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embodymentofgattaca
Either it is very hot or just like orange gummies
GSH116
Its probably artificial banana flavored. Which would just make the slow agonizing death suck just a little bit more.
BonkyMcBonkface
It's so poisonous...
CadetBonespurs
I've tried it, it's watermelon flavour. Delish !
sonnuvah
On the one hand you'd be disappointed in the taste but on the other, you wouldn't be disappointed for very long.
ijustmadeanaccounttoargue
Not it.
senseicombs
Mercury tastes great but its a heavy meal, so its stands to reason plutonium would be a radiantly lighter meal with a sparkling flavor.
vVvVvV3
Look a bit like creme brulee
MAN9000
It's clean, safe energy.
Ironbunny
reactors dont run on plutonium. I mean uranium isnt a fluffy bunny, but it beats plutonium. also coal produces more environmental radiation.
volunteervancouver
BaronZemoDisco
Forbidden Flan
AlpacaMyBagsAndGoNow
Spicy Jello cups
MachinimaMachinima
Isn't all plutonium created on the spot, like none of it actually exists naturally because of its incredible energy imbalance?
MachinimaMachinima
I remember scientists were hunting new elements in the late 30s and the first one they fabricated was plutonium, my intuition says they did
MachinimaMachinima
not have it on record yet because it isn't stable enough to be found naturally?
bleggs
I would imagine it tastes like blood in your mouth
spooktree
now i want candy orange slices, thanks
Badprenup
I prefer the cherry slices
toolofthecentury
The forbidden orange slices
mt77932
https://www.amazon.com/Fruit-Slices-Candy-Orange-5LB/dp/B003XFO3DY
spooktree
YES exactly
ItSeemsYouHaveSufferedaTerribleFate
I get weird cravings for these then actually have them and end up with a package of uneaten orange slices. Sugar is one helluva drug.
depressedscientist
Some heavy metals have a “sweet” taste, like lead, so it’s possible plutonium does taste good, though it will poison you
ITellBadPuns
The forbidden flan...
ginjuri
It could also cause your cellular structure to totally and irreparably break down. Oh wait it does.
Unknownium
Aside from the obvious danger, it's toxic as all get out. Stuff would kill you chemically first. Radiation just makes it more painful.
copingcabana
Eating plutonium is a once in a lifetime experience
Sargonas
Indeed.. it's like the old expression: "Everything is edible... *once*."
1philthy1
Tastes like death
kyzentun
Well, there was an early chemistry researcher that did taste many chemicals an record the results. You could be like him.
NZSheeps
*late chemistry researcher
Tokomek
Yeah but not from tasting things. He just recently died at the end of 2019.
Tokomek
That dude brought us aspartame.
HelpfulCorn
And consequently diet coke. My hero.
scuba7jb
I'm too lazy to Google it but there's 1 isotope that gets super hot like this, the other isotopes just get mildly warm
mmontour
238 is the glowing one. 239 for bombs and reactors. If there’s too much 240 mixed in then it’s only good for reactors.
CrisprCAS
Specifically, too much 240 makes attempts at bombs randomly fizzle. And by 'fizzle' I mean detonate. Not great for bombs.
petrolhead1987
Fo fizzle my bizzle
bellowdeepinahorpse
hold on, I have just the screwdriver for this
mmontour
A fizzle is after the high explosives are set off, not when it’s just sitting there. Low yield because chain reaction starts a bit too soon.
CrisprCAS
A fizzle is any detonation well below intended yield. Poorly designed bombs can fizzle without primary detonation.
RanOutofWit
Well, great for the bomb, not great for the guys trying to specify when to set it off.
camn333
Your FBI agent right now:
Kittynomnoms
Was doing the chapter on nuclear physics for a class and I had this thought. Probably on a list for some of the things I looked up.
DukeOfBadDecisions
Lol. FBI googles to see if I can afford car payments much less fund a breeder reactor.
morelikeconsham
It's very suspicious how little money you have. Almost as if you spent it on something.... suspicious.
nasukkin
Was this not taught to y'all in HS science classes?
RanOutofWit
Basics of fusion and fission, yeah. Specific isotopes and how to make triple stage nuclear weapons not so much.
MidoryMoon
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/w/welsome-plutonium.html?_r=1
bourbonandbaddecisions
Neat!
JustHereForTheMemes0321
What a rollecoaster. Thanks
scribetree
Excellent read. Thanks!
Katamoran
That was a pretty fascinating read. Thanks for posting that!
bilgetea
Fun fact: plutonium is of course very radioactive, which will kill you, but besides that is incredibly toxic on a chemical level.
ReginaKasteen
It's also prone to lighting on fire if pulverized.
Ringshadow
Anything that turns into lead will not be healthier for you before it's lead.
whatsisname
Similarly, most nuclear waste is also far more dangerous as an "ordinary" heavy-metal toxin than via its radioactivity.
