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I had a hard time parsing this - couldn't tell if the Bomb part was false, or the glowstick part.

• okket 10y ago
  > The instructions given in the above-displayed meme don't create a glow stick, but it will create an explosion. Mixing chlorine and isopropyl alcohol creates a violent chemical reaction, which — when it is confined to a sealed container — has dramatic, potentially dangerous results. A video posted by the Backyard Scientist in 2013 demonstrated the phenomenon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgWDMPfvXSg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgWDMPfvXSg
  • daveguy 10y ago
    Also from the Snopes site -- what actually happens if you close the container tightly and confine it to a bottle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H13dLQnLFfI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H13dLQnLFfI
• geon 10y ago
  I paresed it like "Make love, not war".
• jlawton 10y ago
  Yeah I was wondering why they said the meme was correct, but they still had a "false" claim on it? Was it because the picture is true, but it wasn't circulated via social media and emails? That's what I determined after reading the page.
• _kst_ 10y ago
  The claim is: "A meme gives instructions for making a homemade glow stick." The "FALSE" refers to the claim that the instructions are for a glow stick. According to Snopes, the instructions are actually for a dangerous chemical bomb. It is a bit confusing. Snopes could as easily have addressed the claim that this meme is floating around on social media (which apparently is true). I've only seen warnings about it, not the meme itself. If my experience is typical, it's nice to see (apparently) accurate information outrunning a dangerous hoax for once.