Poll of the Day > I didn't realize calcium was a metal

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Mead 08/07/20 12:20:35 PM #1:	I guess I thought it was a stone like compound like I dunno talc or something turns out its actually the third most abundant metal on earth --- The Betrayer <cite>Mead posted [p:943104884] in I didn'... [t:78898140]...</cite> <quote>I guess I thought it was a stone like compound like I dunno talc or something turns out its actually the third most abundant metal on earth </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kind9 08/07/20 12:22:38 PM #2:	I'll be damned. --- https://imgur.com/NkZUeFd <cite>kind9 posted [p:943104960] in I didn'... [t:78898140]...</cite> <quote>I'll be damned. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FatalAccident 08/07/20 12:51:47 PM #3:	fake news yall --- walks away <cite>FatalAccident posted [p:943106031] in I didn'... [t:78898140]...</cite> <quote>fake news yall </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC 08/07/20 12:52:34 PM #4:	It was a trip to me in HS when I was learning the periodic table. I thought all metals had to look 'metallic', hard and shiny. Quickly found out that's not the case. ^_^ --- "Nature is metal and I'm not becoming a statistic." -- voldothegr8 <cite>DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC posted [p:943106055] in I didn'... [t:78898140]...</cite> <quote>It was a trip to me in HS when I was learning the periodic table. I thought all metals had to look 'metallic', hard and shiny. Quickly found out that's not the case. ^_^ </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 08/07/20 12:54:01 PM #5:	Mead posted... I guess I thought it was a stone like compound like I dunno talc or something I'd probably just classify it as a mineral, though that's complicated depending on what exactly you're talking about when you say calcium, and what you mean by the word mineral. Calcium falls into one of those weird categories, where the scientific classification doesn't really jibe with the (original) layman's word. Like how scientists will call things like tomatoes, corn, and pumpkins fruits (because of their biological structure), while most people will tell those scientists to fuck right off (because their use in cooking generally classifies them as vegetables). Calcium's a metal based on the scientific definition that's only existed for about 250 years, but it's not really a metal at all based on what everyone else on Earth have considered to be metals for the last 10,000 years. So it kind of feels like scientists should have come up with new terminology rather than misusing the terminology that already existed, and they have only themselves to blame for any ensuing confusion. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:943106105] in I didn'... [t:78898140]...</cite> <quote><cite>Mead posted...</cite> <quote>I guess I thought it was a stone like compound like I dunno talc or something</quote> I'd probably just classify it as a mineral, though that's complicated depending on what exactly you're talking about when you say calcium, and what you mean by the word mineral. Calcium falls into one of those weird categories, where the scientific classification doesn't really jibe with the (original) layman's word. Like how scientists will call things like tomatoes, corn, and pumpkins fruits (because of their biological structure), while most people will tell those scientists to fuck right off (because their use in cooking generally classifies them as vegetables). Calcium's a metal based on the scientific definition that's only existed for about 250 years, but it's not really a metal at all based on what everyone else on Earth have considered to be metals for the last 10,000 years. So it kind of feels like scientists should have come up with new terminology rather than misusing the terminology that already existed, and they have only themselves to blame for any ensuing confusion.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 08/07/20 1:43:13 PM #6:	I usually consider corn a grain --- The Betrayer <cite>Mead posted [p:943107889] in I didn'... [t:78898140]...</cite> <quote>I usually consider corn a grain </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
dedbus 08/07/20 1:45:24 PM #7:	It is the tomato of vegetables. <cite>dedbus posted [p:943107969] in I didn'... [t:78898140]...</cite> <quote>It is the tomato of vegetables. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Miroku_of_Nite1 08/07/20 2:24:41 PM #8:	It's a third grade level 'trick' question. What is the most common metal in the human body. Most will say iron, but its really calcium. --- https://imgtc.ws/i/UMJAz4P.jpg <cite>Miroku_of_Nite1 posted [p:943109460] in I didn'... [t:78898140]...</cite> <quote>It's a third grade level 'trick' question. What is the most common metal in the human body. Most will say iron, but its really calcium. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 08/07/20 2:48:01 PM #9:	Miroku_of_Nite1 posted... It's a third grade level 'trick' question. What is the most common metal in the human body. Most will say iron, but its really calcium. your epidermis is showing --- The Betrayer <cite>Mead posted [p:943110379] in I didn'... [t:78898140]...</cite> <quote>Miroku_of_Nite1 posted... </cite> <quote>It's a third grade level 'trick' question. What is the most common metal in the human body. Most will say iron, but its really calcium.</quote> your epidermis is showing </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
faramir77 08/07/20 2:51:31 PM #10:	My students are usually surprised by this, too. It's because we're used to thinking of calcium as being the white chalk that builds up on faucets. That's actually a compound, calcium hydroxide. Metals that form into compounds often lose their "metallic" characteristics. It's like how both hydrogen and oxygen are very flammable gases, but when together as a compound, they form water. Science is wack, yo. --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCtAUrZbUk -- Defeating the Running Man of Ocarina of Time in a race since 01/17/2009. -- <cite>faramir77 posted [p:943110526] in I didn'... [t:78898140]...</cite> <quote>My students are usually surprised by this, too. It's because we're used to thinking of calcium as being the white chalk that builds up on faucets. That's actually a compound, calcium hydroxide. Metals that form into compounds often lose their "metallic" characteristics. It's like how both hydrogen and oxygen are very flammable gases, but when together as a compound, they form water. Science is wack, yo. