Mercury isnt that bad in its pure form, and it would take more then a finger dipping to hurt you. It's ethanized mercury you have to worry about (the stuff in thermometers), or mercury + heat
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"Life is possible only with illusions. And so, the question for the science of mental health must become an absolutely new and revolutionary one, yet one that reflects the essence of the human condition: On what level of illusion does one live?"
-- Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
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