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[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

But how did the rocks you find TASTE?

I've always appreciated that as a prior valid qualification method in field geology as a biologist.

Licking our cultures, buffers, and samples tends to be frowned upon.

[–] HorikBrun@kbin.earth 0 points 2 months ago

The worst ones are... radioactive, or asbestiform. So....

Kyanite is harmless but nasty.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i mean we used to have mouth pipetting and DuPont chemists smoking in the lab and noticing the taste of their experiments on the cigs lol

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 months ago

Yeah I had an old chemistry professor of mine would habitually turn his head sideways when working in the hood. Lol