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Droplet of mercury (i.imgur.com)

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[–]noatm 85 points86 points ago

When I was younger, I used to break open thermometers in my teeth and pour the mercury out of it the thermometer and play with it in the floor. It was so cool. I didn't know it was dangerous back then.

[–]CardboardHeatshield 15 points16 points ago

My grandma used to have these mercury mazes. They were totally encased, and you had to try to get the whole, complete drop from point A to point B without letting it break into smaller droplets. They were infuriating.... You would ALMOST have it, and then you'd hit the edge of a divider head on, and "Boop!" two drops. Then you'd shake it in anger, and then it broke into a billion tiny little drops, and then you had to go around and re-collect them. It was a vicious cycle.

[–]redditor-for-2-hours 2 points3 points ago

That seems like a pretty fun game...and also seems possible to have this game made in flash. Where are the flash game programmers on reddit? Make it happen!

[–]fuzz_le_man 72 points73 points ago

Interesting tidbit: elemental mercury aka quick silver isn't really all that harmful to humans unless it is inhaled (don't try to vacuum it!) or swallowed, which is unlikely considering how heavy it is. In fact if swallowed in its elemental form the body would be likely to pass it without absorbing it. Mercury is much more dangerous in molecular salt form. It's salts are often soluble in fat and as we know can wreak havoc on the human body in large quantities.

edit: Credit to ExcuseMyFLATULENCE for the video below pointing out that elemental mercury is volatile and its vapors are poisonous. dan2737 for reeking havoc on my grammar. I hope no one thinks that I'm trying to condone the act of playing with mercury. Don't do it! And stop eating so much Tuna!

[–]ExcuseMyFLATULENCE 44 points45 points ago

Interesting tidbit: elemental mercury aka quick silver isn't really all that harmful to humans unless it is inhaled (don't try to vacuum it!) or swallowed, which is unlikely considering how heavy it is.

This might surprise you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpZF88fqrl8

TL;DW: Mercury is very dangerous and evaporates.

[–]googlegoog 23 points24 points ago

Fun fact:

Louis Daguerre, inventor of the Daguerretype(one of the earliest forms of photographs) accidentally broke a thermometer inside a cabinet with one of the photographic plates and the vapor from the mercury "fixed" the image. Prior to this the images would eventually "fade" away.

[–]narancs 7 points8 points ago

Similar video about "silver" fillings - which the American Dental Association repeatedly claimed as super-safe. Imagine hundreds of millions of people having these in their mouths... this certainly ranks high among the biggest fuckups in the history of humanity.

[–]wilywampa -1 points0 points ago

Skeptoid debunked that video. There's still a possibility that there's a slight danger, but ranking it "among the biggest fuckups in the history of humanity" is absurd hyperbole.

[–]Enex 2 points3 points ago

Seems someone debunked the debunk.

A couple of points here. Yes, mercury vapor is much heavier than air, but at low concentrations it becomes entrained into the rising airstream and follows it. For a really sad example of this, watch how folks in the Amazon jungle "boil off" the many grams(!) of Hg in mercury gold amalgam over open fires to yield the gold sponge - the toxic "smoke" still rises. Also, each heavy metal has a biological half-life. Mercury is no exception. So yes, you are correct that the health damage from mercury does not disappear overnight, but the mercury concentration will gradually subside as it is slowly excreted from the body. Sadly, the damage is often permanent. Nowadays, DMSA is the preferred chelating agent for divalent metal poisoning, even in kids. It's much safer than EDTA, and you self-medicators out there can purchase it OTC under a couple of trade names. Also, the route of administration matters. The main risk from dental amalgam is not ingestion or absorption, but rather inhalation! Surprisingly the bioavailability of inhaled mercury vapor can exceed 80%, which is much higher than that for ingested lead paint (~10%), for example. For ingested elemental mercury however, it is extremely low. Now even assuming inhalation is the dominant exposure mechanism, if the amalgam filling is covered by saliva, then the (normally low) sublimation rate is reduced even further. So while I agree with your premise and conclusions, I just wanted to fine-tune some of the details.

