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Something, something, polystyrene

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[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Couldn't you technically synthesize anything from anything as long as you have all the molecules and don't care about yield or cost? Trivially, all organic compounds can be broken down into methane, and then reformed into whatever you want. Polystyrene is all carbon though, so you'll still need a source of nitrogen to get meth.

It's been over a decade since I've taken orgchem, so I don't know if I'm remembering this stuff correctly.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Better yet, everything is just protons, neutrons and electrons. Create fission to break all those bonds, rearrange them, create fusion to recreate the bonds, bang you got anything from anything else.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 3 points 21 hours ago (2 children)
[–] vrek@programming.dev 2 points 21 hours ago

Good because likely you won't be able to bang after smoking crack

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

If anyone could, nilered could.

[–] 0ndead@infosec.pub 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

No.

Just snorted a plastic spoon. Did not get high.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Theres GOTTA be a better way fo do tha...

[–] 0ndead@infosec.pub 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m all nostrils…

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

I mean,,, what is the butthole if not a giant two-way nostril...

[–] MantisToboggon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

No worries, Dr,, got something better on script. I read it somewhere and the outrageousness of the claim never departed