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People always argue that -num isn’t a legitimate way for the name of an element to end, but I never see you guys talking about Platinium.

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All words are made up and language isn’t real

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Then we also need to talk about Sodum, Potassum, Magnesum, Plutonum, Uranum, Cadmum, Chromum, Titanum and a bunch more. Why should Aluminum be the outlier?

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Yeah well blowsraspberry

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You know thwy spelled them all wrong on purpose, right?

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Because platinum is also a concept. Nobody has gotten an aluminum record, or an aluminum medal. Some metals have ascended beyond mere utility into superficiality. Aluminium isn’t there yet.

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