Andy Siegel, Lexington, MA May 02, 2011 11:34am

I'm not sure which side is right, but I definitely don't want mercury in my mouth.

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    [–]premiyum 0 points1 point ago

    Wow, I had a bunch of these fillings when I was a kid... and actually I still have one in my mouth now o_o

    [–]Wayfarer21 2 points3 points ago

    I've gone over it a lot with my dentist. He says there's nothing to worry about. Yet, he doesn't use them.

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      [–]ChiefSittingBear 0 points1 point ago

      How do I know if I have these?

      [–]Pisby -1 points0 points ago

      Why the he'll isn't that scientists wearing gloves?

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        [–]fuzz_le_man 1 point2 points ago

        Cool video, but I'm at work so I can't watch it with sound. I'll def check it out when I get home. I didn't think Elemental mercury created vapors at room temperature!

        [–]GDMFusername 1 point2 points ago

        What form is it in when it's used in fluorescent light bulbs?

        [–]irving47 18 points19 points ago

        Vapor. Don't breathe it. Open the window and let things air out for a few minutes.. Not a huge deal.

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          [–]dan2737 1 point2 points ago

          Wreak havoc*.

          [–]fuzz_le_man 0 points1 point ago

          haha aw man I knew something looked weird when I typed that.

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            [–]comooo 6 points7 points ago

            When I was younger my dentist used to give me and my brothers some mercury to play with while we waited for our turn. It was definitely fun and like you we had no idea it was dangerous, apparently neither did she.

            [–]irving47 1 point2 points ago

            See above. If it was elemental mercury, it was more or less inert. Not as dangerous as most people think.

            [–]paul3720 4 points5 points ago

            Except for all the mercury vapors you inhale...

            [–]flaflashr 0 points1 point ago

            Same here. And if you rubbed it on a dime, it would become super shiny for an hour or so -- then it became super dull (collected dirt?)

            [–]Akkarrin 4 points5 points ago

            If you ever end up breaking an entire box of mercury thermometers. Put sulphur on it. Means it won't get in your lungs. My useful fact for the day.

            [–]redlollipop 3 points4 points ago

            where do I get sulfur from?

            [–]Wayfarer21 1 point2 points ago

            Nice try, mad scientist.

            [–]greenyellowbird 5 points6 points ago

            Those were the days. My dad told me a story of how he had an entire jar that he was allowed to play with.

            Between that and those x-ray machines in shoe stores that measured your feet inside shoes, is probably why we have a really sick elderly population.

            Just Debbie Downer-ered myself....and it wasn't fun.

            [–]AnAppleSnail 2 points3 points ago

            Do you want a jar of mercury? If you're near NC/VA US, you're in luck. I can't ship it.

            [–]greenyellowbird 4 points5 points ago

            Actually...I live in NJ and something like that would be a GREAT Christmas present for my dad. It would go great next to his piece of uranium ore (he is a strange dude).

            I'll PM you my contact info.

            [–]waitthissucks 2 points3 points ago

            I live in Chesapeake. I want mercury.

            [–]blueblueshinyball 9 points10 points ago

            It does look fun to play with =\

            [–]isobane 24 points25 points ago

            It is fun to play with.

            [–]newtype2099 14 points15 points ago

            In my lab our old thermometer broke, and we ccollected all the droplets (via nitrile gloves and a needle syringe) into a urine cup (unused, obviously), and we just kept rolling the cup around to look at it. Shake it into a bunch of tiny beads as they all roll back into a single mass....

            [–]circe842 5 points6 points ago

            This happened in our old lab too. We thought I had broken a necklace and tried collecting the beads with our hands for a good 15 minutes, then we stopped and were like 'ooohhhh...we're all idiots'.

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              [–]huggableplum 4 points5 points ago

              I had an awesome chem teacher that let all the kids who were acing the class sit around and play with mercury while he did a catch-up lesson for the rest of the class. We had gloves on, but it was still really cool. Floating coins and such on the mercury

              [–]pandamajik 12 points13 points ago

              They used to think it would give you everlasting life. You know, until you died from mercury poisoning. Oops.

              [–]AintGettinDatKarma 14 points15 points ago

              It's a quality of life thing.

