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		schabernakk on April 7, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “Dihydrogen monoxide” joke gets DJs suspended I don't think anyone says the public is stupid because they don't know what Dihydrogen Monoxide is. The problem is that no one saw the need to do a one minute wikipedia search for the term before panicking and calling the local authorities. Because that is stupid.

sarchertech on April 7, 2013 [–]

I'm sure most people did.

How many people actually called in? I'm betting a few dozen out of thousands (maybe hundreds of thousands) of listeners.

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