https://xkcd.com/2943

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I’m an H⁺ denier, in that I refuse to consider loose protons to be real hydrogen, so I personally believe it stands for ‘pretend’.

    • overload
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      7 months ago

      For what it’s worth, my job is as an analytical chemist, dealing with pH readings every single day, and I’ve always thought this was correct.

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        7 months ago

        The funny thing is that I intellectually knew that there were plenty of non-English speaking scientists, but that knowledge was never considered.