Science Memes

11130 readers

2973 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.

Rules

Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
Keep it rooted (on topic).
No spam.
Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.

Research Committee

[email protected]

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

1714

Mythbusters (mander.xyz)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

177 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yeah... There are many pitfalls to doing a Skepticism based program, sadly one of the few Mythbusters DIDN'T avoid was "Well I can't personally do it, so it's impossible for everyone!"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

"Could the DOOM marine actually carry all those weapons while running around?" - Adam and Jamie couldn't manage it, but they brought in someone who could.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Ha! That was fun.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I thought you were joking till I clicked the link.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Man i should rewatch the whole thing. I only watched few of the earlier seasons, totally missed this one.

[–] mindbleach 1 points 4 months ago

Rooster Teeth's "Immersion" did it five years earlier.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Which was ridiculous considering they're a couple of science nerds with no physical aptitude at all. LOL. They nailed the science stuff though.