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[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 156 points 1 month ago (4 children)
[–] uservoid1@lemmy.world 57 points 1 month ago

I was about to say that in the 40s and 50s someone ~~probably~~ taste it.

[–] boydster@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 month ago

The best way to tell precisely how spicy your rock is, is to taste it. That's just basic science, if you ask me.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 17 points 1 month ago

Zomg, where are all the warning labels???

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

Given that lead acetate is sweet, would plutonium acetate do the same?

anyone wants to help me set up a charity where we give "last meals" to terminal patients using toxic ingredients just for them to describe how they taste?