Wikipedia's hall of fame of stupid edit wars has some pretty entertaining sections.
143 0 Replymost wikipedia thing ever to start the joke page with a link to the article defining “humor”.
16 0 ReplyThat really was entertaining
15 0 ReplyThis was hilarious. Thank you for the read.
11 0 ReplyThis link was a morning ruining rabbit hole.
9 0 Replythat's beautiful. thank you
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Scientist: Finds the most useless element.
Also scientist: Names it after France 💀💀133 1 ReplyWell, they already got Gallium. (Gaul)
39 0 ReplyGallium explodes people who call it a stupid element. (it used in the plutonium pits of atomic bombs)
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The end reads like a bad Amazon review or something and it cracks me up.
Absolute dogshit isotope and its synthetic siblings are just the same but worse
1/5 stars
81 0 ReplyI'll probably remember francium forever now, so there's that.
45 0 ReplyFrancium has been one of my favourite elements since before I was a teenager, I'm 35 and this hasn't changed...this person needs to learn to have fun.
36 0 ReplyI think they did have fun writing this edit. 😄
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Well I'm convinced of the position, should I go get the pitchforks?
21 0 ReplyUnfortunately the pitchforks were made out of Francium and they vaporized and cooked everyone.
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Could someone please explain the “he (the genie) would just give it to you” part?
This aside has me curious about motivations etc.
10 0 ReplyI think the joke is that he doesn't have to monkey's paw the wish at all to screw you over for wishing for it
27 0 ReplyThanks.
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my interpretation of it is: when you ask a genie for something they’ll give it to you, but with a nasty twist. e.g., if you ask for a lot of money they’ll say okay, then give you the money, and then tell you it’s all marked notes from a recent bank robbery or something.
but since this element is so stupid, there’s no twist necessary. the element itself is the nasty surprise.
26 0 Replywhen you ask a genie for something they’ll give it to you, but with a nasty twist
And if I remember correctly, it's about asking a wish with precise, thoughtful phrasing, or it's going to backfire.
"Your wish is my command."
"I don't want to see my mother-in-law ever again."
Boom! Makes him blind.14 0 ReplyOh I see. I never associated monkey’s paw type twists with the genie tale. Perhaps I need to re-read the source myths.
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Isn't it also one of those salt elements that just explodes instantly if it contacts water?
6 0 ReplyIt is indeed in the alkali metal group
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How did we even study it if it decays in less than an hour?
5 0 ReplyStudy it in 45 minutes
18 0 Replya half life of 30min, doesn't mean there won't be anything left after 60min. After 60min there will be a half of the half left over, and after 90min - half of the half of the half, and so on
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Maybe they knew someone named Francis?
4 0 ReplyThey're not wrong.
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