The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 day agoDo you have what it takes to become a geologist?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1967arrow-down118
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minus-square🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 hours agoGeology degree here - you identify some rocks by licking them. Licking most rocks will give you no information. But in a final, honestly, nobody would bat an eye if you licked all of them, just in case.
minus-squaredjsoren19@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 hours agoI have to know, how was sanitation handled? did you each student have an individual sample, or were you all licking a communal rock?
minus-squareGiveMemes@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 hours agoThey’re licking rocks and you’re worried about sanitation?!?
minus-squareLeate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 hours agoI’d be more worried about sanitization if I’m licking a rock then if I’m not licking a rock, generally speaking.
minus-square🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 hours agoIndividual samples and UV lights, though often there was a rock where multiple people would lick it. People probably don’t get sick from that often.
Geology degree here - you identify some rocks by licking them. Licking most rocks will give you no information. But in a final, honestly, nobody would bat an eye if you licked all of them, just in case.
I have to know, how was sanitation handled? did you each student have an individual sample, or were you all licking a communal rock?
They’re licking rocks and you’re worried about sanitation?!?
I’d be more worried about sanitization if I’m licking a rock then if I’m not licking a rock, generally speaking.
Individual samples and UV lights, though often there was a rock where multiple people would lick it. People probably don’t get sick from that often.