Transition metal · element 78
Platinum
Rarer than gold. Quieter about it.
Only 1.9% of people are Platinum. (estimated)
If you're Platinum
You are refined, unreactive and impossible to corrode. You don't chase attention, you don't need to, and the people who know your value really know it.
All the platinum ever mined would fit in an average living room, and it survives acids that dissolve gold.
How to get along with Platinum
Do
- Respect the refinement; it's not a pose.
- Keep the tone quiet and the standards high.
- Let them not react.
Don't
- Don't try to impress them with volume.
- Don't confuse noble with cold.
When it goes wrong: They don't corrode, so nothing shows. Ask instead of guessing.
Atomic profile
Every element is placed on six personality dimensions derived from its chemistry. Your answers are placed on the same six, and the closest element wins. How the scoring works
- Reactivity
- 1
- Sociability
- 3
- Stability
- 10
- Energy
- 2
- Rarity
- 8
- Warmth
- 7
Platinum in literature
- Mr. Darcy — Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen (1813)
- Anne Elliot — Persuasion, Jane Austen (1817)
- Prince Myshkin — The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoevsky (1869)
Characters from public-domain works, chosen for the same traits. Company, not a verdict.
Closest personalities
The elements whose profiles sit nearest to Platinum's. If you got Platinum, one of these was probably your runner-up.
Other transition metals
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