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How was "alchemy" used back in the day? How did they come up with new things? Or how did they get chemicals in the first place? Was it like melting down stuff? What about Mercury? (lemmy.world)
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[–] Patnou@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I like to toss around the term knowledge bomb because through school if you dropped one you were sure to get an A. But holy christ on a cracker. This is not just a knowledge bomb, this is a knowledge genocide. I would ask for you intro to our community. But I take this is enough. I am definitely going to check back on the post every so often just to see the comeback a person has or thinks they have.

[–] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I just now saw that you are the main mod here. I applied for the new mod position and then checked what questions there are and this fit exactly my niche. This is pretty much exactly what I meant with: I have a general interest in history, but can't provide literature sources. =D

[–] Patnou@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

No no I am not. And I don't plan to be ever. We are all mods here and have to agree on pretty much everything as long as the user or visitors are happy. Then I can sleep at night. Which I am going to do right now. Sleep Tight All You Sweeties.