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I notice how geologists are not even in the conversation.
It's because we are all outside playing in the dirt.
But how did the rocks you find TASTE?
I've always appreciated that as a prior valid qualification method in field geology as a biologist.
Licking our cultures, buffers, and samples tends to be frowned upon.
I was once studying biology, got up to the point of doing field studies. On one trip, we came upon what looked to be animal droppings. He went on about how the diet of the animal obviously affects the flavor of the excrement and then told us he could tell us what deposited it just by tasting it and proceeded, to the horror of many present to pop the littler turd in his mouth and chew on it.
Then he revealed that it was actually just a misshapen tootsie roll he had one of the aids sneak ahead on the trail and plant for him to fuck with us.
The aid could've done the funniest thing there
i mean we used to have mouth pipetting and DuPont chemists smoking in the lab and noticing the taste of their experiments on the cigs lol
Yeah I had an old chemistry professor of mine would habitually turn his head sideways when working in the hood. Lol
The worst ones are... radioactive, or asbestiform. So....
Kyanite is harmless but nasty.
Our geoscience department lords above lowly biopesants by 1 floor. We like to throw rotting fruit at them below us, while heckling "Culture deez nuts."
We once found a group of bio students on a field trip.
We pranked up their van and took incriminating pictures.
Geology rocks
You should see what the archaeologists are up to
y'all are my favorite. rocks are cool.
And they are better for it