The Twelve Days Of Chemical Christmas

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The Twelve Days Of Chemical Christmas

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When your lab partner has mercury poisoning, you get the most chaotic version of the 12 Days of Christmas imaginable! This twisted carol replaces turtle doves with liquid nitrogen and golden rings with... *checks notes*... berylliosis lungs??

The meme brilliantly parodies the famous Christmas song but with increasingly dangerous lab supplies and chemicals. Mercury poisoning actually causes neurological damage and psychosis, which explains the unhinged gift choices ranging from hypercaffeinated energy drinks to literal war gases and arson supplies.

The bismuth knife is a particularly nice touch - bismuth crystals form those beautiful rainbow-colored geometric structures, making them simultaneously pretty and completely impractical as knife material. Just like dating someone with heavy metal poisoning!

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