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submitted 14 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) by SpaceFacts@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world
 
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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 39 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

I prefer to make my own by buying two cylinders of hydrogen gas and one cylinder of oxygen.

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 hours ago

And even instant energy for free as well, besides the water

Good thinking

[–] froh42@lemmy.world 13 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (3 children)

Come on, using pre-made oxygen is just lazy. Just make the oxygen yourself from a few neutrons, protons and electrons.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

If you wish to make ~~an apple pie~~ water from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

This guy, with the pre-made neutrons, protons and electrons.

Back in my day we only needed up-quarks and down-quarks and the electrons were free-range.

[–] froh42@lemmy.world 2 points 7 minutes ago

Ok, but please DO NOT EVER go down to pure energy. Last time I did this, my experiment exploded, now it takes a whole lotta space, complex atoms and life and all the shit along with more or less intelligence. I'd feel really bad to shut it all down now, so I let it just run on its own.

[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 hours ago

For oxygen yeah, but hydrogen is easier to just buy.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 hours ago

I feel like you’ll need more than just that, but I’m not a scientologist.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 15 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

My mind is stretching itself smooth wondering what the powder is made of.

[–] CaliforniaSober@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 hours ago

It’s got what waters crave.

[–] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

could be salts commonly found in water

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

well yes but on top of natrium cloride there are also considerable amounts of calsium, magnesium, carbonate and sulfate ions

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago
[–] funkajunk@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

Dehydrated water

[–] Encephalotrocity@feddit.online 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

My guess is that it is a disinfectant to purify water when boiling isn't an option.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 16 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Steven Wright wants his due (it's at the 2:45 mark if my link doesn't work). He did this joke decades ago {back in the '80s).

[–] itrealgood@mander.xyz 3 points 13 hours ago

Remember when the yankee media pushed a scary story on powdered alcohol?