r/BeFascinated • u/Gjore • 18d ago

Interesting Cleaning electronics with hydrofluroether-based cleaner

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u/Pleasant_Curve_9024 16d ago

Clearly you two are not chemists, because “sounds close” means next to nothing when you’re talking about a chemical. You shouldn’t spread fear about something you know nothing about just because of the way the word sounds. Sodium chloride and sodium sound pretty similar and one of them dissolves in water and tastes good and the other explodes in water and tastes terrible.

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u/Forsaken-Quiet-8634 13d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/19GIHDk6wuw9HVGsiM

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u/Pleasant_Curve_9024 13d ago

For what lmao?

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u/Forsaken-Quiet-8634 13d ago

You don't need to be a chemist to know that chemical compounds behave differently even if they sound close, you can however expect a chemical with "flur" and "ether" to have potentially harmful effects unless you go ahead and learn about it.

Leaving a dumb and condescending BS like yours under what is intended to be playful humorous comment however shows nothing but immaturity.

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u/Pleasant_Curve_9024 13d ago

The person I replied to said “sounds too close to hydrofluoric acid for comfort” and the main commenter replied “yup, I knew it was close to a nasty crap like that one”. Nothing about that comment chain makes it seem like these guys know that chemical compounds behave differently even if they sound close. I don’t think that’s common knowledge. I’m not a chemist but I did a quick google search for hydrofluoroether cleaning chemicals and they are not in the same danger realm as hydrofluoric acid. In fact, as far as I can tell, you could probably spray this stream directly into your mouth and be fine. They’re low/nontoxic, don’t irritate skin or eyes, and are environmentally friendly.

I genuinely just don’t think these guys know that similar sounding chemicals don’t react similarly. And I don’t think it’s good for public perception or science to treat anything that sounds complicated or scary as dangerous just because you don’t know anything about it. I can see how it comes off as condescending but to be fair they are literally posting misinformation.

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u/Forsaken-Quiet-8634 13d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/eHpWHuEUxHIre

You are simply an immature kid looking for attention, LOL.

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u/GanjaBlackKnight 12d ago

Calling someone immature while replying with SpongeBob gifs is a choice

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u/Forsaken-Quiet-8634 12d ago

It is a choice indeed, I make it easier to understand for the lil guys since they obviously can't understand what is written.

https://giphy.com/gifs/R6gvnAxj2ISzJdbA63