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plenipotentprotogod, to science_memes in BIG GEOLOGY
don,

Are there handguns small enough to fit inside a Petri dish? Or do you just aim the handgun at the Petri dish? Does the handgun need to be loaded? If it must be loaded, will blanks suffice? Does a larger caliber reduce the time needed to aim the handgun at the Petri dish? Is there a specific distance to the dish from which one must aim the handgun? Are rifles, shotguns, and machine guns specifically excluded? Will a sword work? It’s generally made of the same kind of material as a handgun. Is it necessary to stand on a chair while wearing a lab coat while aiming the handgun? Can two hands be used to aim the handgun? Does engaging the handgun’s safety have any effect on the contents of the Petri dish?

XKCD’s not being very helpful.

Icalasari,

Blank probably would work. Those can still kill at point blank

misterundercoat,

If we just go around shooting cancer cells, we’ll end up with bullet-resistant super-cancers.

Iron_Lynx,

If we can harvest those to make ballistic vests, then I see opportunities.

rockerface,

So, like Venom?

1024_Kibibytes,

I don’t know of any handguns small enough to fit into a petri dish. The handgun must be loaded and fired at the petri dish. A large caliber will be easier to aim since it would decrease the need for accuracy. Close range is a better distance. Shotguns and machine guns would do an even better job, rifles are fine. A sword decreases the likelihood of destroying a virus because of its low energy. Standing on a chair while wearing a lab coat makes you look cooler. Two hands can be used to aim the gun if it helps you. The handgun will not fire with the safety on, thus decreasing the probability of destroying the virus.

skillissuer, to science_memes in mentally unbalanced behaviour
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i think that centrifuge might be actually balanced

skillissuer,
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FreshLight, (edited ) to science_memes in mentally unbalanced behaviour

I disagree. A real mad scientist is still a human and not a centrifuge

nailbar,

He turned himself into a centrifuge in a mad science experiment!

don, to science_memes in BIG GEOLOGY

Technically a close-range gamma ray burst can kill coronavirus, but there’s a good reason no one is using it for that purpose: it’s a goddamned close-range gamma ray burst.

Coasting0942,

I am confused? Suffer not the non-human to live

PunnyName,

Oh, look at Big Astronomy trying to tell me how I should practice Extinction Level Events.

Fuck you B.A., I’ll go extinct however I wanna!

nxdefiant,

You can have a little extinction, as a treat.

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot,

You want Hulks? 'Cause that’s how you get Hulks.

gibmiser, to science_memes in BIG GEOLOGY

They don’t want you to know it works, but I’ve been microdosing lava for years now. Now everything tastes the same and I can fly.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA,
@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world avatar

How are your shits?

gibmiser,

Well… turns out tiny shards of volcanic rock are sharp enough to make surgical scalpels. So, colorful.

fossilesque,
@fossilesque@mander.xyz avatar

Well, I’m convinced.

SatanicNotMessianic, to science_memes in mentally unbalanced behaviour

Having dealt with this kind of thing before, it gives a new and more literal definition to the phrase “bloody idiot.”

blandfordforever,

That’s a properly balanced centrifuge. Perhaps we should be calling you the silly names.

Malgas, to science_memes in mentally unbalanced behaviour

Why did you build a death ray?

To take over the world.

No, I mean, what mad hypothesis are you testing? Are you just making mad observations?

Look, I’m just trying to take over the world. That’s all.

You’re at least going to leave some of the world as a mad control group, right?

Sad fact: most “mad scientists” are actually mad engineers.

(Borrowed from a Cowbirds in Love strip which at the time of this writing is inaccessible.)

AlgeriaWorblebot,

I miss Cowbirds in Love.

BrundleFly2077,
mkhopper, to science_memes in BIG GEOLOGY
@mkhopper@lemmy.world avatar

You can’t drink lava from plastic glasses.

Kase,

You can’t stop me from trying

Imgonnatrythis,

Plastic is bad for the environment and our bodies anyway.

NobodyElse, to science_memes in mentally unbalanced behaviour

I’ve heard an unbalanced ultracentrifuge explode and have seen the aftermath. Now that’s mad science!

Contramuffin,

Don’t worry, that’s actually perfectly balanced. That’s the mad part

Tar_alcaran,

Could still be different amounts in there though

Nobody, to science_memes in BIG GEOLOGY

My sister’s baby’s daddy’s cousin’s roommate drank lava, and it cured his cancer. Then, he quit taking drugs. Why does Big Geology support cancer and drug addiction?