WateryTartan
Well, you *could* lick it and may have a few minutes to describe the flavor before dying an extremely painful and grisly death.
Ringshadow
It's not THAT radioactive, generally. I work around the smaller versions of these. Your concerns here are thermal and toxins.
NZSheeps
"Mmmm... tastes like death."
AmbroseWolfinger
"Tastes like burning."
weidermeijer
“A one, a two, a three... [crunch] Three.”
FizzyBacon
Ringshadow
As radiation safety in a plutonium lab: please don't lick it. Mother of everything. Do not lick the forbidden candy.
PaulHurley
FirstAidPoetry
(Comments deleted since I didn’t want to attribute to spreading misinformation, thank you for the correction)
Corbenik42
Super dumb question: It's orange because it's hot, right? Or is it just orange? God I hope it's just orange. That'd be cool.
Ringshadow
Because it's hot. Depending on isotope it's either heating itself or coming off a forge. YMMV.
CaldariBob
What about licking your fingers, touching the plutonium, then licking your fingers again, like with book pages? That must be OK, right?
RanOutofWit
Taking a guess, licking those would be kind of like licking the car cigarette lighter but also getting cancer?
Ringshadow
Well, those are orange hot so uh, that's a poisonous third degree burn, bucko. Hope you like chelation therapy.
MisterLemons
It ain't glowing orange because it's stable and cool. That's radioactivity for you.
otherJeffsarefalseJeffs
If your tongue was wet enough the Liedenfrost effect might keep you from burning. Radiation poisoning will still get you.
clawshrimp
Cancer wouldn't even have time to get you before your head dissolved.
RanOutofWit
I mean rad sickness sure but it's not going to dissolve shit, it's plutonium not the sun.
talianagisan
Well judging by the colors those are hot due to decomposition probally due to being used for an RTG so you'd burn, normally.
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Ringshadow
Uh, my dude, I've held RTGs in my hands. "Liners" too. Not orange-hot level, but skin warm. They aren't THAT radioactive necessarily.
Ringshadow
Also I need you to understand the level of radiation to do that, acute, immediately. It's a farking LOT. LIKE HOLY SHIT.
Slugsie
There are so many calories in a gram of Plutonium that you would never need to eat again.
TheGokki
If you ate that, you very likely would never eat for the rest of your life, literally.
SmokyDoggg
yeah you'd probably never need to eat again in your short remaining life.
OBM1
stewartthehuman
I'll take my chances.
Iamyourcaptainnow
Did anyone ever eat plutonium? Do they die from overfeeding or radiation?
TacoFox
a lifetime supply
Endocrom
You could also say, you wouldn't have to eat for the rest of your life.
pobody
It’s a lifetime supply!
SoftKleenex
Just like gasoline
PiledriverWaltzer
Is that a challenge ?
shinagami091
If you could in fact survive the consumption of it, your body would discard the excess calories as waste and store some as fat
izme1000
Lifetime supply
Jaexyr
Time released calories
Silmarilcrown
Would you have to become inconceivably fat?
Ghost0fDawn
but how little of it would I have to eat to simply get my daily caloric intake?
madgordh
darkninja2992
Important information for anyone with a feederism kink
Sm9yCg
Coincidally...
Cruc1fyme
The second biggest reason to not eat plutonium
RoninOni
There could be zero calories on a a gram of plutonium and this would still be true
AMatureTwink
There's also enough calories in some poisonous mushrooms to last you the rest of your life
Onlypostsquestions
Nah that's a dumb conversion because calories are units of chemical energy our body can actually use, not from nuclear fission.
Onlypostsquestions
If we're using ALL energy, there's plenty of nuclear energy in regular, carbon-based foods. They're just less unstable than uranium.
Roaddog184
Unless your the flash, I'll bet that would easily get him to his absolute top limit of the speed force.
DorianHyde92
The science on this is surprisingly solid
jg03278888
If only my digestive system could handle this and cheese. Actually forget the plutonium
HUGHgReaction
Everything in moderation is ok…. Except for plutonium. Mercury also.
CathyGarrett
And since you'd glow in the dark, no more need for flashlights. Bonus!
GravyEducation
Psh I already got my vaccine, I have 5G, a flashlight in my eyeball, and my Switch sometimes tells me to purge the unworthy
SupermassiveZebra
*if you could digest it and had a body that did not rely on certain nutrients to function
solsactual
TheYoungerChrisEvans
I think the point is that it will kill you, and you'll never need to eat again.
MrStealUrMeme
Yes, but if you can digest it, how many calories would your body hold on to? Wouldn't you probably just pass most of those calories as waste
masterfisher
1/8 of a gram of plutonium would feed you for the rest of your life
Xedi22
I get roughly 700g per day would feed the humans on earth? Which puts the vastness of feeding our population in perspective.
Ghost0fDawn
So for a few atoms a day could I self sustain?
GiantFlyingLabia
A few hours if you’re lucky!
