understand why idiots cannot admit that this is supposed to be an amusing exercise. It always has been and it has always been about superiority. Unearned superiority by worthless STEMbag dumbfucks who should be strapped into a rocket and fired directly into the sun.
  Tricking your moral and intellectual superiors into thinking that a scary chemical is out there just to then reveal that it’s actually water is intellectual idiocy of the highest order. If bottom of the barrel worthless dumbfucks want to combat chemophobia, all you have to do is engage in education.
  
  Let me be clear: I myself am not a big fan of "mock people and then pretend it's about teaching them". This is just being a scumbag.
  But this is not meant to be that, or if it's used by someone in this capacity, it's a very poor laughing matter indeed.
  It is good, however, as a conversation starter to bridge the gap. Meant not as mockery, but as an illustrative example to explain how we shouldn't be afraid of "scary words chemists say".
- Very intelligent people can like childish fart jokes and dad jokes. It has nothing to do with their intelligence; people just have opinions on humor. I don't like scatological jokes, but I don't try to define someone's intelligence with it. That would be extremely stupid, as they are not related.
  
  If the “humor” is derived from condescension and superiority, which it clearly is here, then I evaluate it as low intelligence. I couldn’t care less if anyone agrees with me about that, but it is directly related because stupidity is a choice and based on how you treat others. The type of person who is amused by tricking their intellectual superiors is a bottom of the barrel worthless dumbfuck masquerading as an intelligent person.
  
  Eh, that's your view of it. I first came across this joke in high school, with our chemistry teacher. He didn't do it to feel superior; if he wanted to do that he could humiliate us in different ways. He used it as a teaching opportunity to show how a slight exaggeration on true facts and a complicated sounding word could confuse people.
  He probably also did it to show us why learning some chemistry nomenclature could help us out. He was a fun teacher that loved showing us the joy of science, not a condescending asshole.
  You seem to think we all enjoy tricking people, but there are several comments here explaining the joke for people who don't get it. If they weren't here, I or someone else would have. Not everyone who has a little fun with something someone doesn't know yet does it maliciously.
  The whole 1 in 10000 xkcd thing is something I love, and whenever my fellow IT people get angry that some client doesn't know something we find obvious, I counter that there's tons of law, fashion, medical etc stuff we dint know but our clients are experts at.
- It's not supposed to be funny.
  
  Yes it is and you know it is. The downvotes prove it. Only worthless pieces of dogshit think that trickery nonsense is amusing.
  
  Do you really need someone to explain this to you?
  Only worthless pieces of dogshit think that trickery nonsense is amusing.
  Because it's not meant to be amusing. But also, goddamn dude take a step back lol...
  Anyway, it's meant as an attempt to get through to ignorant people who genuinely believe that chemical = bad.
  
  You can continue to pretend that this isn’t designed to amuse worthless pieces of shit who think that their moral and intellectual superiors are dumb for not recognizing chemical names, but it is a fact. It absolutely is meant to be amusing, because the alternative is being straightforward and advocating against chemophobia. Y’all sound like worthless whining reddit brained dumbfucks with dihydrogen monoxide. Pathetic, weak.
  
  I find it extremely amusing (and intriguing) that you're commenting so passionately about something so inconsequential.
  It is a bit strange though. SUPER vitriolic. Like you fell for it as a child and were ruthlessly bullied for it or something.
  Also, that shit existed long before reddit. It was used by one of my middle school teachers in the 90s to demonstrate how propaganda can work (along with the other thing). Seemed to work pretty well on the less science-minded kids. That's a win for me.
  
  It does not surprise me in the slightest that you are incapable of understanding my comments. You’re a run-of-the-mill reddit level intellect, and you all read from the same playbook and make the same comments to me. Always the same two or three things: you’re upset, you're young, this is personal. It does get tedious, but I enjoy talking shit to stupid people, so I thank you for the opportunity.
  Speaking of which, that is what I am doing—talking shit. I’m not angry or upset or animated or anything. Vitriolic, yes; passionate, not even close to overdose. When a bottom of the barrel has zero intellectual curiosity and refuses to engage with its superior in a reasonable manner, I hurl the good stuff at you. I’m glad you find it amusing and intriguing.
  Furtherless, this is not inconsequential. It’s representative of the false STEM superiority that pervades and diminishes decent people’s lives. y = mx + b, I’m a fucking genius. As I already said, there is absolutely no question that this stupid meme is intended to be funny. It’s turning the frogs gay? Yeah, just a straightforward presentation of facts. Sure, son.
  Unlike you, I never heard of this when I was a kid. It wasn’t until long after I took chemistry in high school and college that I ever even heard of it. But that’s meaningless. What bothers me is unearned superiority, not personal grievance. The way to combat chemophobia is to explain chemicals to people and implement programs of intellectual self defense, not to mock them for falling for idiotic trickery.

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