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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 67 points 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago

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

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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