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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/16025080

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[–] [email protected] 85 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 78 points 3 weeks ago

Geologists:

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 weeks ago

Microbiology: One of the few professions where you wash your hands before you go to the bathroom.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I once had a chemistry professor who would collect samples of like dirt and other things whenever he went to places remote enough where he figured other chemists hadn't studied, because he thought you just never know when you're going to run across a new compound.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 weeks ago

You just can't see all the tumors under the lab coat for the chemist.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago

Can also be the other way around when for example biology finds a new immune therapy and chemestry a new way to dissolve your lung.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

During undergrad I had to schedule my microbiology and pathology classes during lunch hour. Worst two semesters of my life.

[–] QuantumSparkles 4 points 3 weeks ago

Is that second one in Nokstella