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magic box rule (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/20166575

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't forget the beige box that protects you from the magic happening:

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

They are always super gross though. Cleaning them is always fun, especially when you work in a bio lab.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And each of them costs about the same as a deposit on a house.

[–] cam_i_am 22 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

And last just as long.

The engineering department at my uni had a tensile strength testing machine which says "Made in the GDR" on it, a country that hasn't existed for 40+ years.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

[–] credo 3 points 2 weeks ago

I too like toaster ovens.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I recall taking a date to the lab I was working in as a grad student and realizing after we got there that none of it is terribly impressive if you don't know what any of it does. She was unimpressed despite my excitement about all of it.

I later married a different woman who actually was excited about our lab things despite not being a scientist and having no idea what our many beige boxes do.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

Excitedly getting monologued to about niche things that are like magic to me is the best. Learning just enough about someone's interest to use all the words wrong though is what really gets me going

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

You married the right one.

Being excited about random things you admire is a sign of genuine and great love :)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Another one

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Oh I recognize these! We've got:

  1. The 1978 super Nintendo 5 (alternate universe)

  2. Lockheed Martin Bread maker

  3. Jeff

  4. HP 2400 inkjet Uranium 235 enrichment centrifuge

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

And you shall never offend this boxes or else they WILL hold grudges against you.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is a repost from a month or two ago... and it's still funny the 2nd time. :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Which is a itself a repost from a year or two ago lol.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They all look like some 90ies computer device.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

The designs probably haven't fundamentally changed all that much from their older versions.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Also, these beige boxes used to be white.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

That's not a fair statement. Some of the machines are gray.