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qiancsf ,
@qiancsf@lemmy.world avatar

ok

intensely_human ,

The term “oat start” makes me think of a bag of oats over one’s mouth making it impossible to start whatever they were gonna start. The meaning is enhanced by the stoppiness off the word sounds.

LemmyKnowsBest ,

Fe

Of course that’s iron. What, is that a Latin root or something?

Yax ,

Yup, ferrum is the Latin word.

Resol ,
@Resol@lemmy.world avatar

Good thing I speak French, it won’t ever get me confused. In French, iron is called “fer”. Also, copper is “cuivre”, which also matches its periodic table symbol of Cu. Same can be said for lead: “plomb”.

Unfortunately, there’s quite a few that also don’t match the symbol, some aren’t even in English. I always hated how nitrogen is called “azote” in French.

CookieOfFortune ,

Azides are nitrogen compounds though, so still usefully to know.

Resol ,
@Resol@lemmy.world avatar

I’m glad I know this now.

JasonDJ ,

If they put “Fe” on it, too many people would boycott it for gendering the cereal.

intensely_human ,

It’s latin for Female Iron. Remember everything was gendered in the world of Romantic Romans

state_electrician ,

Scanning for Iridium.

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

Your number one source of Iridium and Californium! Over 10,000,000 calories in each bite!

FlaminGoku ,

Quickly, you only have .0001 seconds to enjoy your Californium!

Vigge93 ,

Not to be too pedantic, but Californium is Cf

intensely_human ,

It’s what? I can’t hear you

MycelialMass ,

Sorry you’ll have to speak up I’m wearing a towel

codapine ,

If they put the correct symbol there it would read café

ornery_chemist ,

That’s some expensive cereal…

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Probably cheap compared to that Kashi stuff.

starman2112 ,
@starman2112@sh.itjust.works avatar

Takes a distant third to magic spoon

spujb ,

Yeah, my good buddy is from Genovia, where they use a regional version of the periodic table with more human-friendly names. They use Ca for calcium, Ir for iron, Hy for hydrogen, and Ox for oxygen. This change was their answer to the metric system—a way to make science more accessible to everyone ostensibly I believe.

Back in the 1960s, Gennovia was looking to bolster its local industry and economy. The government decided that simplifying scientific terms would help more people get into science and technology fields. It seems to be working because their literacy rates in science are through the roof? Somehow. They even have Ni for nickel and Si for silver, making it so much easier to remember what’s what. I didn’t know it was prevalent enough that it made its way onto package branding tho. Interesting stuff.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Well I didn’t expect to see a Meg Cabot reference on Lemmy. (She’s actually a family friend believe it or not.)

grandkaiser ,

10/10 chain jerking

spujb ,

i’m jerking their chains🤣

cum_hoc , (edited )

Can confirm Genovia doesn’t a fuck about IUPAC and its naming conventions.

spujb ,

Do we know the root of the history behind this? Were there any genuine reasons or minds behind it or was it reactionaryism, plain and simple?

intensely_human ,

The Genovians are famous for their elemental wizardry

TheEighthDoctor ,

a way to make science more accessible to everyone ostensibly I believe.

everyone that speaks English…

spujb , (edited )

well, we all know everyone who does science speaks english 🤷‍♀️

edit: /s

lengau ,

Iridium quality cereal? ConcernedApe is so good to us!

Colonel_Panic_ ,

It’s hard to make though. You have to harvest Iridium quality Wheat and mine for Iridium bars and then build the Advanced Cereal Irradiator on your farm to craft it.

It’s hard to do until year 2.

gmtom ,

Also a good source of California

absentbird ,
@absentbird@lemm.ee avatar

People will hate on this, but what other breakfast cereal contains dental X-rays in every crunch?

OrnateLuna ,

Just sucks they don’t provide the x-ray films in the package

shundi82 ,

Oh, the irony. :D

xavier666 ,

Teferric pun!

TheBloodFarts ,

Love me some cereal fortified with Iridium

PeriodicallyPedantic ,

Bröther

FartsWithAnAccent ,
@FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io avatar

Something something Borderlands...

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