              Is a long healthy life even worth living when it means never playing with mercury?

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                [–]A_Wild_Missingno 4 points5 points ago

                just another thing the baby boomer's generation got to play with and then banned it for everybody else

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                  [–]Wsntme 0 points1 point ago

                  When I was younger, I had a mercury globlet in a maze. When it broke I kept the mercury in something and put it I my box of keepsakes - went back sometime later- my coins , my gold, all we're destroyed - so I probably tossed it all in the trash -

                  [–]EllKayBee 1 point2 points ago

                  And when I was in school we actually got to play with it in chemistry class :) It was very cool and obviously I survived LoL

                  [–]BrCaMu 0 points1 point ago

                  ...Frank? You're ALIVE!!!

                  cries

                  [–]ilovetpb 0 points1 point ago

                  I have always been soooo saddened that mercury is so toxic, because I'd love to play with it. I'm actually kinda sad that I learned it was toxic and that just being in the same room with it exposed you to toxic vapors, or I would have had a chance to play with it, at the measly cost of, what, 20 years of my life?

                  [–]static-shock-in-blue 0 points1 point ago

                  I did the exact same thing on a terazzo floor and loved watching how it beaded together or separate, too young and dumb to know what exactly I was playing with.

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                    [–]richiewww 138 points139 points ago

                    Scumbag earth - makes awesome element, ensures it's toxic.

                    [–]wewd 68 points69 points ago

                    Get yourself some gallium. All of the fun, none of the horrific toxicity.

                    [–]notanon 15 points16 points ago

                    But it's sticky as fuck.

                    [–]wewd 15 points16 points ago

                    True, but at least gallium is safe to handle, unlike mercury. Galinstan (alloy of gallium-indium-tin) may have better handling properties but it's a lot more expensive. Galinstan sells for $4 per gram as opposed to $1 for gallium.

                    [–]fiftypoundsofair 56 points57 points ago

                    I never pay more than $2 per gram for Galinstan, I got a guy.

                    [–]Ruirize 1 point2 points ago

                    Is he in Khemisghan?

                    [–]Henipah 18 points19 points ago

                    Hey, mercury is fairly safe to handle, as long as you don't breathe any in.

                    Edit: Although stay the hell away from dimethylmercury, that shit will kill you.

                    [–]SureSignOfAGoodRhyme 22 points23 points ago

                    That phrase would look good on a gravestone

                    [–]twinbee 5 points6 points ago

                    Galinstan sticks as well apparently:

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdwfm33tPwE

                    And the surface tension isn't as high as mercury. Both galinstan and gallium are fake replacements for mercury sadly. I wonder if there's an ultra-expensive liquid which behaves like mercury and is non-toxic.

                    [–]wewd 1 point2 points ago

                    Too bad about that. I've never used galinstan personally but I would like to make some if I ever get some pure indium and tin, since I have quite a bit of pure gallium (a little less than 50g; I used some up putting drops on aluminum cans and making them disintegrate).

                    [–]MNorthey71 2 points3 points ago

                    Sure know your metal prices. Are you a Metal Pages member like me? I am because I was a chemical engineer at a lead and zinc refinery previously and it was somewhat relevant. I find that all the elements with atomic numbers greater than 50 (tin) are all very interesting, if not toxic or radioactive.

                    [–]wewd 3 points4 points ago

                    I'm just a hobbyist and bought some metal to play around with. I made my own spoon mold for making gallium spoons to play tricks on friends.

                    [–]Cynical_Walrus 4 points5 points ago

                    You can make spoons out of it, and they melt when the other science professor stirs his coffee! (Don't actually, that's a good way to kill someone)

                    [–]blarg_dino 0 points1 point ago

                    Brb need to find some science

                    [–]Compatibilist 22 points23 points ago

                    That would be scumbag supernovae. Earth did not create mercury.

                    [–]richiewww 3 points4 points ago

                    Yea, that's been bothering me the last while also.. Though I was thinking maybe universe rather than super nova...

                    [–]Metaphoricalsimile 1 point2 points ago

                    No, it pretty much has to be a supernova to fuse elements higher than iron.

