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[-] XOXOX@lemmy.world 84 points 2 months ago

Johnny was a chemists son. But Johnny is no more. What Johnny thought was H20, Was H2S04.

[-] subtext@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 11 points 2 months ago
[-] clif@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

The one I remember from school was phrased slightly differently (but same concept) :

Poor little Jimmy is lying on the floor, for what he thought was H2O was H2SO4

[-] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago

Two chemists enter a bar. One orders a glass of H2O. The other chemist says I'll have a glass of H2O too. He bleached his throat and died.

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 82 points 2 months ago

Are you even sciencing if you don't drink some piss you found in a beaker somewhere?

[-] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 80 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Observation: this looks like piss} Question: is this piss?} Hypothesis: this is probably piss} Experiment: drink the piss} Analysis: tastes like piss} Conclusion: it’s piss

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 20 points 2 months ago

Sometimes it be like that.

[-] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 months ago

could also check for urea content, or proteins, but sure why not drink it

[-] FarFarAway@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

I mean, drinking it (well tasting) used to be the legit way of testing it.

[-] kinkles@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago
[-] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 5 points 2 months ago

Yeah, check for all of that using the high fidelity, self calibrating sensory cluster.

[-] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Inconclusive: the data is also a perfect fit for domestic American light beer.

[-] idunnololz@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

How do you know it tastes like piss if you've never tasted piss before?

Better piss in a cup and taste it to make sure we get a nice baseline.

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[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 2 months ago

This is probably worse than piss.

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[-] EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

Well, you could say beer is yeast piss.

I'll have another (lab brewed yeast piss. From malted grain. Sometimes with hops)

[-] prex@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago

"Sinking piss" is Australian for drinking.

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[-] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 49 points 2 months ago

distilled water, lab grade ethanol, a couple drops of limonene, and there you go

[-] VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz 32 points 2 months ago

Sadly the Erlenmeyer flask was previously used for some nasty water soluble compounds and just looks clean.

[-] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 2 months ago

rinse -> acetic acid -> rinse -> Acqua regia-> Rinse -> Pirahna solution -> Rinse -> 500°C oven -> Rinse

I would then drink from it without even worrying

[-] VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 months ago

Is NileRed then too cautious when he only uses fresh breakers for stuff he is going to eat?

[-] cadekat@yiffit.net 13 points 2 months ago

The cost of a fresh beaker is worth mitigating the risk.

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[-] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 months ago

he's lucky to have a big enough channel to be able to afford 40000$ NMR machines, so a couple beakers aren't that much of an expense for much more safety

but as a home chemist, there is NO WAY I'm getting new beakers every time I wanna do edible chem, especially pyrex branded ones like Nile does. Lab equipment, even basic glassware, is ridiculously overpriced

[-] XOXOX@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Don't forget the phase-change cooling from the addition of solid state H20.

[-] Claidheamh@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 months ago
[-] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

No, they're talking about a ridiculously high mass isotope of Hydrogen. Turns out it has some wacky properties.

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[-] tilefan@lemm.ee 31 points 2 months ago

I remember reading about a chemistry teacher found dead one morning. he had a habit of consuming the laboratory's ethanol after hours, and the night before had accidentally poured himself a glass of methanol

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[-] cRazi_man@lemm.ee 30 points 2 months ago
[-] KellysNokia@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

"Today we are making burgers from pocket lint and sodium hydroxide"

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[-] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 21 points 2 months ago

Even if i was modeling I don't think I could do this.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 12 points 2 months ago

What's wrong with a little piss chug every here and there? Asking for a friend.

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[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

I've done this. Chemistry equipment is good for bongs too.

[-] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

I themed the wet bar in my basement as a laboratory. There's a drying rack on the wall that I use to store 15 mL beakers that I use a shot glasses. It's fun. I've also found that a hot plate stirer with a thermometer probe and a vacuum filtration setup makes the best clarified butter easy as a snap!

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago

Whenever I toast with beakers, I yell out "TO SCIENCE!"

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[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 months ago

Enjoy your benzene

[-] 4oreman@lemy.lol 14 points 2 months ago

I'm just glad she's wearing earings and makeup like a good female.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 20 points 2 months ago

Women doing science? Preposterous.

[-] myrrh@ttrpg.network 6 points 2 months ago

...my wife's a mad scientist: well, she's a senior scientist and she's mad pretty often...

[-] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Have we communally decided where the proper line should be drawn between lifestyle acceptance, and calling out stereotypes in media? I get what you're insinuating, but some women do actually seem to enjoy wearing earrings. You could just as notably call out the fact that she has long hair.

[-] 4oreman@lemy.lol 4 points 2 months ago

Some women also commit suicide by drinking lethal chemicals, but that doesn't mean this picture makes sense.

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[-] rustydomino@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Way to demonstrate the proper usage of PPE there!

[-] LaterRedditor@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

EHS would approve the eye protection at least.

[-] Sagittarii@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

At least she's wearing gloves!

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

And goggles. Lord knows what that shit might do to your eyes.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago
[-] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

That’s some tasty chlorine

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