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ink_in_hand ([personal profile] ink_in_hand) wrote2009-07-15 08:48 pm

Chem humor



Now, I cannot claim any sort of mastery in chemistry, but I can only imagine these two hitting it off  with their respective fields and discussing various chemicals, formulas, compounds, and their reactions. Because I am not a chemist or even a student, I was lazy and simply pulled the butanoic acid structure image straight from the net after looking for an appropriate compound that two robotic aliens would be interested in talking about. 

The punchline is sulfuric acid, it's one that works... quite well on metals.

My OCs just LOVE to put in their two cents...

[identity profile] pyrospectacle.livejournal.com 2009-07-16 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
Is it sad that I know the punchline by heart, yet cannot for the love of me remember the formulas leading up to the punchline?

Arson: Considering that you have not seen anything close to chemistry since you graduated high school, I am not surprised, but I do not think any less of you. However, being that I am supposed to have a background in basic to advanced chemistry, as you have mentioned before, this may become a problem later on. *waves cheerfully* Hello, CG.

Re: My OCs just LOVE to put in their two cents...

[identity profile] ink-in-hand.livejournal.com 2009-07-20 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope, in fact you did better than me, I had to look up the formula for sulfuric acid. Which made me feel all sorts of stupid.

*shrug* I just need to get my hands on a chemistry book for cheap or something. It's grating that I've forgotten so much, including the math basic trig equations that let you figure out the length of a triangle's side. Plus a whole slew of others that have recently made it known, it's as though I've caught the dumb or something equally horrid.

Oh um... hi. *waves back*

Re: My OCs just LOVE to put in their two cents...

[identity profile] chopperaerials.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 09:12 am (UTC)(link)
I may not have been clear in the first post: Arson was referring to me in that first post--I wrote out his profile to include a thorough background in basic to advanced chemistry, which in hindsight, might not have been particularly bright of myself in lieu of what Arson just said to me. Yes, I have 2 accounts, 1 for each of my RP-ing + general life commentary OCs. Of course, maybe I'm underestimating your capacity for conversation, and you already know all of what I just explained, in which case, I am so sorry about that; that's my bad entirely.

Personally, I barely remember ANY of my math skills beyond trig + a little before then, so I'm actually worse off. ^ ^;

TraumaHawk can't come to the post right now, but he says hi, too. Not to Arson though--my current RP plotting won't allow that.

Re: My OCs just LOVE to put in their two cents...

[identity profile] ink-in-hand.livejournal.com 2009-07-28 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, nope. It seemed as if your character was speaking at me there. I do know that you use two different accounts, you've used them both while commenting before. Though at times the colors you picked for their journals make my eyes bleed. *shrug* No biggie.

*waves to Trauma too*

[identity profile] ayellowbirds.livejournal.com 2009-07-20 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Sulfuric acid is common enough, but I'm worried that i recognized butyric acid, especially since i was a cultural anthropology major >.>

[identity profile] ink-in-hand.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
Pffff, that just makes you awesome.