                    [–]naffer 2 points3 points ago

                    Stealing top comment to give some attention to this comment, which leads to original photographers' album.

                    [–]gitykins 1 point2 points ago

                    nice try, oddone

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                      [–]kent_therattlesnake 109 points110 points ago

                      So that's where Alex Mack has been this whole time!

                      [–]SuperKlydeFrog 56 points57 points ago

                      you know, most would go with a TERMINATOR reference, but you sir, do the world right by us mid 20 year olds who've crushed hard on that girl and her adventures on Nick

                      [–]fyradiem 33 points34 points ago

                      Bullshit! Clarisa's Explains it all. For Life.

                      [–]fallingshoes 15 points16 points ago

                      To this day, I only enter or exit a room using a ladder.

                      [–]fouxdefafa 18 points19 points ago

                      "Hey, Sam." whammy bar guitar twang

                      [–]reel_big_ad 23 points24 points ago

                      Topanga!

                      [–]Shnazzyone 17 points18 points ago

                      PINK RANGER!

                      [–]MutantEnemy04 5 points6 points ago

                      Trini doesn't get enough recognition, guys. IT'S NOT JUST A FETISH!

                      [–]Elumako 3 points4 points ago

                      Well, it doesn't help that she's dead. :/

                      [–]badalchemist 2 points3 points ago

                      And now she's stuck in a boring life in Mad Men.

                      [–]Manos_Of_Fate 2 points3 points ago

                      Holy shit I also crushed on her hard and I just noticed that she played the hot goth girl in the werewolf episode of Psych.

                      [–]johnny_appletits 17 points18 points ago

                      a few ,higher res, shots

                      [–]SushiPie 4 points5 points ago

                      isn't it toxic to the skin?

                      [–]StretchRhys 9 points10 points ago

                      That's probably gallium.

                      [–]newtype2099 6 points7 points ago

                      Its toxic to your blood cells. The mercury seeps into your pores, latches onto RBCs, and kicks out the iron part of the hemoglobin. Once the iron is gone, you lose the oxygen carrying capacity to that cell. Given enough mercury, and you will be in terrible shape when the cells go back to the heart. Or the lungs. Or other soft tissues.

                      EDIT: as bluesatin pointed out, this information may not be 100% accurate, and I apologize for misleading people.

                      [–]bluesatin 16 points17 points ago

                      Wikipedia kind of disagrees with it 'seeping into your pores', even physically injecting yourself with it doesn't seem to be all that bad for you:

                      Quicksilver (liquid metallic mercury) is poorly absorbed by ingestion and skin contact. It is hazardous due to its potential to release mercury vapor.

                      Animal data indicate that less than 0.01% of ingested mercury is absorbed through the intact gastrointestinal tract; though it may not be true for individuals suffering from ileus.

                      Cases of systemic toxicity from accidental swallowing are rare, and attempted suicide via intravenous injection does not appear to result in systemic toxicity.

                      Though not studied quantitatively, the physical properties of liquid elemental mercury limit its absorption through intact skin and in light of its very low absorption rate from the gastrointestinal tract, skin absorption would not be high. Some mercury vapor is absorbed dermally but uptake by this route is only approximately 1% of that by inhalation.

                      It's not touching quicksilver that's the problem, it's having large quantities of it in an enclosed area where you may inhale large amounts of the vapours given off. Handling it only occasionally in well ventilated areas is pretty much safe for adults, I imagine babies/small children would be more sensitive to mercury and it's probably advised against letting them handle it.

                      [–]newtype2099 4 points5 points ago

                      Huh. Then i guess i need to go back and read up on my clinical chemistry... thanks for the correction!

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                        [–]SushiPie 4 points5 points ago

                        TIL, thank you.. i've always wondered what was dangerous about it

                        [–]Toastbuns 5 points6 points ago

                        Plus it wreaks havok on your nervous system. Mad as a hatter?

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                            [–]TheRealFlatStanley 2 points3 points ago

                            This could also be another metal or alloy, like gallium, which is liquid slightly above normal room temp. Also, Ga is safe to handle

                            [–]mrmilf 1 point2 points ago

                            How do you keep your mercury so shiny? Mine is grey like it has developed a tarnish..

