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[-] Galapagon@sh.itjust.works 72 points 9 months ago

Chemistry has discovered more than they probably care to admit by accidentally licking things.

[-] xkforce@lemmy.world 32 points 9 months ago

Purposefully licking things.

Chemists of old were a bit less safety conscious than we are today. Tasting the chemicals you just made was just part of the job back then.

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

Chemists of old were plenty safety conscious. Licking the science is what apprentices were for.

[-] atomicorange@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

We still like to sniff stuff. You’ve got some very sensitive chemoreceptors right on your face, might as well use them!

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[-] Oiconomia@feddit.de 26 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

"Why does my cigarette I left on the lab table taste sweet?" is absolutely the question an inattentive scientists asked himself before he discovered an artificial sweetener.

EDIT: Michael Sveda's discovery of cyclamate at the university of Illinois in 1937

[-] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 15 points 9 months ago

Mouth pipetting is a large part of this.

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[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 65 points 9 months ago

Biology: Lick here... Yep, that's the spot. Continue... Oh yeah, keep going. Uhhh....

[-] atomicorange@lemmy.world 41 points 9 months ago

Human anatomy: you’re technically always licking it. And now you’re aware of it. Your tongue on the roof of your mouth. Touching your teeth.

[-] commanderoptimism@lemmy.ml 19 points 9 months ago

I always hate how well this works...

Also I hope you enjoy manually breathing now as in retaliation

[-] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 12 points 9 months ago

The fuck did I do to you? Now I can feel my tongue and I don't know how to breathe!

I hope you can hear your blinking for the rest of the day!

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[-] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Geography: You can try, but it's gonna take you a while.

Cartography: "Would you not lick my maps, please?"

History: Fuck You.

Sociology: Allowed and encouraged in some fields, others... better not.

Economics: "Is Human Resources there?"

Medicine: "Next, please." or "Don't, please."

Civil engineering: Go ahead, eat the dirt.

Law: Go to jail.

Political science: Could you please do this somewhere else?

[-] AlsaValderaan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 9 months ago

Electronics: Only the low voltage side.

[-] Oiconomia@feddit.de 24 points 9 months ago

Lick the null and keep on with your life. Lick the phase and suffer. Lick two phases and die.

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[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 34 points 9 months ago

Mycology: “go ahead have a seat. Lick this one. It’ll be fun!”

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[-] pirrrrrrrr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 9 months ago

Software engineering... If you can lick it, you spelled "click" wrong. And that's why your code won't compile, you complete failure.

[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

NameError: name 'lick' is not defined. Did you mean: 'click'?

[-] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 9 months ago

NameError: name 'lick' is not defined. Did you mean: 'sudo rm -rf /'?

Ftfy

[-] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

📞Hello police? Yeah it's this one.📞

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago

In zoology, science might lick you, but it might also bite you.

[-] growsomethinggood@reddthat.com 27 points 9 months ago

Physics clubs always pull out the liquid nitrogen ice cream, so licking is an option!

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[-] callyral@pawb.social 26 points 9 months ago

Chemistry + licking = cooking

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[-] lenuup@reddthat.com 24 points 9 months ago

And then there is NileRed, who does lick the chemistry He does.

[-] BluesF@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago

Chemistry 50 years ago: it is encouraged to smell, taste, and injest all of your work

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[-] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago

A quick question, should the software engineer lick the monitor screen or the keyboard?

I… uh… am asking for a friend who is a software engineer.

I am a butterfly instructor.

[-] SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

the motherboard. how else can you tell that it is working?

[-] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Given most software engineers develop in a cloud environment, I would… I mean my friend would have to shove their head into a server rack that is consuming high amounts of wattage. My friend would then have to try reaching for the motherboard by extending their tongue.

The only problem I see here is travelling to the data centre which are often located in different countries or even continents. I am not sure if their employer would cover that expense.

[-] SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

ssh into the server and lick your desktop's motherboard

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[-] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Most keyboards get really gross after a while and are hardly ever cleaned. I'd go for the monitor.

[-] Nelots@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

This is why they never get cleaned, you gotta start somewhere. Lick the keyboard!

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[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

The butterflies. Someone needs to see if they taste of butter.

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[-] dyathinkhesaurus@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

You can lick anything at least once.

[-] atomicorange@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

So you’re saying I can lick Uranus?

[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 7 points 9 months ago

If you go there, yes.

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[-] bazus1@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

You can quest like a tribe does.

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[-] HonorableScythe@lemm.ee 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Medicine: In here? Sure, that's how you get c diff, staph, e coli...

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

Lemme just lick my radioactive isotope sample.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago

We know not to lick it, therefor someone has licked it

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[-] nodimetotie@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

Economics: How much are you willing to pay?

[-] Oiconomia@feddit.de 5 points 9 months ago

If the market clears the price is equal to the marginal utility of getting licked

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[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months ago

Comp sci and software engineering is pretty much the same thing

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[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Electronics: "It's useful in testing whether a battery has charge or not."

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Biology: Yes. Most definitely. Please do.

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[-] peak_dunning_krueger@feddit.de 8 points 9 months ago

Philosophy:

"That depends on your definitions, some may call philosophy a science, others may not, what do you think? Can you lick the philosophy?"

[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 9 months ago

There is philosophy in everything. Any time you lick anything, you lick philosophy. Even if you lick nothing, you lick philosophy.

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[-] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 months ago

I'd also lick your anus

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

You on the lab safety committee, Tip?

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