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Malgas, 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,
plenipotentprotogod, 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.

Nobody, 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,
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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 ) 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 ) 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

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

skillissuer,
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Bishma, in mentally unbalanced behaviour
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Any time you see a video of a cat backing up and saying “no no no no no” it’s because they’re watching the researcher’s hand move toward the on switch of that centrifuge.

NobodyElse, 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

DrownedRats, in After 100ish years, Graffiti becomes noteworthy
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Give peas a chance is one piece that gained this status a few decades early. Never forget what they took from us…

EndMilkInCrisps, in It's a new era.

Boomer Hoomer

beneeney,
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I love wholesome boomer humor

nymwit, in It's a new era.

rehash of this older New Yorker cartoon? there I go writing B.C. on my checks again

Zerush, in After 100ish years, Graffiti becomes noteworthy
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vzq, (edited ) 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.

SkybreakerEngineer, in After 100ish years, Graffiti becomes noteworthy

The Romans, they go to the house

Hazmatastic,

Now write it out a hundred times. Finish it by morning or I’ll cut your balls off.

TacoButtPlug, in Neil deGrasse Tyson knows what he did.
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