The KKK (Ku Klux Klan) does not stand for the periodic table symbol (K=potassium), but there are jokes. “The KKK is to be better known as the Potassium Potassium Potassium. Science joke” was posted on Twitter by “fish baby” on October 22, 2009. “I walked in on a racist party forming in chemistry class… They called themselves the Potassium Potassium Potassium!” was posted on Reddit—Funny on September 12, 2011. “Racist chemists join the Potassium Potassium Potassium” was posted on Twitter by “moist books” on September 26, 2011.
Twitter
fish baby
@necphilak
The KKK is to be better known as the Potassium Potassium Potassium. Science joke.
11:05 PM - 22 Oct 2009
Reddit—Funny
I walked in on a racist party forming in chemistry class… (self.funny)
submitted September 12, 2011 by mhutch94
They called themselves the Potassium Potassium Potassium!
Twitter
moist books
@moist_novella
Racist chemists join the Potassium Potassium Potassium
6:48 PM - 26 Sep 2011
Twitter
Gary
@Garawra
Did you hear about the new radical, racist chemistry group? Potassium Potassium Potassium..
4:35 PM - 4 Oct 2012
Twitter
Leonel Rivera
@ayylyno
did the KKK like bananas or something? (Potassium Potassium Potassium)
2:57 AM - 26 Nov 2012
Twitter
Henry Hammond
@HankOMatic
“Potassium Potassium Potassium”
-Organization of supremacist chemists
11:09 AM - 20 Apr 2013
Reddit—Jokes
Did you hear about the white supremacists chemist with a lisp?
submitted April 9, 2014 by taygrindtay
He was so radium carbon iodine thorium he joined the potassium potassium potassium.
Reddit—Jokes
Did you hear about the racist chemists’ club?
submitted July 25, 2017 by I_like_ducks_123
It’s called the potassium potassium potassium
Reddit—Dad Jokes
What club do racist scientists join? (self.dadjokes)
submitted September 6, 2018 by Unkempt_ROUS
The Potassium Potassium Potassium
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