                            [–]ArkJasdain 2 points3 points ago

                            If it's just random bits of dirt or whatever that it's picked up and not some sort of contamination from other metals, you could clean it. Lining a funnel with a coffee filter folded to a pyramidal shape to fit the funnel, then a small hole poked through the point with a pin would work. Pour the mercury through, it will slowly drip through the hole and much of the contaminants would stick to the filter and be removed from the mercury. It's worked for me a few times in the past.

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                              [–]hairyforehead 0 points1 point ago

                              High res of the original

                              [–]cketchmark 12 points13 points ago

                              In her hair

                              [–]philosoraptocopter 2 points3 points ago

                              eh eh eh eh eh yeah

                              [–]philosoraptocopter 0 points1 point ago

                              TELL ME

                              [–]7joshy 24 points25 points ago

                              T-1000.

                              [–]red321red321 10 points11 points ago

                              i'm looking for sarah connor

                              [–]Sparked01 -1 points0 points ago

                              Too slow I was...

                              [–]DIGGYReddit 0 points1 point ago

                              was going to say.

                              a mini model? mT-1000?

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                                [–]amimimi 15 points16 points ago

                                Unicorn blood!

                                [–]_peasey_ 16 points17 points ago

                                Oh god, I thought this was the next single being released by Train.

                                [–]lazysubtlephotoshop 33 points34 points ago

                                http://i.imgur.com/fLKwC.jpg

                                [–]liquidinsects 8 points9 points ago

                                RIP

                                [–]notanothermatt 3 points4 points ago

                                My grandfather used to collect mercury in a small, green glass jar. When one day I stumbled upon this jar while browsing around his garage. I would open the jar, put this mysterious liquid metal in my hand, and watch the droplets bead up in my palm and on the ground when I dropped them. So mysterious. I'd always play with it. Coolest bb's ever. 8 year old me was ignorant and had no idea that it was mercury. I may have cancer.

                                [–]Padzee 4 points5 points ago

                                Wow, at least give my dad, Steven Passlow some credit. http://500px.com/photo/4729273

                                EDIT: He works as a chemist and sometimes takes the mercury home for photos, here is his set on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevpas68/sets/72157621253419602/

                                [–]richiewww 0 points1 point ago

                                Wow..steal away...

                                [–]Jaydogg64 7 points8 points ago

                                Silver Surfer's cum.

                                [–]HarlequinNight 7 points8 points ago

                                That looks more like Gallium

                                [–]nyxin 2 points3 points ago

                                Came here to post this. I have this picture I'm my collection from a previous post and I'm almost positive its gallium.

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                                  [–]w00dbeck 2 points3 points ago

                                  Played with mercury as a child on our desks in elementary school and at home. Fun stuff!

                                  [–]mcqueeb 2 points3 points ago

                                  I really wish Mercury were non-toxic. It's the coolest element out there. It'd just be a blast to play with.

                                  [–]Sjokomelk 2 points3 points ago

                                  Eat it!

                                  [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

                                  Mind_Virus? Is that you?

                                  [–]pyromuffin 0 points1 point ago

                                  dat specular highlight

                                  [–]eltommonator 0 points1 point ago

                                  Why aren't you injecting into your veins like everyone else?

                                  [–]JeremyNJ1984 0 points1 point ago

                                  yummy

                                  [–]mkuehn 1 point2 points ago

                                  Makes me regret taking the mercury switch from an old, round, dial thermostat in to the hazardous waste clean-up event the other day. Should have kept it at home to play with. :-(

                                  [–]temptingtime 0 points1 point ago

                                  Room-temperature Mercury is fucking cool.

                                  [–]VillageBicycle4 -1 points0 points ago

                                  New song by Train?

                                  [–]raven12456 1 point2 points ago

                                  Some kid brought a jar of mercury to the middle school here once. Played with it on the bus and then in PE. They evacuated the school, put all the kids from the bus and PE class in quarantine (hazmat showers and all), and closed the school for a week while they decontaminated.

