n0xy@lemmy.dbzer0.com to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 22 days agoChemistrulelemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1237arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1235arrow-down1imageChemistrulelemmy.dbzer0.comn0xy@lemmy.dbzer0.com to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square31linkfedilinkfile-text
How does Xylene sound? Just kidding, I already have nice backup name. But a cool name still Did I already say it’s aromatic?
minus-squareEvkob (they/them)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-221 days agoMy first reaction to this meme was to scoff, I know many non-binary people and none of them have remotely chemistry-inspired names. Then I realized my name is literally an element (with the suffix removed)…
minus-squaren0xy@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 days agoBut to be fair there are many who are based on mythology themselves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemical_element_name_etymologies#Named_after_mythological_entities and some are so short that they have collisions There are definitely unisex names hidden in it, like Samar, Bar, Beryl. And other names like Selen, Rad, Franc
My first reaction to this meme was to scoff, I know many non-binary people and none of them have remotely chemistry-inspired names.
Then I realized my name is literally an element (with the suffix removed)…
But to be fair there are many who are based on mythology themselves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemical_element_name_etymologies#Named_after_mythological_entities and some are so short that they have collisions
There are definitely unisex names hidden in it, like Samar, Bar, Beryl. And other names like Selen, Rad, Franc