Ayecantread
Plenty of mushrooms do the same with far less calories. And they don't have to bury you in a lead coffin.
AntiProtonBoy
Bury you? Hahah, no, my friend. They’d slowly cremate you and refine your ashes to extract the plutonium.
PotatOSLament
Spare no expense.
SirSage
So I only get a cool lead coffin if I can afford to eat plutonium? This is some bullshit.
Tokomek
20,000,000,000 calories worth of energy. Or for Americans it would be 52,631,578 Mcdoubles.
CoolHandleLuke
So a Tuesday?
Xedi22
So about 30,000 years of life… or feed 11 million people for a day? Seems a much smaller amount of energy. We all “eat” ~700g of it /day?
AShartInTheWind
Thanks conversion bot...wait.
Pseudomenos
And how many washing machines is that?
nutmegonyourdoodle
About tree fiddy.
Molvanian
Thanks I was hoping I wouldn't have to do the conversion myself.
StealthCow
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS SERVED
GravyEducation
Okay now calculate that into medical bills. You know, not that I'd eat that many. But what if
jmartkdr
At least 3
HungryWampa
so... thats at least 3, right?
CrowBones4505
tasty
Katamoran
So an average American diet?
MellowJalapeno
Just depends what part of America the lower you go the worst it gets
chrisbgg
Unlikely mcDonald could fill that order, due to «labour shortage»
Sdougy
What about in full double cheeseburgers?
themikep
If only there were some way to harness this immense energy for some useful purpose
Tokomek
It works great for turning the ground into glass
purdhapley
Can I split it with chicken nuggets, or nah?
OverthoughtUnderedited
DO NOT SPLIT IT
DrunkSnoopy
Asking the important questions
Thunderchunks
Splitting plutonium would upgrade you to Extra Crispy.
AKElkKing
My hat to you, good Imgurian. I wish your comment to be seen by the many.
Woweeee
How is this not the top comment?!
Tokomek
Placement doomed him and someone else will tweak it to be top level on the next repost.
Siptro
It’s metal so I doubt it would taste like anything other than metal.
pizzapartyhard
No sir, that’s paper.
IAmTheEarlyEvening
It will probably taste like metal from a few hundred metres away
kristorial
Actually it'd start tasting kinda sour pretty quickly...
TheWatermill
Metal has zero taste. What you're tasting is 1-octen-3-one created by a reaction between metals and the fats/oils on your skin.
TheWatermill
Sauce: https://cen.acs.org/articles/84/web/2006/10/Mystery-Behind-Irons-Smells-Revealed.html
hammersquirrel
That’s two smells from two distinct chemical reactions. Saliva is also slightly corrosive and ionic. Metals absolutely have a taste
UWAGAGABLAGABLAGABA
Pretty sure it would taste like burning. They are very very hot.
ravnsulter
Fun fact: Metal does not taste anything.
johnnyboy1996
Fuckin coward
TexMexHex
Like Lamb of God? Or old school Metallica? We must know!
DazeHudson
You know the snare sound from St. Anger? Thats probably what this tastes like
BlueSheep
Do you taste metal ?
Strangedays2024
Different metals taste different. For lack of a better idea hit up a hardware store and compare nails, wire, and solder.
HillOfBeans
Please don’t lick the hardware.
DazeHudson
That's what i told ur mom last night lmao gottem
HillOfBeans
Was she going for your prosthetic leg? She likes that.
fugue042
Listen here, Buzz Killington. @op wants to taste the spicy forbidden chocolate orange, who are we to stand in the way of his dreams?
k5user
MY BODY MY CHOICE!
rexonasmuggler
Let it be known I will trade a FULL box of ritz for a plutonium bar
MrWookloaf
Full, you say?
Buhbasaur
Is there room to negotiate?
asanaustralianwhyareyourpostsupsidedown
I'm going to outbid @op here and offer a full box of Ritz and half of a French onion dip. The dip to biscuit ratio never works out.
IOftenWearClothing
Which metal tho? Not all metals taste the same. I'd say either copper or iron are the tastiest metals I've tried.
TemetNosce000
I prefer sodium personally.
HillOfBeans
I recommend chewing on a wad of aluminum foil for a burst of delicious metal flavor.
GreyKnightTemplar666
Magnesium is a pretty good top contender
Whatevyou
Bismuth is kinda ok, sometimes
apolloscrewedmeover
I'm mean tin is up there for me especially when licking the top of the can accidentally cutting your tongue
onlyhalfghost
"tin" cans have been made of steel or aluminum since the 40s.
Strangedays2024
Lead can taste sweet, not that you should consume a lot.
BillandTedsUnremarkableTripToCostCo
In ancient Rome the wealthy drank wine sweetened with lead. Tasty and acts as a preservative to boot!
ilhares
Wall candy!
TK421isAFK
Or, ya know...at all.
Strangedays2024
Idk I heard the guy that killed Hitler liked eating lead. Gotta be doing something right./s