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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

I'm no chemist but - can you lick a gas?

Edit: pick

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Define "lick".

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (3 children)

If you lick anything at minus 200, you're going to have a bad time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

That was my schoolmate...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Guess I'm built different then

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Your tongue is definitely gonna stick to it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Same concern. It's even arguable you can only lick solids (and lap liquids). This would make hydrogen a Must Not Lick, for example, if we could only consider solid forms.