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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 67 points 2 months ago (3 children)

You know, learning chemistry is nice and all, and there's lots of maths and knowledge, but the real special knowledge in doing chemistry is one simple phrase:

"When pouring, you've got to commit"

[–] eighty@aussie.zone 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In my personal worldbuilding I've made it into a proverb "do not spill — pour" to mean "to do something confidently where hesistation guarantees failure".

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 8 points 2 months ago

I like that! I particularly love that your worldbuilding includes cultural tidbits like that.

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

last night i committed extra hard and spilled everything on the counter and floor and my clothes

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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