@AnarchoCatgirlism Oh yeah "Na" and "Cl" you really shouldn't in elemental form, but when combined into a compound, it just raises your blood pressure. ;o)
@AnarchoCatgirlism but what if polonium is really really tasty? also lawrencium, that's gonna be a bitch to try and get a taste of unless we put someone in a particle accelerator (but then again who knows what gastronomic experiences await in the high electronvolt spectrum!)
I interpreted the purple rather as: You may do so, and will have some time for deep regret. The red stuff is the the one where you are much too busy screaming for painkillers to think about anything in else in particular...
@glitzersachen
If you got enough of the super-heavies together to lick them you wouldn't have enough time because their half lives are so short it would explode instantly, it would basically be a much more powerful atom bomb.
There is this, yes. Though, on second thought, how much do you need to get together to be able to lick it? Might be the modern 21st century version of "How many angels can dance on the point of a needle".
I, of the minimalist school, hold that 1 atom is enough to lick it. The trick is to plant it on a suitable substrate first and then lick (fast, of course). Nobody said the licking had to be done on a solid block of the material (see also: Gases).
@glitzersachen
I'd say the amount required to lick is enough that it's large enough to have enough surface area for the tongue to make contact. It also needs to be as pure as possible (not possible to be 100% pure for most metals because they'll always form oxides).
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