Maybe it's just me, but inconclusive results are still results, and get you a tiny step closer to the solution by redirecting you in a different direction.
What if they results was "vacuum chamber got sprayed with media when I left the lid loose again" and "glassware that is sealed and put into the autoclave once again shatters"?
"Successfully replicated the findings of Miller, et al, 1962 that dropping the test tube on the way to the spectroscopy machine makes the custodial staff annoyed with you"
Solving the replication crisis, one untied shoelace at a time!
Na this is actual intrusive thoughts from someone who has spent a considerable amount of time in a lab. It's legit. I felt seen reading this comic. The plastic waste makes me shudder. Also experiments actually just fail sometimes, not even giving a positive or negative result. The method went wrong or a reagent was cooked.
Same. I've used tens of thousands of pipette tips. I can't imagine what my lifetime plastic consumption is like compared to your average person. I'm guessing I'm like a small neighborhood.
It took me a second to see your angle. I gotta say tho', I have felt this way many times and I will continue to do so. To someone from the field, it is quite relatable. I assume it is also intended in such a way.
In lew of a hand cranked centrifuge, we installed a Crank machine next to the centrifuge, for "reforming offendersstimulating researchers by teaching them habits of industry."
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Dicska@lemmy.world · 93 pts · 245d
Maybe it's just me, but inconclusive results are still results, and get you a tiny step closer to the solution by redirecting you in a different direction.
WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com · 58 pts · 245d
What if they results was "vacuum chamber got sprayed with media when I left the lid loose again" and "glassware that is sealed and put into the autoclave once again shatters"?
Dadifer@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 245d
🤣🤣 The process is going to have inefficiencies
cenzorrll@piefed.ca · 22 pts · 244d
"Decontaminated vacuum chamber to prevent future false positives"
"Glassware temperature limits tested and confirmed"
X@piefed.world · 22 pts · 245d
We live in an inherently lossy universe. We can do our best, but entropy comes for us all.
kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 244d
"Successfully replicated the findings of Miller, et al, 1962 that dropping the test tube on the way to the spectroscopy machine makes the custodial staff annoyed with you"
Solving the replication crisis, one untied shoelace at a time!
Liz@midwest.social · 6 pts · 244d
Denovo Techniques in Waste Generation and Cost Overruns: A Look Into the Walrus-Dragon Lab Methodology
ryannathans@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 244d
And they should be published.
ameancow@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 244d
bananabenana@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 244d
Na this is actual intrusive thoughts from someone who has spent a considerable amount of time in a lab. It's legit. I felt seen reading this comic. The plastic waste makes me shudder. Also experiments actually just fail sometimes, not even giving a positive or negative result. The method went wrong or a reagent was cooked.
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 244d
Same. I've used tens of thousands of pipette tips. I can't imagine what my lifetime plastic consumption is like compared to your average person. I'm guessing I'm like a small neighborhood.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 244d
I can relate too.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 244d
You should know better than to start an experiment on Tuesdays!
Phineaz@feddit.org · 18 pts · 244d
It took me a second to see your angle. I gotta say tho', I have felt this way many times and I will continue to do so. To someone from the field, it is quite relatable. I assume it is also intended in such a way.
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 244d
I was maintenance in a lab for a few years and these seemed to be common jokes, especially the plastic.
Just got a reply to it from a friend who's a tech there "yep, pretty much"
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 245d
This is why all centrifuges should be hand-cranked.
Chase the lab blues away with some vigorous physical stimulation.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 22 pts · 244d
Sorry, but there's been a blanket ban on any "vigorous physical stimulation" in the lab ever since the incident
tomenzgg@midwest.social · 9 pts · 244d
Oh, you were one of them that worked with the dolphins?
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 244d
I'm not at liberty to confirm or deny.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net · 16 pts · 245d
Are you telling me I could get paid to hand-crank my centrifuge? I've been doing it for free all these years.
anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 244d
In lew of a hand cranked centrifuge, we installed a Crank machine next to the centrifuge, for "
reforming offendersstimulating researchers by teaching them habits of industry."JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 244d
So a day at the lab then.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 30 pts · 245d
I find it helps if you reuse the animals you kill for dinner that night.
ThePyroPython@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 245d
Cons: cause a global pandemic.
Pros: free dinner.
I see no problem with this.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 6 pts · 245d
Low-guilt free dinner!
Also a global pandemic has historically been good for the planet.
bitcrafter@programming.dev · 6 pts · 245d
Nah, just cook them very, very, very thoroughly first, and you'll be fine.
WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com · 8 pts · 244d
Include high-concentration strong base in the cooking process if it involves prions!
bitcrafter@programming.dev · 9 pts · 244d
I mean, that's just basic cooking technique!
ryannathans@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 244d
If the prions are denatured there's probably not much left of your meal
janus2@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 244d
any White Castle near a lab: IT'S 100% BEEF I PROMISE
TerrabyteMarx@quokk.au · 6 pts · 244d
Palerider@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 244d
Or...
Same shit different day.