In order for licking the rocks to help on the test, he must have already tasted them before.
Do you have what it takes to become a geologist?
Submitted 6 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to science_memes@mander.xyz
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grue@lemmy.world 6 months ago
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 6 months ago
Plot twist: Wasn’t a Geology major, there was no test.
MehBlah@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Sir, this is a Wendy’s.
And009@reddthat.com 6 months ago
yes please, hold it right there
DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 6 months ago
Are you telling me they put them in front of actual rocks and let them lick them in finals?
mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
Im sure it’s required. I got a geology buddy and he said this is pretty normal for identification of rocks. So I bet its a required skill to tell spicy rocks from rocky rocks.
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Geology degree here - you identify some rocks by licking them. Licking most rocks will give you no information. But in a final, honestly, nobody would bat an eye if you licked all of them, just in case.
lowleveldata@programming.dev 6 months ago
Fact
morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Was a thing when I took geo in first year, rock test (and the professor) was kinda a legend within engineering.
Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 6 months ago
"Well yes it looks like a rock, but it tastes like a metal
Glimpythegoblin@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Yes. I have a geology degree. How else am I supposed to distinguish apatite from halite. I’ve licked many rocks. Mineralogy, petrology, and sedemenary Rocks and fossils all had finals that involved having 50 rocks in front of you to identify
nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
I knew someone who went to his german language classes on LSD and I couldn’t think of a worse clsss to do that in.
Gladaed@feddit.org 6 months ago
A skilled geologist recognizes the rocks they can safely lick. Licking every rock is just stupid. Imagine licking asbest.
accideath@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I believe licking asbestos is fairly unproblematic. You just really shouldn’t breathe in asbestos dust.
InputZero@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Asbestos definitely causes inflammation when tissues are exposed to it, I wouldn’t recommend that anyone lick asbestos. One exposure wouldn’t do much. That said I’m pretty sure the act of picking asbestos up and bringing it to your face and breathing it in would be the most dangerous part of that.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
YOU DON’T GET TO TELL ME WHAT ROCKS I CAN LICK! YOU’RE NOT MY FATHER!
Worx@lemmynsfw.com 6 months ago
I always lick asbest. I’m the best licker there is
exothermic@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I couldn’t do it, I’d be worried everyone could tell I was high. Tbf tho, no one called him out for licking rocks… sooooo idk. I’d just hate to be remembered as the rock licking guy
itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
Accepted behavior among geologists
geogle@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I concur
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I took a geology course in college. The raw giddiness the professor hit on seeing a very bland gray rock still makes me laugh thinking about it. Dude was starstruck by a large grey lump. I think he would have gladly licked the rock if he thought no one was looking.
I 100% believe the above.
P00ptart@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I once gave a speech on butterflies while stoned off my ass. Got really, REALLY fucking stoned, with a buddy cause I was pretty sure I didn’t have to go to that class that day. Checked the syllabus and turns out I had to go. We picked the subject of other people’s speech, and gave a 3 minute “speech” on butterflies, which I mostly just modified Mitch hedberg jokes to fit butterflies. Got the class laughing and got an A. 🤷🏼♂️
jagungal@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Mitch Hedberg jokes while high is a pretty smart move. Either that or you’re the only person who finds them funny and end up looking like an idiot.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 6 months ago
My only experience being high was I met up with some friends where schedules only aligned for the one evening, and I had 2 conflicting goals: try some THC and play with some servers with the other computer nerd in the group. Trying to remember the commands and workarounds for weird hardware+distro compatibility quirks while my brain was soup was quite an experience!
Mango@lemmy.world 6 months ago
MadBob@feddit.nl 6 months ago
Ha, unearthed.
dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
“That’s how I got the nickname ‘the Doc Ellis of geology’”
user1234@lemmynsfw.com 6 months ago
I was going to comment that Doc Ellis would be proud.
scutiger@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You think you’ve got the stones to become a geologist?
HaveYouPaidYourDues@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Definitely read this as his test was about lsd, was mighty confused until i scrolled back up and read it 3 more times
vala@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The hoody part adds validity to this story IMO
plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
Red dwarf learning drugs are real!
HawlSera@lemm.ee 6 months ago
As someone who does LSD whenever she can (Which is… sadly not as often as you’d think)
This doesn’t surprise me
neuroneiro@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Doc Ellis threw a no hitter on LSD in 1970.
underwire212@lemm.ee 6 months ago
ITT: people who have clearly never done acid pretending they’ve done acid.
Pistcow@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Typical Geology major.
Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
Reminded me of the high geologist post So here it is
AmbientChaos@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
That’s a very high quality post, I appreciate you sharing it
GiveMemes@jlai.lu 6 months ago
I like this thread/comic but I’m legitimately confused by ‘ace rights’ did we start forcing people to fuck or something? I hadn’t noticed lol
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 6 months ago
I think its because the purple lighting looks a bit like the ace flag
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Bytemeister@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Did you miss the whole “childless cat ladies” thing the GOP has been doing lately?
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I think its missing a comma, cause its common for shaggy phrases to end with “right scoob?”
I thought the same thing you did at first though.
Jimbo@yiffit.net 6 months ago
All hail ace centaur