                                  [–]SSII 1 point2 points ago

                                  As a kid, we had a small jar full of mercury, that my Mom had from her childhood. She played with it as a kid and then we did as kids, but for us we were a bit safer, gloves sometimes. Also, a thermometer broke in the minivan (Mom was a home care nurse) and every once in a while, you would see a small bead of mercury roll across the floor as we cornered; we tried to catch them all, but you can't really pick them up, ya know.

                                  [–]Ratiqu 0 points1 point ago

                                  So, for those more scientifically educated, mercury is cohesive and not adhesive, then?

                                  [–]atypicalreddituser 0 points1 point ago

                                  Ahh mercury, sweetest of the transition metals.

                                  [–]massive_cock 0 points1 point ago

                                  I melt big puddles of solder just to roll it around and play with it like it's mercury. Who cares if the fumes may eventually poison me!

                                  [–]Citizen_Kong 1 point2 points ago

                                  I once stuck my finger in a glass of mercury. It was the strangest feeling, like a liquid but also very much not like a liquid.

                                  [–]WawaSC 0 points1 point ago

                                  This is pretty scary.

                                  [–]GreasyBeerFart 0 points1 point ago

                                  I wanna drink it

                                  [–]yaqueeah 1 point2 points ago

                                  Why do you have to harm me? I WANT TO PLAY WITH YOU

                                  [–]rasberrydawn 0 points1 point ago

                                  It looks like it's saying, "come at me, bro"

                                  [–]josieisabunny 0 points1 point ago

                                  are you dead yet?

                                  [–]zzcty 0 points1 point ago

                                  alien baby

                                  [–]griffith12 0 points1 point ago

                                  Have you seen this boy?

                                  [–]Ch4nc3 0 points1 point ago

                                  Smashing

                                  [–]250lespaul 0 points1 point ago

                                  Show me a drop of Jupiter and I'll be really impressed

                                  [–]BothOfThem 0 points1 point ago

                                  Capri Sun*

                                  [–]teekaynd 0 points1 point ago

                                  Thumbs down and...a boot! Look close at the bottom.

                                  [–]Theodosius_II 1 point2 points ago

                                  http://imgur.com/gallery/s3Fga

                                  [–]massacre0520 0 points1 point ago

                                  now rub it into the skin... it moisturizes.

                                  [–]-haven 0 points1 point ago

                                  Oh beautiful but deadly quicksilver

                                  [–]jasnooo 1 point2 points ago

                                  I always wanted to build a fountain out of mercury... like have beads of it running down some polished driftwood or something... probably not a good idea.

                                  [–]CardboardHeatshield 0 points1 point ago

                                  I love how, in that spike, there are steps, rather than a continuous gradient, to the tip. It also looks like the volume of each step increases in a Fibonacci-like pattern. Hard to tell, the top is a bit out of focus.

                                  EDIT: The more I look at it, the more it looks exponential, rather than Fibonacci.

                                  [–]kidnemo 0 points1 point ago

                                  "Say... That's a nice bike..."

                                  [–]ejduck3744 1 point2 points ago

                                  that looks more like a drop of molten lead. It looks to rough to be mercury. are you sure that is what it is?

                                  [–]Rab_Legend 1 point2 points ago

                                  Now all we need is the [FIXED] post of this with Freddie Mercury's face shopped onto the droplet

                                  [–]gtr053 0 points1 point ago

                                  /r/woahdude

                                  [–]jenesaisQUACK 0 points1 point ago

                                  there's a really awesome mercury fountain at a museum in barcelona... was absolutely hypnotized by it when i went!

                                  [–]Peterstie 0 points1 point ago

                                  That thing will give you AIDS

                                  [–]SmiLey497 0 points1 point ago

                                  Droplet of mercury or T-1000 reforming?

                                  [–]SgtMeowenstien 0 points1 point ago

                                  About a year ago I met a guy through work who found a lot of mercury in his garage from the previous owner. He let his and the neighborhood kids play with it in the driveway.

                                  Suffice to say, ambulances were called and the county hazmat had to come in to clean it up.

                                  The guy wasn't from America.

