r/facepalm • u/Smooth-Lime8397 • 2d ago

I get it, chemistry is hard 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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u/Torino1O 2d ago

I find it very difficult to get enough Iridium in my diet.

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u/NymusRaed 1d ago

So unfortunate that you can't make a pun in English about Iridium and difficulty which would be possible in German.

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u/Smooth-Lime8397 13h ago

Same, I am ordering this

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u/J_Robert_Matthewson 2d ago

Apparently, their generic Reese's Puffs says it's  a good source of Pb, which I'm just gonna presume means "Peanut Butter."

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u/gerbosan 2d ago edited 2d ago

It's a sweetener. Sorry for not being clearer, I mean this: Reddit - TIL that Ancient Romans added lead syrup to wine...

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u/Gremict 2d ago

One of the reasons for endemic lead poisoning in the Roman empire.

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u/RadarSmith 1d ago

Ah, it was all the lead.

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u/Mean_Yellow_7590 2d ago

Probably not much lead

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u/KartikGamer1996 1d ago

Is that what "Lead" to this stupid label?

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u/Smooth-Lime8397 12h ago

Or may be it is meant to make you stronger under pressure 😂

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u/CurlingTrousers 2d ago

Really dropped the ball on a "CaFe" branding opportunity

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u/Quiet33 2d ago

Yes, they should CaIr more about their marketing

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u/Smooth-Lime8397 13h ago

To avoid being mistaken as a caffeine product, they went down a completely different path

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u/Less_Rutabaga2316 2d ago

The non-avian dinosaurs died so we could have Oat Start.

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u/Smooth-Lime8397 13h ago

With glowing supplements

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u/Sufficient_Algae_815 2d ago

I hope they didn't order the fortification ingredients by chemical symbol.

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u/Smooth-Lime8397 13h ago

Cereals with added energy

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u/Ok-Comfortable6400 2d ago

They didn’t want to confuse ppl into thinking it was a CaFe meal.

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u/TemperatureTop246 2d ago

Hey, at least it's not a liquid Iron and Calcium solution... (FeCa L)

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u/Ok-Comfortable6400 2d ago

That is a crappy joke!!!! Are you trained in the way Dad jokes?!?

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u/WarWonderful593 2d ago

No he's just being chemical.

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u/Ok-Comfortable6400 2d ago

That is a positive reaction. But seriously we gotta stop 🤣

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u/Smooth-Lime8397 12h ago

Hey! It will not keep you up at night and you may get an added glow😂😂

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u/Ok-Comfortable6400 12h ago

I do need my summer glow to be on. 🤪

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u/higginsian24 2d ago

Ok, now to transport 500 boxes of it to my Stardew farm...

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u/OriginalGhostCookie 2d ago

The real question here is will Leah like it?

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u/richincleve 2d ago

Kids, stay in school.

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u/Relevant_Meat_2976 2d ago

I'm starting to feel that whoever printed this got lucky with calcium

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u/Smooth-Lime8397 12h ago

Or that confused him

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u/LovesFrenchLove_More 2d ago

They definitely didn’t have much chemistry at school. I thought you needed to be good at school to study advertising?

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u/Lothleen 2d ago

Next you're going to tell me Pb isn't short for peanut butter...

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u/josevaldesv 2d ago

Is it organic, at least?

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u/Smooth-Lime8397 12h ago

Very

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u/josevaldesv 12h ago

Then we're good. Gluten free

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u/TemperatureTop246 2d ago

Iridium would definitely start some (uncontrollable) growth somewhere..

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u/Equib81960 2d ago

That should be a FElony

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u/ArmadaOnion 2d ago

Literally impossible to fact check.

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u/JohnnyEagleClaw 2d ago

Ca Fe would look so much cooler too. I’m sure they’ll iron this whole thing out.

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u/WuZZittDoiN 2d ago

Just proves you don't have to be smart to land a corporate marketing job.

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u/Cool_Fellow_Guyson 2d ago

This must be the cereal of trump supporters

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u/Due_Priority_1168 2d ago

Eat it, it's really good for you spark plugs

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u/Hubert_Gene 2d ago

Is that cereal made in China?

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u/ducknerd2002 2d ago

Just in case anyone is a little confused: Iron is actually represented by 'Fe' on the periodic table, as it means 'ferrum', the Latin word for iron.

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u/Sl0ppyOtter 2d ago

One step closer to Idiocracy every day. Welcome to Costco

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u/Bars98 2d ago

I'm glad they didn't wrote Iron in German (Eisen) otherwise it'd be probably Es

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u/EmperorGrinnar 2d ago

It's what kids crave!

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u/Impressive_Ad_1303 2d ago

OMG, I am a chem prof and thought this was on the chemistry forum. Holy. Smokes. That's hilarious.

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u/DrDarkTV 1d ago

For those wondering, the periodic table symbol for Iron is "Fe" 😂

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u/Z0OMIES 1d ago

Do we think they had no faith people would know what Fe was so went with Ir instead? Or are they the idiots?

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u/RipOdd9001 1d ago

This is why cereal is $500 a box.

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u/Otherwise_Meaning 2d ago

It says on the damn label. That person stupid stupid

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u/ducknerd2002 2d ago

They're commenting on how 'Ir' is incorrect. Iron is 'Fe' on the periodic table.

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u/No_Mention_1760 2d ago

And reading is harder. It literally says iron underneath the IR..

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u/DogePerformance 2d ago

Fe is iron

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u/TherealObdach 2d ago

When Americans write Fe :8484:

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u/KatasaSnack 2d ago

Whats wrong with fe for iron

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u/TherealObdach 1d ago

Nothing. You obviously didn‘t get it. Fe is iron. The pic says Ir for iron.

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u/ducknerd2002 2d ago

It's 'Fe' for ferrum, the Latin word for Iron. We use it in the UK too.

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u/TherealObdach 1d ago

I think everyone missed the sentence. Yes Fe is for iron. Now look at the pic again. It does not say Fe for iron. :8484:

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u/Bread_Offender 2d ago

What the fuck is this mf on about 😭

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u/Bornrazed 2d ago

Sorry. Probably my poor American public education, but in which countries using the Latin/English alphabet does the periodic table of elements not use the Latin base for its elemental symbols?

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u/TherealObdach 1d ago

Don‘t know… but this picture obviously doesn‘t. I think this little sentence went way over everyone’s heads

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u/Mean_Yellow_7590 2d ago

Not a specific country, but in the country of countries…..

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u/Bornrazed 2d ago

That made zero sense

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u/Mean_Yellow_7590 2d ago

….in the rural areas of any country.