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JCfromNC's avatar

Well, I suppose it depends on which vampire legends the one you're facing at the time rose up from... But yeah, werewolves for sure.

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JCfromNC's avatar

Bright blue like a smurf, maybe. Blue like the "blue" silver turns you, not so much.

(link posted by brucej up above)

https://www.reddit.com/r/Da...

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Lily412's avatar

Wikipedia calls it "purple-grey"

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JustDon'tSayHambriston's avatar

JFC, especially them!

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AdmNaismith's avatar

I like claim #2- makes this stuff sound like the leading character in a romance novel, and not your current lump of a spouse, you poor dear.

Credit where credit's due...

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AdmNaismith's avatar

But think of the Star Trek cosplay possibilities ...

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John Thorstensen's avatar

I understand there are certain organic mercury products you can absorb right through your skin! A former Dartmouth colleague of mine demonstrated this; that's why she's a former colleague.https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

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John Thorstensen's avatar

My Dartmouth colleague Karen Wetterhahn died horribly from a few drops of dimethyl mercury that penetrated her gloves and then her skin.

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Schmoozan Salamander's avatar

I love his newsletter!

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RLL's avatar

But orange goes so well with blue! A new character: jailbird smurf

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Lady who lunches's avatar

I’m guessing the copy writer has the last name of Silver.

https://media0.giphy.com/me...

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george lastrapes's avatar

Bad religion and bad science go hand-in-pseudopod.

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Crip Dyke, ABOLISH THE POLICE's avatar

Most boring comment in the world, I know, but as I was reading that bit about

It's been tested on other strains of the coronavirus, and has been able to eliminate it in 12 hours. Totally eliminate it. Kills it. Deactivates it.

I couldn't help but wonder if this was in vivo or in vitro. I'd be surprised if molten cobalt didn't inactivate coronavirus in vitro, but I'm not going to drink from a crucible of the stuff.

It's like people don't even read for content anymore.

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Rooster Cogburn105's avatar

In vitro. No way to test in vivo

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Grimscribe's avatar

Silver.

Bigger. Longer. Uncut.

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Crip Dyke, ABOLISH THE POLICE's avatar

Am I the only white person who thinks that permanently blue skin might actually be kinda cool?

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