                                  [–]Eats_Goats 1 point2 points ago

                                  In my class today some guy pretended to spill some. Teacher goes batshit insane because we have floor heating in the room and makes us evacuate the room. Now the guy is facing exclusion.

                                  [–]ex_ample 0 points1 point ago

                                  Too bad it's so hard to get. Mercury in it's elementary form isn't as dangerous, the problem is when it reacts and forms compounds that it gets really toxic.

                                  [–]sgruender14 0 points1 point ago

                                  DAE think of the Pixies' "Wave of Mutilation" album cover? http://i.imgur.com/8llsM.jpg

                                  [–]AppleTStudio 0 points1 point ago

                                  I want to evolve my Bionicles by dipping them into that energized protodermis.

                                  [–]drink_your_milk 0 points1 point ago

                                  Are you sure? That looks more like molten solder to me, mercury has a really high surface tension and should be a lot smoother than that.

                                  [–]dukey 0 points1 point ago

                                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ylnQ-T7oiA

                                  [–]MemeBot420 0 points1 point ago

                                  thats not mercury!

                                  [–]caribdis 1 point2 points ago

                                  relevant - Mercury fountain by Calder, in Barcelona's Miro museum. VERY cool, i spent about 20 mins looking at it last time I traveled to BCN...

                                  [–]Cerblu 0 points1 point ago

                                  "Mimetic Poly-alloy" why you no exist?

                                  [–]reckless3 0 points1 point ago

                                  I know this now, I still don't know what a "Drop of Jupiter" is.

                                  [–]bendvis 0 points1 point ago

                                  WTB animated gif

                                  [–]jeffvadersmother 0 points1 point ago

                                  My dad used to break a thermometer and pour the mercury into a bowl so we could tilt the bowl and watch it move around. he would touch it with his fingers, but never let me touch it. Now I think, what did he do with that mercury when we were done playing with it???

                                  [–]sexualhealey 0 points1 point ago

                                  Its a cumshot from a T-1000...

                                  [–]SubversiveMustache -1 points0 points ago

                                  This is a repost.

                                  "A droplet of mercury" March 27, 2012 http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/rf8vk/a_droplet_of_mercury/

                                  [–]G1int 1 point2 points ago

                                  Droplet of Mercury

                                  [–]b1rdman 0 points1 point ago

                                  Find Sarah Conner.

                                  [–]mondomaniatrics 0 points1 point ago

                                  Why are the coolest things in the world hell bent on killing you if you touch them?

                                  [–]4thPlaceFinish 0 points1 point ago

                                  i cant remember.. how many servings are we supposed to have of this a day?

                                  [–]ForTheEmpire 0 points1 point ago

                                  Looks like a Tesla coil.

                                  [–]fondots 1 point2 points ago

                                  My dad was always kind of an odd dude, but my whole family's always been kind of weird so I just figured eccentricity runs in the family and left it that, but he's always been a different sort of odd in a way that's kind of hard to put your finger on exactly. Then one day I accidentally broke an old mercury thermometer and he decided to regale us with a tale of how his grandparents used to have a jar of mercury that he would play with when he went over their house. After that I looked up the symptoms of mercury poisoning out of curiosity. The mystery of my dad's weirdness was solved (at least as far as I'm concerned) he's quite literally mad as a hatter. Doesn't quite explain everything, but there's still that history of strangeness in my family too.

                                  [–]Metaphoricalsimile 0 points1 point ago

                                  Looks like a metroid giving birth to Krang.

                                  [–]eamantite 0 points1 point ago

                                  Repost droplet.

                                  [–]I_WIN_DEAL_WITH_IT 0 points1 point ago

                                  Did somebody say Dropkick Murphy's?

                                  [–]Aspire101 0 points1 point ago

                                  Can we arrange to get a drop of Jupiter now, since we're on a roll?

                                  [–]fockyou 0 points1 point ago

                                  It looks so nutritious

                                  [–]naffgorr 0 points1 point ago

                                  Would love this in a bit higher resolution!

                                  [–]Iroquois-Pliskin 0 points1 point ago

                                  It looks like a T-1000 is just trying to put itself together.