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Miroku_of_Nite1 08/07/20 4:52:27 PM #11:	Mead posted... your epidermis is showing That only matters for women in sharia law countries. --- https://imgtc.ws/i/UMJAz4P.jpg <cite>Miroku_of_Nite1 posted [p:943114601] in I didn'... [t:78898140]...</cite> <quote>Mead posted... </cite> <quote>your epidermis is showing</quote> That only matters for women in sharia law countries. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 08/07/20 5:02:06 PM #12:	Miroku_of_Nite1 posted... That only matters for women in sharia law countries. What a completely normal response --- The Betrayer <cite>Mead posted [p:943114926] in I didn'... [t:78898140]...</cite> <quote>Miroku_of_Nite1 posted... </cite> <quote>That only matters for women in sharia law countries.</quote> What a completely normal response </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WhiskeyDisk 08/07/20 5:05:45 PM #13:	Calcium is very metal. \m/ Just chuck some pure calcium into a tub of water and you'll see how metal calcium is. --- The SBA has closed for business, we thank you for your patronage Assassins. ~there's always free cheese in a mousetrap. <cite>WhiskeyDisk posted [p:943115044] in I didn'... [t:78898140]...</cite> <quote>Calcium is very metal. \m/ Just chuck some pure calcium into a tub of water and you'll see how metal calcium is. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 08/07/20 5:24:02 PM #14:	WhiskeyDisk posted... Calcium is very metal. \m/ Just chuck some pure calcium into a tub of water and you'll see how metal calcium is. I tried it, it just turned into milk --- The Betrayer <cite>Mead posted [p:943115682] in I didn'... [t:78898140]...</cite> <quote>WhiskeyDisk posted... </cite> <quote>Calcium is very metal. \m/ Just chuck some pure calcium into a tub of water and you'll see how metal calcium is.</quote> I tried it, it just turned into milk </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 08/07/20 8:13:49 PM #15:	faramir77 posted... It's like how both hydrogen and oxygen are very flammable gases, but when together as a compound, they form water. I always prefer pointing out that you can take a highly explosive metal that detonates on contact with water and a highly toxic lethal green gas that was one of the first chemical weapons used in WWI, smash them together, and then we use it as one of our most popular food seasonings. Humans are hardcore! --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:943121939] in I didn'... [t:78898140]...</cite> <quote><cite>faramir77 posted...</cite> <quote>It's like how both hydrogen and oxygen are very flammable gases, but when together as a compound, they form water. </quote> I always prefer pointing out that you can take a highly explosive metal that detonates on contact with water and a highly toxic lethal green gas that was one of the first chemical weapons used in WWI, smash them together, and then we use it as one of our most popular food seasonings. Humans are hardcore!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 08/07/20 8:58:17 PM #16:	What even makes things react to each other whats in it for them --- The Betrayer <cite>Mead posted [p:943123743] in I didn'... [t:78898140]...</cite> <quote>What even makes things react to each other whats in it for them </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 08/08/20 11:17:23 AM #17:	Mead posted... What even makes things react to each other whats in it for them A desperate search for fulfillment. Just like humans. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:943141421] in I didn'... [t:78898140]...</cite> <quote><cite>Mead posted...</cite> <quote>What even makes things react to each other whats in it for them</quote> A desperate search for fulfillment. Just like humans.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ScritchOwl 08/08/20 12:01:43 PM #18:	Mead posted... What even makes things react to each other whats in it for them How wold you like it if a neighbor kicked a hole in your wall and plugged an extension cord in to power their house. You cant be stealling another atoms electrons --- I rather go skinny dipping with a voltorb. <cite>ScritchOwl posted [p:943142714] in I didn'... [t:78898140]...</cite> <quote>Mead posted... </cite> <quote>What even makes things react to each other whats in it for them</quote>How wold you like it if a neighbor kicked a hole in your wall and plugged an extension cord in to power their house. You cant be stealling another atoms electrons </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ogurisama 08/08/20 12:13:31 PM #19:	Mead posted... What a completely normal response Dont you mean cromulent? --- http://cdn-android.apptap.com/img/870/mobi.colortrilogy.bitlink/267135850.png https://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/10/5/uv4r7nGyrE6ylt2lHGWpiQ2.gif <cite>Ogurisama posted [p:943143068] in I didn'... [t:78898140]...</cite> <quote>Mead posted... </cite> <quote>What a completely normal response</quote>Dont you mean cromulent? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
OniRonin 08/08/20 12:23:14 PM #20:	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calcium_unter_Argon_Schutzgasatmosph%C3%A4re.jpg --- god is dumb. she/her #NotAllGamers #YesAllLandlods <cite>OniRonin posted [p:943143387] in I didn'... [t:78898140]...</cite> <quote>https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calcium_unter_Argon_Schutzgasatmosph%C3%A4re.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 08/08/20 1:05:25 PM #21:	Ogurisama posted... Dont you mean cromulent? Youve embiggened my horizons --- The Betrayer <cite>Mead posted [p:943144667] in I didn'... [t:78898140]...</cite> <quote>Ogurisama posted... </cite> <quote>Dont you mean cromulent?</quote> Youve embiggened my horizons </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
blackhrt 08/09/20 10:12:38 PM #22:	Mead posted... I guess I thought it was a stone like compound like I dunno talc or something turns out its actually the third most abundant metal on earth It happens. im pretty sure some people kinda had some confusion at some point with nitroglycerin... :P --- "I live my life 3 videogames at a time. Nothing else matters. Not the mortgage, not my clan and their BS. For those 3 games or less, I'm free." <cite>blackhrt posted [p:943197920] in I didn'... [t:78898140]...</cite> <quote>Mead posted... </cite> <quote>I guess I thought it was a stone like compound like I dunno talc or something turns out its actually the third most abundant metal on earth</quote> It happens. im pretty sure some people kinda had some confusion at some point with nitroglycerin... :P </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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