# How the hell did chemists live long enough to create chemistry?

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**Created:** [October 27, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-chemists-live-long-enough-to-create-chemistry/1009305 "2024-10-27T19:04:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-chemists-live-long-enough-to-create-chemistry/1009305/21 "2024-11-03T16:39:23Z")

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My favorite description of dioxygen diflouride:

> It is often called “foof”, from the way the atoms are joined in the molecule: F-O-O-F.  
> “Foof” is also the sound it makes when it blows up your laboratory. And, sooner or later, it will.

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**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-chemists-live-long-enough-to-create-chemistry/1009305/22 "2024-11-03T21:48:17Z")

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Grad students are easily replaced.

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