                                  [–]trampus1 1 point2 points ago

                                  What awesomely horrifying stuff mercury is.

                                  [–]JamacanMeBacon 0 points1 point ago

                                  That could be molten sauter.

                                  [–]ffiirree 0 points1 point ago

                                  Makes me hungry

                                  [–]SpringWarmCold 0 points1 point ago

                                  looks as awesome as Freddie was.

                                  [–]gj45 0 points1 point ago

                                  In high school my bio teacher let us mess around with a little bit of mercury. To be in any danger you have to be exposed many times and for a great length of time. Be careful of what you're breathing in. No harm, no foul. Quite the learning experience.

                                  [–]el_gato_verde 0 points1 point ago

                                  A thermometer broke in my house once. My brothers and I loved playing with the mercury from it until my mom found out it was bad for us and threw it away. :( It was really cool though!

                                  [–]vercing3torix 0 points1 point ago

                                  Is this a drop of Jupiter?

                                  [–]Nexarc 0 points1 point ago

                                  freddy!!

                                  [–]brittlerattle 0 points1 point ago

                                  T 1000 just came

                                  [–]SEEENRULEZ 0 points1 point ago

                                  Silver Surfer, T-1000, Alex Mack

                                  [–]noseguro4trabajo 0 points1 point ago

                                  Ermahgerd mercury!

                                  [–]xxBluexx 0 points1 point ago

                                  I think thats gallium http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foQhHfsyPIc

                                  [–]BVanDuyn 0 points1 point ago

                                  Silver surfer squeezed one out.

                                  [–]BacktheFuckOfficer 0 points1 point ago

                                  Ah, this reminds me of something my mother used to say: "We loved it when thermometers broke because then we'd plug the drain in the sink and play with the mercury... but that was all before your aunt died..." Then came the drinking, the horrible drinking...

                                  [–]naffer 0 points1 point ago

                                  I found a slightly higher resolution picture here, but it's not as nearly high-res as the one I was hoping to find.

                                  [–]kittens_for_boobs 0 points1 point ago

                                  And then in splits into a hundred tiny little balls of mercury that go flying all over your chemistry lab and you stand there hoping nobody gets poisoned.. True story.

                                  [–]MustTurnLeftOnRed 0 points1 point ago

                                  Ah mercury, the sweetest of the transition alloys.

                                  [–]apollo1888 0 points1 point ago

                                  T2

                                  [–]GraspinglySilver 0 points1 point ago

                                  I smell a new Train song...

                                  [–]jdepps113 1 point2 points ago

                                  Something you don't know about Mercury: IT'S DELICIOUS.

                                  Source: bit through a thermometer as a child.

                                  [–]Jackmangold 0 points1 point ago

                                  Drops of jupiter

                                  [–]CallMeAnEngineer 0 points1 point ago

                                  I hear that stuff makes a fucking wicked frosting for birthday cakes.

                                  [–]eeespence 0 points1 point ago

                                  That's not Mercury...It's Alex Mack!

                                  [–]ja_bour 0 points1 point ago

                                  Mercury? No I think what you've got here is the Silver Surfers jizz remnants

                                  [–]sirbruce 0 points1 point ago

                                  I had drops of Jupiter in my hair once. Believe me, they're a bitch to get out!

                                  [–]SamLangford 0 points1 point ago

                                  Why, that's beautiful. I best inject it into my vasculature and show up to emerg. Like there was a class in med school on this bullshit.

                                  [–]a_22766 0 points1 point ago

                                  My mercury's in retrograde

                                  [–]Jamesbfly 0 points1 point ago

                                  The pixies come to mind..

                                  [–]JamminJamon 1 point2 points ago

                                  Are you John Connor?

                                  [–]scar3face 0 points1 point ago

                                  You see a mess, I see the T-1000

                                  [–]topher1250 -1 points0 points ago

                                  amazing...looks like innards to my thermometer at the beginning of summer. I didn't buy a new one for nature's sake.

                                  [–]AgentDaedalus 0 points1 point ago

                                  Drops of mercury in her hair...

                                  Wait.

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