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! Moderator Note njaohnt, this is not a good way to come back from an enforced vacation. I would like to remind you of two mod notes posted in this thread: ! Moderator Note The moral of the story is this: stop preaching. Stop using logical fallacy to make your points. You will be banned if this keeps up.

! Moderator Note Brain teasers go in the brain teaser forum. This is a discussion forum, so please use it to discuss things instead of playing silly games. Do not respond to this.

Or alternatively, you could read our rules and stop derailing the thread by responding to mod notes. I was referring to this remark:

! Moderator Note Mike Infinity, please leave personal comments out of it.

Oh, I personally love it. I sometimes put duct tape over my mouth just so I can pretend as though I'm being censored.

belkin is banned along with his sock puppet account, pleasehelp.

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I gave a second one earlier when I saw this thread, so problem solved.

Well, in Australia we have storm water drains to do that - is that what you're after? Edit: the pictures on wiki don't look like what you're talking about, but I think they are the same thing. I don't think the giant, open-topped concrete things are particularly common.

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...Seriously? Do you actually not know what evolution is or are you just here to troll us?

yrreg has been suspended for 7 days for persistently evading questions and an inability to engage in proper discussion.

! Moderator Note Alright, yrreg. You were told some time ago that it was time to put up or shut up and respond with evidence rather than evading everyone's questions (which happens to be in violation of our rules). Enjoy your holiday.

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What a cop out. Theorist, you are required to counter our arguments with science and evidence, as per the rules of this forum. We've all raised valid points, which you either respond to with nothing or by saying 'you need to study more' (or some other vague nonsense that has no place reality). We are not the ones who need to 'study and grasp' the theory. Take a look at the compounds John Cuthber listed and the compounds I listed a few posts back and explain why they are toxic, despite not fitting your model. Hydrofluoric acid doesn't fit your model either - are you saying that HF isn't toxic?

10 minutes is actually quite low for the channel that show was on. Our commercial stations are limited to 18 minutes of advertising per hour. There are a few additional loopholes in addition to that, which can mean you will often see less than 40 minutes of a TV show in a given hour. Our public broadcasting channels only run 5 minutes of advertising per hour. ABC only ever runs ads between shows and doesn't run external advertisements, whereas SBS has gotten into the habit of running external ads that not necessarily restricted to the gap between shows. I can't comment on the quality or the pushiness of them as I haven't really watched more than a few night's worth of TV since I was 17. I remember when I lived at home that it varied depending on where you lived. The more rural areas would tend to get more of the small budget ads by local companies, which tended to be a lot more obvious and pushy, whereas larger metro areas would see ridiculously expensive ads by huge corporations, which were more subtle in their approach. We have a show here related to the topic of current advertising that airs on one of the public broadcasting networks (I think ABC) called 'The Gruen Transfer', which can be a fairly amusing and interesting watch. They have a YouTube channel that you might be interested in taking a peak at.

! Moderator Note guitaoist, start backing up your claims or you will find yourself suspended. Also, a reminder to everyone that this is not the place for making personal remarks against other members.

I fail to see how that is different from the 4 electrons on oxygen, which are also in lone pairs. You still haven't answered the question about peroxides.

Green chemistry is a more recent movement in industrial and lab scale chemistry that essentially aims to promote sustainable methods that use and produce little in the way of toxic compounds. An ideal 'green' reaction would be something that requires minimum energy input, generates minimum waste and uses benign reagents.

I'll ignore how ridiculous that is for a second, because now I want you to explain why it is we aren't dead from all the amines in our body. That includes every protein present in our bodies and all of our DNA, as well as a very large number of other biomolecules I'm missing out because the list is too long. Also, you should answer IA's question. What about peroxides? And heck, while we're at it, you could try explaining why H2S is toxic. It has two lone pairs as well. Then we can move on to...oh, I don't know, let's start with Sarin nerve gas.

What does that even mean?