The Dangers of Dihydrogen Monoxide

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Nov 26 2006, 12:22 pm

Wildrogue

Somebody I knew that went to my school died just a few days ago by accidental inhalation of Dihydrogen Monoxide (also known as hydroxilic acid.) Turns out, this potentially lethal chemical is spreading across the country like wildfire, and high quantities of it has already been consistently found in almost all rivers, streams, lakes, and major bodies of water, including the ocean! Companies dump waste DHMO into rivers and the ocean, and nothing can be done to stop them because this practice is still legal. Please help me to rally to ban the production and distribution of this chemical. Write a letter to your congressman, anything! I say it's time to take action and save some lives!

Nov 26 2006, 12:23 pm
Worldweaver	Oh. My. God. +(you might want to take a look at these links) http://systemofasite.com/ http://members.byond.com/Worldweaver/forum?id=793

Nov 26 2006, 12:31 pm
Bdjewkes	I've heard some rumblings about this sort of bullshit for awhile. Do fucking corporations think that they can get away with poisoning our planet like this? Get those letters written, folks! (Actually, 'DHMO' might be a real problem in the near future. If the ice caps go, then so will a heckofalot of major cities)

Nov 26 2006, 12:33 pm
Popisfizzy	Dihydrogen monoxide is a bitch.

Nov 26 2006, 12:54 pm
Unknown Person	Oooollld.

Nov 26 2006, 1:01 pm
Bwgmon	I take it that people think Captain Planet will appear and save everything. Hence the no major action to stop it.

Nov 26 2006, 1:06 pm
SuperSaiyanGokuX	I'd join the rallying cries against DHMO, but I'm severely addicted to the stuff... My body will go into complete shut down if I don't get a regular "fix"...

Nov 26 2006, 1:06 pm
Afghanimal519	wow death by water how sad =]

Nov 26 2006, 1:07 pm
Jp	You should note that the 'waste DHMO' industries dump into rivers IS actually a problem, because it's generally contaminated with various other nasties. And is also much warmer then the body it's being dumped into, which can upset ecosystems.

Nov 26 2006, 1:10 pm
Afghanimal519	i will laugh if some idiot doesnt know what DHMO really is

Nov 26 2006, 1:13 pm
KamiKaziSamuri	I was like "wait, he could have wrote this as H2... oooooohhhhhh".

Nov 26 2006, 1:23 pm
Bwgmon	Afghanimal519 wrote: wow death by water how sad =] Drowning. Titanic?

Nov 26 2006, 1:34 pm
Squeegy	Are there computers in Heaven? And broadband? And BYOND? And MSN? And power? and everything else I/the computer need? If so, I'm all set. Bring on the death!

Nov 26 2006, 1:37 pm
Bwgmon	Squeegy wrote: Are there computers in Heaven? And broadband? And BYOND? And MSN? And power? and everything else I/the computer need? If so, I'm all set. Bring on the death! But what if Heaven has 56k? It's miles above all the internets places!

Nov 26 2006, 1:45 pm

Vexonater

Afghanimal519 wrote:

i will laugh if some idiot doesnt know what

DHMO really is

The sad thing is that many people DON'T know.

Although it's useless to try to trick people on BYOND (Most of us are at least somewhat familiar with chemistry), this has been done before by many people; both on TV, and in actual Science Fairs.

It's sad that people don't know this, but the fact is that it's just a long term that we really shouldn't need to know anyway.