Hah! You get two signal words with GHS: caution or danger. Caution is low stakes, where you might get skin irritation or maybe a mild burn. Danger is supposed to clue you in that it will fuck you up, but there’s no indicator of magnitude of fuck you up. Will it just give you a bad burn or will it melt your skin off while intercalating with your DNA?

I always wanted a third “oh helllll no” category for the really awful substances. For things like tert-Butyl hydroperoxide (it’s a straight 4-4-4) or Osmium tetroxide.

This is actually my field of work. The composite method queermunist is referencing is the industry best practice for exterior hazard labeling. NFPA diamonds don’t always or even often give first responders enough information to enter a building, so there’s no utility to multiple diamonds. Responders really don’t care how many chemicals are in a facility so much as what they are, and not many facilities actually using chemicals are set up in such a way that your example of encountering one chemical then another would work. They’re just everywhere, even during normal operations due to distributed storage and distribution systems.

What these signs do is alert them to the degree of danger inside so they can make decisions, e.g., enter if just flammable, avoid water use, or (most common of all) to act as a reference to ask the building owner more questions before doing anything at all.

You have good instincts - that’s also what NFPA recommends. This isn’t a typical presentation as usually it’s one diamond with the worst score of all present chemicals in each category.

You CAN list them individually but it’s a pain in the ass for both the building owner and first responders. The whole point is to quickly convey the level of hazards in the building for emergencies. They need to know if they need more information before entering. 2+ diamonds doesn’t provide any additional useful data and makes it harder to interpret in a rush.

What’s interesting is they could have made one compound NFPA diamond that encompasses the worst ratings of everything in the building instead of two individual diamonds. The primary intent of these on buildings is to inform first responders of what they might be rushing into.

Chlorine trifluoride! Nasty, NASTY shit. Guess which industry I worked in as safety!

Edit: I remembered this quote about ClF₃ from John D. Clark’s book “Ignition!” and wanted to share. For the non-scientists, hypergolic means it’ll ignite on contact with another substance without an outside energy source, like a spark.

It is, of course, extremely toxic, but that’s the least of the problem. It is hypergolic with every known fuel, and so rapidly hypergolic that no ignition delay has ever been measured. It is also hypergolic with such things as cloth, wood, and test engineers, not to mention asbestos, sand, and water-with which it reacts explosively. It can be kept in some of the ordinary structural metals-steel, copper, aluminium, etc.-because of the formation of a thin film of insoluble metal fluoride which protects the bulk of the metal, just as the invisible coat of oxide on aluminium keeps it from burning up in the atmosphere. If, however, this coat is melted or scrubbed off, and has no chance to reform, the operator is confronted with the problem of coping with a metal-fluorine fire. For dealing with this situation, I have always recommended a good pair of running shoes.

I felt my blood pressure spiking from just reading this. I’m glad you were okay!

You make a great point, I completely agree. While the Orange Bumblefuck absolutely engaged in market manipulation, profiting by acting on non-public information is at the heart of insider trading, which I’m certain his accomplices did.

I corrected my first paragraph - it’s not “privileged information” as information on illegal activities isn’t legally protected nor legitimate business.

It isn’t technically privileged information - that’s generally understood to mean confidential information that is legally protected so that it does not have to be given to the public. What we’re working with is information about the actions the manipulator is taking to illegally manipulate the market.

It’s called insider trading as the trading is being informed by someone on “the inside” who knows something about (typically) legitimate business, generally for one company or an industry, the general public does not. Examples are new developments, earnings results, impending lawsuits, etc.

Edit: it’s early, I bungled the first paragraph so it got a rewrite.

I have it, the hypermobile type (hEDS)

Upside: reduced likelihood of osteoarthritis

Downside: all the pain, doctors think you’re crazy

I bet they loved Iron Sky.

Look into Ehlers - Danlos Syndrome, a connective tissue disorder. Sufferers describe similar symptoms.

It’s true. I used to be a red blooded, conservative American, but that all changed when I showed up as a counter protestor at a Tesla dealership. A woman launched herself at my face, pussy first. I ingested some of her pussy juice and got estrogenized. Now I read books for pleasure, treat women like equals, and I became a vegetarian.

That’s just a fantasy.

Fuuuuck. That’s disappointing, but I’m glad you told me.

But his memory will always live on in our penises.

¿La Chancla Sagrada de Jesús?

Bingo. My approach to this is being really honest. Just tell her you’re interested and how you’re interested. See where the conversation goes from there.

The statue was made by the French. You’re both right.