New Chemical Element

[Guest darkskyabove]

http://www.lhup.edu/~DSIMANEK/administ.htm

[RestoringGuy]

 

http://www.lhup.edu/~DSIMANEK/administ.htm

 

I would like to object to the practice of posting a link and nothing else.  Please add details on what this is, the significance to you, a tiny excerpt, etc., so members do not need to go click-happy and spend time digging into remote web sites trying to extrapolate the meaning.   I guess I am interested in chemistry and maybe it is clear, but I have found other link-only posts to be dead ends than got me upset that I wasted the time.

[Wesley]

It's a joke post with a very straight forward link that goes exactly where you want it to. Here is a small exerpt of the post that shows how funny it is.

 

 

Administratium has a normal half-life of approximately three years, at
which time it does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in
which assistant neutrons, vice neutrons and assistant vice neutrons
exchange places. Some studies have shown that the atomic mass actually
increases after each reorganization.

 

 

[Guest darkskyabove]

 

I would like to object to the practice of posting a link and nothing else...

 

My apologies. I would not have done this in any category but comedy. Blind link hopping is not a productive practice. But I would like some feedback on linking to jokes. I cannot simply post the joke, as there may be copyright issues, thus the link. If I give a synopsis, I might deflate the joke. If I had prefaced the link with something like, "This is a joke about chemistry", I am being redundant.

I do not mean to minimize or override your concern. Is there room for a comedic compromise? If the link goes directly to the joke, no scrolling the page, no re-linking, etc., and is Rated G/PG, would it be any more acceptable?

[RestoringGuy]

 

I do not mean to minimize or override your concern. Is there room for a comedic compromise? If the link goes directly to the joke, no scrolling the page, no re-linking, etc., and is Rated G/PG, would it be any more acceptable?

 

Understood.  No.   Totally my fault and I practice self-shame for 20 seconds.  I replied too hastily before noticing the category.

PS Thanks,  the link is entertaining and reminds me of some high school chemistry humor.