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Do you have what it takes to become a geologist? (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Accepted behavior among geologists

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I took a geology course in college. The raw giddiness the professor hit on seeing a very bland gray rock still makes me laugh thinking about it. Dude was starstruck by a large grey lump. I'm sure it was a very excellent rock, but I can't recall now what made it so amazing. Something about glaciers.

I think he would have gladly licked the rock if he thought no one was looking.

I 100% believe the above.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I partied with geologists. Trust me they licked that rock. Totally what they do. I knew one that joked about keeping a few pebbles in his pocket of Gypsum or kaolinite or some other sedimentary rock to chew on to make a point about how much he was a geologist.

There is a whole tongue test is to tell if it's bone or rock anyways. I bet the guy on LSD was to busy high to notice half his classmates were probably licking the rocks sober.

[–] geogle 1 points 1 month ago

I concur