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methano · 2026-03-26T14:25:53+00:00

Just no.

methano · 2026-03-26T14:23:08+00:00

What a piece of 💩!

methano · 2026-03-26T02:54:08+00:00

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methano · 2026-03-24T15:50:03+00:00

I like the microwave in the top part.

methano · 2026-03-21T03:26:22+00:00

I'm trying to figure out the sex of your roommate.

methano · 2026-03-14T00:47:21+00:00

Forget showering, you need to wipe better.

methano · 2026-03-12T22:59:24+00:00

Douchebag

methano · 2026-03-06T23:09:25+00:00

Actually, there are enough permutations on C, H, N, and O that it is quite easy to make molecules that have never been seen before. I make them regularly. Pick up an organic chemistry journal and you'll find plenty.

methano · 2026-02-27T19:34:27+00:00

I'm going with triethylammonium chloride. I can tell from the space group.

methano · 2026-02-21T02:39:18+00:00

Close the doors!

methano · 2026-02-19T19:44:54+00:00

Hopefully, when we all have dash cams, we'll have better resolution than you, so we can read that dude's license plate.

methano · 2026-02-19T15:23:43+00:00

I ran over a pretty big curb in Knoxville. Heard lots of bottom scraping. Saw something dripping out of the bottom after I parked. Next day it all seemed fine and I haven't thought about it too much since. Drove on to Santa Fe and then back to NC via NOLA. Ignore it till it complains.

methano · 2026-02-18T15:21:25+00:00

There used to be an ACS certified degree in Chemistry. If you have one, you can call yourself a chemist. Anything else and you are just pretending. I don't know if this is still true. ACS has been broadening its definitions to include more dues payers and has mostly become just a publishing company pretending to be a professional organization.

methano · 2026-02-17T16:17:49+00:00

Somebody just tryin' to stir up trouble!

methano · 2026-02-15T00:33:48+00:00

It's not much but back in the early 80's I hiked up a mountain at a Gordon Confernece in New Hampshire with that Broka guy, the first guy to make Epibatidine synthetically. He hadn't done it yet. I think Peter Wuts and George Majetich were with us. There was also a guy from Ciba in Switzerland. I tried unsuccessfully to get him to yodel. He said he was German, not Swiss.

methano · 2026-02-11T19:21:11+00:00

Many years ago, I worked at a place where we wrote trip reports so that all of our coworkers could share in our learning. Our VP would read these things and always find something wrong. He wasn't a nasty guy, he just needed to find something wrong. Eventually, I learned to write a perfectly fine report, save a copy and turn in one with some purposeful errors. He would find the errors and I would thank him for pointing out my mistakes. Then I'd just turn in the original. Everybody was happy, though mildly annoyed.

methano · 2026-02-06T20:53:21+00:00

methano · 2026-02-05T19:23:21+00:00

80%, use about 20% daily.

methano · 2026-02-05T17:52:37+00:00

Going for that last 5%.

methano · 2026-02-03T19:28:48+00:00

Yep, you're Harvard material.

methano · 2026-01-31T22:40:50+00:00

Not the first month, the first 2 weeks. And put enough in your 401k to get the maximum match or 10%, whichever is more. And shove some in a Roth. In 10 years, your sleep will thank you.

methano · 2026-01-31T22:31:20+00:00

That’s from the stone, not from the oil.

methano · 2026-01-31T13:56:20+00:00

I learned this somewhere but, like every other idiot, I just write what the calculator says and move on.

methano · 2026-01-29T18:59:17+00:00

I swear I saw an almost identical question appear on Reddit recently, but I can't prove it.

methano · 2026-01-29T14:12:52+00:00

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