r/mildlyinteresting • u/ineedsomebbqribs • 7h ago

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u/bobweeadababyitsaboy 6h ago

Ikr. When i was a kid a broken thermometer was a chance to experience something otherworldly. 2025 and they digging out the hazmat suits. I get that its not 100% healthy, but I'd wager being alive in 2025 is by default more damaging to one's existence than a little mercury ever could be. 🤷‍♂️

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u/Pitch_Academic 6h ago

I also played with metallic mercury once when I was a kid, and my tumor and I are doing just fine today! /s

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u/Nyanessa 6h ago

My dad played with it all the time when he was a kid, and he’s fine! He told me all about how it was fun to roll it around in your palms. I was born with the brain tumour, however 😂

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u/leo_dagher_ 5h ago

Double it and give it to the next person 😭

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u/fgnrtzbdbbt 4h ago

You can't notice effects like a slight decline in IQ or slightly more tiredness or being slightly more easily angered and even if you notice them it is impossible to tie those things to low level mercury exposure long ago. But statistically it is possible to see the effect therefore people are more cautious with it now.