Alkali metal · element 37
Rubidium
Explodes on contact with water. Also keeps atomic clocks honest.
Only 0.5% of people are Rubidium. (estimated)
If you're Rubidium
You are fast, hot and surprisingly precise. You react before others finish the sentence, and somehow you're usually right on time.
Rubidium bursts into flame in water, and it also runs the atomic clocks that keep GPS accurate.
How to get along with Rubidium
Do
- Keep up, or at least don't ask them to wait.
- Give them something time-critical to run.
- Let them react first, then discuss.
Don't
- Don't expose them to slow, damp, waiting situations.
- Don't ask them to hold an opinion in for a week.
When it goes wrong: It goes off instantly and it's over instantly. Don't relight it by relitigating.
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
- 10
- Sociability
- 5
- Stability
- 5
- Energy
- 5
- Rarity
- 5
- Warmth
- 7
Rubidium in literature
- Hotspur — Henry IV, Part 1, William Shakespeare (1597)
- Éponine — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo (1862)
- Christy Mahon — The Playboy of the Western World, J. M. Synge (1907)
Characters from public-domain works, chosen for the same traits. Company, not a verdict.
Closest personalities
The elements whose profiles sit nearest to Rubidium's. If you got Rubidium, one of these was probably your runner-up.