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submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

I didn't realise the joke until I read the community.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

This is a tungsten joke

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

I thought the joke was that you just wanted gold lol

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Was trying to figure out what urum (Aurum/gold without the A) could mean, then I remember the abbreviation...

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago

You should relabel it "Periodically, I want gold but the A is silent."

[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I wnt gold

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I agree! Wnt-1 truly is worth gold, we wouldn't survive without this crucial developmental hormone :)))))))))))))

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

You're probably dehydrated then

[–] [email protected] 123 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Joke explanation:

Au is the symbol for gold. So without the A, the cat only wants U

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Damn, I was going for "Urum".. So close!

[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I don't think we should be giving the cat uranium

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

@captainlezbian @Beacon I volunteer to give it myanium.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

urnium*

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

Ex-fucking-cuse me? I thought this was america?!??

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I feel like there should be a hint about the periodic table or at least using the word element.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 days ago (2 children)

We're in "science memes"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

totally thought I was on a different community

weird how in any other place I would never have figured it out

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And my dumb ass was trying to understand what golad is

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Goauld is an alien parasite in Stargate. That's where my brain went.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

You're not alone. Just like with the Goauld!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

Well, how does it feel to wnt?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago

helium helium

[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Uranium?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm more of a Plutonium kind of guy. But we can still be friends.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This town is big enough for the two of us

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

May not be too big if two plutonium guys were to meet there though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

No, we can share

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Aww, shucks

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So, uranium?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

No u