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Do you have what it takes to become a geologist? (lemmy.world)

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[-] BalooWasWahoo@links.hackliberty.org 132 points 1 day ago

The untold story: 1.) the grade was curved due to everyone's low numbers

2.) no one wanted to get near the rocks to identify them because there was one weird mofo walking on all fours around the displays, randomly snarling and licking each one

Homeslice identified a few more than everybody else and his grade shot to the moon.

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 27 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

3.) included were 2 previously unidentified specimens, which he also identified, somehow

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 17 points 14 hours ago

Oh I know this one!

profit !!!

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[-] Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zone 224 points 1 day ago

Reminded me of the high geologist post So here it is

[-] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 3 points 9 hours 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

[-] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours 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.

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[-] AmbientChaos@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 day ago

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

[-] AEsheron@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day 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 26 points 1 day ago

Geode colouring matched Ace Flag colouring.

[-] AEsheron@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

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

[-] Jimbo@yiffit.net 4 points 22 hours ago

All hail ace centaur

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 45 points 1 day ago

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

This doesn't surprise me

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

It comes around when it comes around. We don't pick.

[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

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

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago

Or just go to a festival

[-] nomous@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day 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.

[-] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 4 points 9 hours ago

True! You used to be able to track LSD in the US by looking at the grateful dead tour schedule, matter of fact lmao.

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[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 57 points 1 day ago

Plot twist: Wasn't a Geology major, there was no test.

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

[-] ignotum@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Oh hi Wendy did you know this is a crunch Santa Cecilia granite benchtop? crunch crunch

[-] nomous@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Why does this Venetian Pearl taste like blood?

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[-] DudeDudenson 37 points 1 day ago

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

[-] Glimpythegoblin@lemm.ee 21 points 19 hours 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

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[-] mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org 29 points 1 day 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 11 points 19 hours ago

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

[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 8 points 1 day ago

Fact

[-] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 3 points 19 hours ago

Was a thing when I took geo in first year, rock test (and the professor) was kinda a legend within engineering.

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[-] grue@lemmy.world 59 points 1 day ago

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

[-] exothermic@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day 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

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 11 points 21 hours 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 10 points 20 hours 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.

[-] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 52 points 1 day ago

Accepted behavior among geologists

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 12 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours 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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[-] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 day 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.

[-] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago

Imagine being perfectly fluent in German, but only when gorked out your damn orb.

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 16 points 1 day ago

So German?

[-] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago

It sounds like something I'd expect of a CIA expirement gone wrong.

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago

Or gone right?

[-] Pistcow@lemm.ee 25 points 1 day ago

Typical Geology major.

[-] weariedfae@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

You're not wrong.

[-] Pistcow@lemm.ee 3 points 20 hours ago

I know, had two Geology majors as college roomates. Dudes would just roll joints and stare at rocks. Well, my primotology roomate would do the same....