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[–] marcos@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Go ahead and lick pure oxygen. Nothing wrong with that, sure.

[–] Siethron@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago (6 children)

You know O2 is pure oxygen right? Unless we're getting into the technicality of if things in there gaseous forms can be licked it's safe.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Get a bottle of pure oxygen and open it over a tongue-simulator¹ to see what happens.

People usually use a hot-dog. But with oxygen, even a piece of wood is close enough.

[–] Siethron@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The mercury and Gemini space programs had cabins consisting of pure oxygen. And those astronauts were fine.

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Apollo 1 says hi.

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