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Sandy Loam (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
 

explanation, this combines one of these memes:

w/ the soil triangle

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[–] marighost@piefed.social 38 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] kn33@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] marighost@piefed.social 11 points 1 month ago

Let's do some digging!

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Welcome to the staaaaage:

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago

I see the reference but where are the papers to back up this main meme?

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

GF with a dick bigger than mine, with me being already above average sized, who makes me her bottom.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"Loam" gets funnier the more you say it. Try it, say it until you stop seeing the letters and just hear the noise it makes coming out of your mouth.

[–] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

you a real loamy mf for this

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

"Door" too.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It's a real woody word

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How do you read the soil chart? What is the composition of loam? 50% sand, 20% clay, 80% silt? 150% baloney

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

nah. loam is, for example, 40% sand, 20% clay, 40% silt and it's close to middle of that polygon, on top of letter O

for example, draw a line from 50% sand point on edge to 50% clay point on edge, the first one is 50% sand 50% silt because that axis for sand is also 0% for clay, the second one is 50% sand 50% clay because it lies at the line that is 0% silt

[–] QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

I'm kinda stoned rn and these words are like hylogriphics to me

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

Ah, that makes more sense, thank you!

[–] Ithi@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I think it makes more sense if you view it as fractions or ratios.

I.e. 50/150 parts sand, 20/150 parts clay, and 80/150 parts silt would be considered loam

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

That could work, but there's clearly a % sign in all axes.