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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The fact that Thorium and Uranium are just "probably not a good idea" makes me think that the scale is based on licking like an ore that contains them rather than the pure element

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

I’m pretty sure I could get away with licking my uranium ore sample. Not going to test it apropos of nothing though.

A lot of those trans-uranium (and astatine) aren’t going to exist in lick-able quantities anyway.