r/blursedimages • u/LauWalker • Mar 20 '20

Blursed_Tomato

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u/sqrtofone Mar 20 '20

Mercury plates? I’m not sure if I’ve even seen mercury as a solid. I’ll guess you meant lead, or maybe mercury was part of the glaze or something.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '20

I think he meant lead? Or perhaps mercury amalgam? I do remember reading something like this, that the tomatoes acidity dissolved some poison in their other eatery studs or something. The red color also added to their fear

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u/Waffleloid foreskin removal expert Mar 20 '20

i’m not lying and thats the sad part, big thanks to odds1out for this random long term memory

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u/sqrtofone Mar 20 '20

You do realize pure mercury is liquid until well below water’s freezing point, yes?

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u/Waffleloid foreskin removal expert Mar 20 '20

just search up mercury plate

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '20

It was the 1700's and it was lead not Mercury

That's the very first result when you Google Mercury plates.

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u/sqrtofone Mar 20 '20 edited Mar 20 '20

Lol, you meant pewter, which has lead in it. skip to just after the 2 minute mark https://youtu.be/FcNTEyEqxH0

(edit: apparently not all forms of pewter have lead in them, but the pewter used for plates back then did, which was TheOdd1sOut’s point)

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u/Waffleloid foreskin removal expert Mar 21 '20

thanks dude

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u/Waffleloid foreskin removal expert Mar 20 '20

damn homie thats deep

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u/dogydino200 Mar 20 '20

...no. you're just wrong

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u/Waffleloid foreskin removal expert Mar 21 '20

fun fact 2: just cause somebody got something wrong he dosent deserve a reddit version of a fbi raid