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA,
@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world avatar

Every time you tell this story you leave out the fact his testicle (yeah he only got one) swole up to the size of a basketball and I think that’s pretty important

Ranvier, (edited ) to science_memes in BIG GEOLOGY

Appoint this internet commenter as surgeon general of Florida! We must get the truth out about medicinal lava!

frezik,

That commenter already is the surgeon general of Florida.

sooper_dooper_roofer, (edited ) to science_memes in BIG GEOLOGY

technically lava can kill coronavirus

is this really a forbes article? actually it’s probably more truthful than usual

1024_Kibibytes,

It is really a Forbes article:

forbes.com/…/can-lava-kill-the-coronavirus-an-inv…

Apparently it came about after Trump suggested drinking bleach.

sooper_dooper_roofer,

the floor is lava, and coronavirus can’t touch it

metaStatic, to science_memes in BIG GEOLOGY

They've played us for absolute fools

Wogi,

This is such bullshit. You can’t drink lava.

It’s really more like a soft taffy. You eat it. I eat lava all the time and I’m FINE. eat the lava kids

Venator, to science_memes in mentally unbalanced behaviour

Third photo should be of the dude from Explosions&Fire or NileRed.

DemBoSain,
@DemBoSain@midwest.social avatar

Purple gold will be the death of us all.

Cort, (edited )

I think you misspelled thought emporium:

youtu.be/JNfQCRzcr3o?si=DpZ8W__Rtb38VTA0

We’re talking MAD science, not regular science.

vzq, (edited ) to science_memes in It's a new era.

I know they are dinosaurs, but the fact that someone was drawing comics about checks in 2017 is just baffling.

I don’t recall seeing a check since the late 80s.

Monkeyhog,

I work at a bank, I see thousands of checks a day. They’re still out there.

psud,

In America?

meliaesc,

I wrote two checks last week. I’m 29.

psud,

I’m 46 and have never used a cheque

Monkeyhog, (edited )

Yep, checks are used a lot by charities and churches, plus migrant workers are often paid by checks, and there’s market nearby that will cash all of their checks for them, and that market is a customer of my bank, so when they bring in their deposit, it’s a stack of checks at least 6 inches tall every day. And that’s honestly not even half of the checks we see a day.

vzq,

My condolences.

On the other hand, we don’t have bank offices here anymore either. And getting someone on the phone is a nightmare.

But it’s cheaper, so that’s why they raised prices. Wait, what?

I_am_10_squirrels,

They’re still somewhat common in the US. I use checks to pay the cleaners, and my bank sends checks for bill pay.

weariedfae,

Man, that’s some hyperbole. Ain’t nobody believing you haven’t seen a check in 40 years. It’s not for every day use but there’s always something that needs a check for some dumb reason, like setting up direct deposit or paying the emergency plumber. Stuff comes up.

wandermind, (edited )

I’m not American, but

I’ve literally never seen a check in my life, and I’ve been around since the late 80s.

funkless_eck,

I got paid by check for a gig on Christmas Eve.

acockworkorange, (edited )

Believe it, bub. In backwater places like Brazil people have moved on from credit and debit cards to fully digital systems like Pix. Meanwhile my town in Tennessee will take only cash or cheque for taxes.

Jorgelino,

I’m so used to my country being late to this type of stuff that i only realised pix wasn’t an international thing until just recently.

Also how dare you?! Only i get to call this backwater place backwater! /s

acockworkorange,

Is there a c/suddenlycaralho?

wildginger,

I mean, fully digital isnt a massive flex. “Cash is king” is a saying for a reason

kakes,

Other than getting paid for a few labor jobs out of high school, I haven’t seen a cheque used ever, so I can believe it. Banks give sheets with direct deposit info, and any tradespeople I’ve hired have taken various other forms of payment.

For reference, this is in Canada though, so not the default.

vzq, (edited )

Man, that’s some hyperbole. Ain’t nobody believing you haven’t seen a check in 40 years.

Late 80s is only 35 years ago, but other than that believe it. It’s true. In 1991 Maestro launched and everyone moved over to debit card payments.

The cheques only really disappeared in 2002 when the bank guarantees stopped, but I haven’t seen one in the wild since I was a little little lad. I have never ever ever had a checkbook in my own name.

More info on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocheque

It’s not for every day use but there’s always something that needs a check for some dumb reason, like setting up direct deposit or paying the emergency plumber.

My last emergency plumber was a kid in his twenties. I don’t think he even knows what a check is. But he definitely knows what a debit card is, and has a portable terminal.

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