Arabic sign tries to be romantic, ends up being a 'deadly' fail

"When you're romantic but you're a failure in chemistry."

2019-05-02 12:25

Let's be real, Arabs have some majestic pickup lines that sometimes are seasonal - hello, >Ramadan *wink wink*. However, this isn't the case every single time. Sometimes, you get to witness >sad and> cringeworthy ones that leave you banging your head against the wall, looking for a way out.

Well, dear readers, your way out could be "inaccurate" pickup lines.

Plastered on a wall in some Arab restaurant, a pickup line reads: "You're the carbon dioxide that I breathe."

"When you're romantic but you're a failure in chemistry."

Let's get scientific for a minute ????????‍????

The reason why the restaurant's sign butchered chemistry - and, ultimately, would butcher human beings if they are to inhale large quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2) - is the following:

Human beings breathe in "78 per cent nitrogen, >21 per cent oxygen [O2], 0.965 per cent argon and 0.04 per cent carbon dioxide (plus some helium, water and other gases)." We >exhale "roughly 78 per cent nitrogen, 15 to 18 per cent oxygen (we retain only a small amount), 4 to 5 per cent carbon dioxide and 0.96 per cent argon, the CO2 being of course used by plants during photosynthesis."

CO2 is generally not a toxic gas, but the quantity at stake could make the difference - much like with O2. If one is to inhale, let's say, 5 percent of CO2, they will be faced with a >respiratory failure. Double that percentage and death enters the picture.

Now, are you sure, dear restaurant sign, that you want to be romantic by comparing your loved one to a gas we only inhale 0.04 percent of?

To be fair, the O2 wouldn't have worked either ...