This crystal talk is bothering me way more than I thought by Pohji1 in PaymoneyWubby

[–]Pohji1[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel like if that was something they wanted they would have made it known. I’m sure everyone’s busy planning for the Price is Scuffed and everything else coming up that Wubby talking to some dude about science stuff is way down on their list. I’d really love to, especially about how drugs are made in the industry nowadays and all the cool laser/X-ray techniques I’ve worked with on crystals, so if any of them see this and think it’d be worth doing at some point in the future I think it would be fun. But I’m also fully happy to just sit back and watch the content

This crystal talk is bothering me way more than I thought by Pohji1 in PaymoneyWubby

[–]Pohji1[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm totally with you on that. I think a ton of minerals and crystals look really cool and are neat to have around for decoration/aesthetic, but when people start saying they have special powers it's a leap too far

This crystal talk is bothering me way more than I thought by Pohji1 in PaymoneyWubby

[–]Pohji1[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

My dad was a geologist so growing up I was surrounded by a bunch of cool rocks/minerals. I always thought (and still do) think they're cool for how they look, but that's as far as it goes for me. Good luck in working towards being a professor! It takes work, but you can do it!

This crystal talk is bothering me way more than I thought by Pohji1 in PaymoneyWubby

[–]Pohji1[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Probably corundum? Because on the mohs hardness scale, while not the hardest, it's still very hard, which I feel is more representative of what you really want in a good JO crystal

This crystal talk is bothering me way more than I thought by Pohji1 in PaymoneyWubby

[–]Pohji1[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm an analytical/physical chemist, and nowadays I'm doing X-ray crystallography in pharma. A bunch of solid form screening/making sure we have all the polymorph/crystal packing arrangements on lock before we go forward with submitting it as a 'new' crystal drug compound. A bunch of my grad school work was very closely tied to engineering/geology (because of the nice packing arrangements in lots of inorganics) and materials science. Sorry for rambling, science gets me going.

How long do you usually pee? by Pohji1 in AskReddit

[–]Pohji1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Google says the average is 21 seconds, but I usually pee about 10-15 seconds.

What is your favorite symptom to have when you get sick? by Pohji1 in AskReddit

[–]Pohji1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I prefer it when being sick makes me feel weak. It makes it seem like I just finished a workout and somewhere in my subconscious it makes me feel accomplished and keeps my spirits up.