Chemical dance party!

[nonelvis]

One of the greatest (and geekiest) things I have ever seen.

(Found in the comments of today's Fandom Secrets, which included an awesome chemistry geek secret.)

Comments

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

OMG, someone needs to write chemistry!fanfic or something.

[nonelvis]

"Carbon stared at Hydrogen from across the crowded room, his eyes coal-black with desire ..."

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

ilu so hard right now.

[devjoe.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of this classic math pr0n.

[nonelvis]

That is so very wrong.

[kalleah.livejournal.com]

THAT IS BRILLIANT.

[nonelvis]

I ♥ it. Maybe more than actually necessary.

[unfolded73.livejournal.com]

That video wins everything. (And my husband is extra excited because the chemistry teacher at his school is a heavy-set gay black guy; I think he's already emailing him the link.)

[nonelvis]

HAHAHAHAHA! Outstanding.

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

Awesome! This outdoes the comparatively tame "elements dating show" (content distinctly het) video they showed us in chemistry classes at high school in the UK. Though I did like how that video personified lithium as a froody little guy called Li.

[nonelvis]

Ha! I'd like to see that.

[gritsinmisery.livejournal.com]

I love this SO HARD.

(appropriate icon is appropriate *points*)

[nonelvis]

I assume that's dry ice in the glass?

[gritsinmisery.livejournal.com]

Ayup. My mom did the Omaha Steak thing for Christmas gifts for all us grown kids one year, and there was still some solid dry ice when we opened the delivery. It (of course) gave the members of my household much more glee than the actual present.

All the commercial ice-houses in the metro area are too far away to justify making a run just for some dry ice to play with.

[hahathor.livejournal.com]

That's beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

[nonelvis]

I was pretty sure it would be relevant to my flist's interests. Which is why they're my friends, I suppose :)

[365postcards.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing this.

And the ad worked, too, as now I am thinking do I know anyone who could apply for Marie Curie Actions funding.

PS

[365postcards.livejournal.com]

Talking of chemistry love, have you happened to read "The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Mystery" by Alan Bradley ?

Re: PS

[nonelvis]

I haven't, but it sounds like fun! Maybe I'll pick it up after I finish Game Change. (A murder mystery will be positively cheerful after that.)

[profrobert.livejournal.com]

OMG, this is amazing, and even more amazing that it was sponsored by, what I gather, is some kind of EU instrument. Can you imagine the US government (or something funded by it) producing something this funny? Can you imagine the clot Fox News would through about carbon being a gay black man?

Of course, I'm the type of geek who, upon seeing the print ads http://www.tvfanatic.com/gallery/breaking-bad-photo/ for the new season of Breaking Bad (which I don't watch) thought, "Oh, bromine and barium; that's funny."

[nonelvis]

The census ads aren't bad (and have a great cast), but I agree, this is much funnier. And you're right, the aneurysm Fox News would have about Carbon/Hydrogen would be epic.

Breaking Bad carries those chemistry visuals through its credits -- all the actors have an element pulled out of their names. It's a terrific show, by the way, though it definitely has its grimmer moments.

[columbina.livejournal.com]

That chart in the secret has quite a few things wrong. I speculated on this extensively in chemistry class (because I was just that kind of woolgatherer), and it's the highly electronegative, ionic-bonding folks over in 16 and 17 who are the sort of controlling partners that demand absolute exclusivity. Sure, chlorine's an evil bitch and she likes to love them and squeeze them raw and leave them, but god help sodium if *he* decides to fool around; there is no reciprocity. Chlorine and fluorine are very manipulative.

And to describe hydrogen as a slut is not accurate at all. What hydrogen really is is a dupe; he gets into all sorts of relationships indiscriminately, and regrets many of them later, but never learns. Once in a great while he will explode on you if you push him too far. Then next week, it's back to the whipping post.

Oxygen is fickle; you have to watch out for her volatility. She makes and breaks relationships very fast, but no one ever really expects any sort of strong commitment from her; they know what they're getting into.

Carbon gets along with everyone and has the sort of stable relationships that everyone envies when theirs go sour, but he's also kind of boring and everyone knows it. Still, he's not as bad as the heavy metals, many of whom are the sort of males who never find good relationships and never realize why it's their own damned fault, and grow increasingly toxic about it. Some go past toxic all the way into radioactive.

[nonelvis]

I want to marry you all over again.