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It isn't. It's even used as a mood stabilizer in medicine.

>>11404224
Hell if I know. Why is salt so yummy but its elements can kill me? Why is water made from flammable gases? Glad we have chemists. It's all greek to me.
>>11404239
That's not lithium sodium? Ignore me. Drunk off my arse.

>>11404224
Ha! Perkins.

>>11404239
Isn't rubidium salt used for that tho? i don't think they just inject you with lithium for that

>>11404239
Wrong, brainlet.
It was used like 80 years ago before they stopped due to its toxicity.

>>11404224
>Fur
Low tier. Graduate to scales and feathers.

>>11404260
Lithium chloride is still used in some shitholes.
Lithium carbonate is still used widely.

>>11404290
>physical creatures
graduate to abstract concepts

>>11404224
A question of biology really. If I had to venture a guess I'd say that cells utilize sodium because it is more available than most of the alkali groups. Also it is much more chemically stable, the lower group metals have violent reactions, which is never ideal for the precise homeostasis our bodies need to keep working

>>11404290
don't worry anon, i don't discriminate.
>>11404293
>ywn have 12th dimensional intercourse with a hypergoddess of fertility
bros...

>>11404293
>abstract concepts
Implying dragons aren't a metaphor for angels, which are perfect shards of creation.

>>11404303
Okay fair enough.

>>11404309
dragons and angels can still manifest as physical objects. you have to go deeper

>>11404315
No they can't. Never, ever.

>>11404254
>>11404260
Lithium was abandoned as a salt substitute, because some people overdosed. It is still used as a medicine. Rubidium chloride used to be used as an antidepressant, but it isn't anymore, possibly because of its expense or because it might cause mania.

>>11404375
>rubidium chloride might cause mania
d-doesn't that technically cure depression though? Mission accomplished I would say.