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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Such a good idea it gives me an idea for an award with a prize attached

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 40 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait, if you're me then who am I?

[–] eldoom@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

We’re all you.

[–] eldoom@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't think so. No. I'm pretty sure that you're you.

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

But no mathematics.

It has absolutely nothing to do with my wifes extramarital affairs. Nothing at all.

[–] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Someone give me some context

[–] Dieterlan@lemmy.world 83 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alfred Nobel invented dynamite, for mining, by doing what the meme says (I don't know what "fossilized algae" refers to, but it makes the nitro not go boom, when it really wants to boom). After seeing what it was eventually used for (bombs. Lots and lots of bombs) he regretted ever making it. He set up the Nobel Peace Prize as a result, to try and even the scales a bit, so to speak

[–] bogdugg@lemmy.world 85 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t know what “fossilized algae” refers to

Looked it up:

Nobel found that when nitroglycerin was incorporated in an absorbent inert substance like kieselguhr (diatomaceous earth) it became safer and more convenient to handle, and this mixture he patented in 1867 as "dynamite".

Diatomaceous earth consists of the fossilized remains of diatoms, a type of hard-shelled microalgae.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Nobel#Nobel_Prize

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatomaceous_earth

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ooh. Diatomaceous earth is also the best safest healthiest most humane method of fending off bed bugs.

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm all for being humane but I would stab a bed bug with a pin and yell "die, fucker". Same goes for mosquitos, ticks and fleas.

Isn't diotemacious earth cancer causing if you breath it in?

[–] sandalbucket@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fortunately, diacontagious (or however you spell it) earth is not very “humane”. It cuts their wax layer as they crawl through it, leaving just enough of a gap that they can’t contain moisture, and they dehydrate / mummify to death.

This fun fact brought me much comfort while I lied in bed, slapping every itch and wincing at every breeze.

[–] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

DE is abrasive, and that does help, but the main reason it works is because it is a desiccant, so like a silica packet it dehydrates the insect.

[–] Addition1291@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For a fun prank, pour out a small drop of Nitroglycerin and smack it with a hammer to scare your friends. :^)

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah, a fun little joke I can do with the nitroglycerin I definitely don't have because that would probably be illegal

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Just develop a heart condition and they'll straight up give it to you. Easy peasy.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As a bonus, if we already have a heart condition and an abundant supply of prescription nitroglycerin tabs, we can perform the aforementioned prank to give all our friends heart attacks too! 😄

Ha, jokes on YOU, I already have a heart condition!

Wait...

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alternatively, work in a hospital or on an ambulance. We've got loads of the shit

[–] Chetzemoka@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I was gonna say, actually thinking about pocketing the excess next time I pull some from the Omnicell to see if this works lol

[–] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

A tab of NTG is only 0.5mg, a drop of pure NTG (so around the size of the tab) would be in the ballpark of 125 mg, so the tablet contains very little NTG. Id wager a tiny pop if any.

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really want to put a couple bottles of tablets in a blender and see what happens haha

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Maybe it'll be like the 4th of July in your kitchen. It's worth a try. Make sure to video it and let us know how it turns out.

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Easy enough to make.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 31 points 1 year ago

He was known as the "Merchant of Death" because even after he accidentally revolutionized warfare he kept profiting off of it for the rest of his life.

[–] outer_spec@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I guess you could say it was a smashing success