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[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I mean, technically you can lick any of them...

[–] Talia@feddit.it 11 points 4 months ago
[–] Johandea@feddit.nu 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Can you, though? Can you lick a gas? Am I licking the atmosphere when I stick my tongue out?

Plenty of them are also so rare that there isn't enough of them to form any lickable matter; solid, liquid or gaseous.

Some have such an incredibly short half-life, you cannot lick it before it decays into something else.

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago

Yes you can lick a gas. Have you ever tasted a fart?