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Diplococcus, diplodocus

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[–] glorkon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 minute ago

Here's my theory: All diplodocuses, much like all brontosauruses, are thin at one end, much MUCH thicker in the middle, and then thin again at the far end. That is the theory that I have and which is mine, and what it is too.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 21 minutes ago

Diplococcus doesn't cause the clap, some organisms with diplococcus morphology cause the clap.

Smh op you should know better with that username than to spread this misinformation against a vibrant community of such individuals like pneumonia and meningitis

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 58 points 1 day ago (2 children)

* Not known to cause gonorrhea

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Klear@quokk.au 9 points 1 day ago

For science!

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The same thing they do every night.

Try to give dinosaurs the clap!

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can you somehow make the dinosaur give you gonorrhea?

[–] sness@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's probably happened in one of those Chuck Tingle books.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

You never know. But alas the dinosaur is not alive today so it would not be able to give you gonorrhea

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Obligatory milenial joke:

Your mom, very big, causes gonnorhea

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Diplodocuses (diplodocii?) do not cause gonorrhea? How are you so sure? Have you slept with one?

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've seen enough of the internet to know an anthropomorphic dinosaur is fully capable of spreading a venereal disease.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Only if you believe hard enough though

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Billy_fuccboi@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you're clappy and you know it, see a doctor

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] zedgeist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This Jurassic Park movie is getting weird pretty quickly.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Still, not a bad movie considering current trends.

[–] Pringles@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

Diplodocuses (diplodocii?)

Diplodocussy

Have you slept with one?

Have you not?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

there is prion that causes a deadly brain disease, and then theres the PRION bird which has the same name.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Causes gonorrhea? IS gonorrhea, no?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

how do we know the diplodocus did not cause gonorrhea? what if it was like a giant koala?

You did not want to encounter a jurassic drop bear.

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There’s a handy mnemonic for this:

  • DiploCOCcus CAUSEs gonerrhea
  • DiploDOcus DOesn’t
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The fact that you have a mnemonic device for this makes me feel like you deserve to be on whatever lists you're on.

Exactly how many museums have you been banned from?

Edit: Spelling

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

you deserve to be on whatever lists you're on.

Holy shit lol.

I'm putting that one in my back pocket.

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I would've went with:

DiploCOCcus has a gonerhhea infested COC

DiploDOcus open the DOor, get on the floor, everybody walk the dinosaur.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Yea, but those are like the only differences.

[–] dumbass@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago

Now we arent 100% sure it doesn't cause gonorrhea, someone's gotta fuck one first.

[–] SnailMagnitude@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

Afaiu it was them that passed it to humans just prior to the deluge.

Thankfully Noah invented wine to balance things out.

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

DIPLO COCKS

  • very large [citation needed]
  • causes gonorrhea [citation needed]
[–] MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I came here to comment this

Maybe 20 years ago I went to see RJ D2 and Dipla opened up. I went over to purchase one of his DVD videos and the motherfucker, hit on my perfect ten redhead girlfriend in front of me. Granted, she was fucking beautiful. But he is a cunt. Definitely liked his first album. Anything after that is just drivel.

So yes, he probably has gonorrhea. Again, we'll give it to you or your loved ones.

[–] MeetMeAtTheMovies@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

does not cause gonorrhea

[citation needed]

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago

Do not the Diplodocus

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

It does cause gonnatreea

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Causes diarrhea

[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago

Somehow i read this as diarrhea and immediatly thought: "No I'd shit myself with either one."

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

This would explain why nobody has been coming to my discount Jurassic Park.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

But what about just Diplo, does he cause gonorrhea? Asking for a friend.

[–] toynbee@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

I could get the same result with ssh-keygen!

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is diplobocus the equivalent of atomic lead? (Tiny and very bad for you) How about diploeocus? Some planet somewhere?

diplofocus is the paleoptometrist