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[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 days ago (11 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago (10 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago
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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Accepted behavior among geologists

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day 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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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day 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.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

“That’s how I got the nickname ‘the Doc Ellis of geology’”

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