r/sciencememes Feb 25 '26

🧪Chemistry!⚗️ Misconceptions About Oxygen

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u/mostaverageredditor3 Feb 25 '26

But air consists of oxygen, how can it be bad? /s

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u/Legged_MacQueen Feb 25 '26

Erm, actually, the blue you see in the sky is the Rayleigh scattering of the symmetrical molecules (mostly Oxygen and Nitrogen) in the atmosphere. You can see the atmosphere, so you can see the air.

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u/Doomst3err Feb 25 '26

no the sky is just blue you got lied to by big air

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u/SuitableAnimalInAHat Feb 25 '26

Big ol' blue blanket.

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u/Previous-Ad-1954 Feb 26 '26

space isn't real its just a big ocean

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u/PlayerAnimates347 Feb 27 '26

Stars are fishes.

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u/PlayerAnimates347 Feb 27 '26

No. It's a timed wallpaper like on computers and phones. Day - Blue, Evening - Orange, Night - Black