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darcy@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah I think there was some folks who thought about splitting the atom right? I forget who.

  Anyway, now I am become wealth, buyer of worlds.

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• Chariotwheel@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What do you mean "no one". There is a wikihow guide on this: https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Gold-from-Mercury

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• octoperson@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Step two is fiddly

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• Venutianxspring@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This was the idea by alchemy. They thought you could change one element into another. Lead to gold and so forth, but not so easy in medieval Europe

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  • Zehzin@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah they didn’t have tweezers back then

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    • RandomStickman@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Don't be daft, of course they have tweezers back then.

      They don't have plastic yet.

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      • LuckyBoy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        But eletricity didnt exist at the time, so no risk of being electrocuted.

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  • darcy@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    you can make gold from platinum! however this is a net loss as platinum costs more

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    • pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You can make gold from hydrogen too! Just gotta put enough of it into one place so it forms a large star, then wait for it to go supernova.

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• eating3645@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Step 2 is expensive :( tweezers ain’t cheap!

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  • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Zircon-encrusted

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    • swab148@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Where am I gonna get a pygmy pony at this hour?

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• Pregnenolone@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah but it would cost more and take an exorbitant amount of time (like billions of years) to produce anything of value, let alone profit.

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• Fleur__@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They have they all died tho cos it makes hydrogen gas and the die and suffocate please like to spread awareness

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  • darcy@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    just hold your breath ???

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