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[-] Dave2 234 points 2 years ago

Reminded me of the high geologist post So here it is

[-] AmbientChaos@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 years ago

That's a very high quality post, I appreciate you sharing it

[-] AEsheron@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

I feel dumb, I don't get the ace bit. Was it just slang, like he's cool, and then they swerved it? Or was there something that actually made the commentary think they were asexual in the image? Now I feel dumb and old.

[-] PixelProf@lemmy.ca 33 points 2 years ago

Geode colouring matched Ace Flag colouring.

[-] AEsheron@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Ahhh, OK, I see it now, thanks very much.

[-] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 7 points 2 years 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

[-] Dave2 10 points 2 years ago

It is probably more about recognition, most people (in their minds) don't recognize asexuality. Many folks thought I had something wrong with me (do you know how many erectile dysfunction or micropenis jokes I had to endure?) or I was attracted to them and was trying to hide it.

[-] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 6 points 2 years ago

Yeah I get that and agree, but I think that language is important in these situations. That's about something that has nothing to do with rights and minimalizes the actual civil rights issues that we DO have by association. I agree that education is important, but that has nothing to do with a legal fight for rights.

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[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago

I think its because the purple lighting looks a bit like the ace flag

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[-] Jimbo@yiffit.net 6 points 2 years ago

All hail ace centaur

[-] grue@lemmy.world 56 points 2 years ago

In order for licking the rocks to help on the test, he must have already tasted them before.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 48 points 2 years ago

As someone who does LSD whenever she can (Which is... sadly not as often as you'd think)

This doesn't surprise me

[-] Soluna 10 points 2 years ago

I really want to experiment with psychedelics but I have no idea where to even start on obtaining them lol

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[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I figured you'd only really be able to buy it in bulk on the dark web.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago
[-] nomous@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Until very recently festivals were a major source of LSD distribution in the U.S.

Not so much regular attendees buying 10 strips but people who know each other meeting up at various festivals to exchange larger quantities of dry, crystal LSD. I don't know how much it's changed in the last decade or so, probably not that much.

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[-] DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 38 points 2 years ago

Are you telling me they put them in front of actual rocks and let them lick them in finals?

[-] mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org 31 points 2 years 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.

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago

"Well yes it looks like a rock, but it tastes like a metal

[-] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years 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.

[-] djsoren19@yiffit.net 6 points 2 years ago

I have to know, how was sanitation handled? did you each student have an individual sample, or were you all licking a communal rock?

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[-] Glimpythegoblin@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years 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

[-] DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 9 points 2 years ago

Oh wow I've never expected that I'm used to university being full academia with no hands on on anything

[-] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago

Not hands. Tongue

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[-] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 2 years 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 35 points 2 years ago

A skilled geologist recognizes the rocks they can safely lick. Licking every rock is just stupid. Imagine licking asbest.

[-] accideath@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

I believe licking asbestos is fairly unproblematic. You just really shouldn’t breathe in asbestos dust.

[-] InputZero@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years 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.

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[-] ResoluteCatnap@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago

Good ol' hawk tuah on that thang

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

YOU DON'T GET TO TELL ME WHAT ROCKS I CAN'T LICK! YOU'RE NOT MY FATHER!

[-] exothermic@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years 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 51 points 2 years ago

Accepted behavior among geologists

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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'm sure it was a very excellent rock, but I can't recall now what made it so amazing. Something about glaciers.

I think he would have gladly licked the rock if he thought no one was looking.

I 100% believe the above.

[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I partied with geologists. Trust me they licked that rock. Totally what they do. I knew one that joked about keeping a few pebbles in his pocket of Gypsum or kaolinite or some other sedimentary rock to chew on to make a point about how much he was a geologist.

There is a whole tongue test is to tell if it's bone or rock anyways. I bet the guy on LSD was to busy high to notice half his classmates were probably licking the rocks sober.

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[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years 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 9 points 2 years 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.

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[-] MadBob@feddit.nl 14 points 2 years ago

Ha, unearthed.

[-] socsa@piefed.social 12 points 2 years ago

I took the SATs my second time the night after taking LSD and was still seeing decent trails. I did better than when I took it the first time and got very close to a perfect verbal score iirc.

[-] HaveYouPaidYourDues@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Definitely read this as his test was about lsd, was mighty confused until i scrolled back up and read it 3 more times

[-] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago

Red dwarf learning drugs are real!

[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 years ago

“That’s how I got the nickname ‘the Doc Ellis of geology’”

[-] scutiger@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

You think you've got the stones to become a geologist?

[-] vala@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

The hoody part adds validity to this story IMO

[-] underwire212@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

ITT: people who have clearly never done acid pretending they’ve done acid.

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