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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 58 points 11 months ago

I wash fancy dishes Mom, you just don't understand

Also if I'm not careful I could dissolve my finger lol

[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I remember in high school we had to wash beakers with sulfuric acid to make sure there weren’t any traces of heavy metals left.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago

You should have used lighter metals instead.

[–] painfulasterisk 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

At my high school, teachers always said that there's a biological hazard in the lab (they used the same lab for chemistry, physics, and biology), hence no laboratory class/experience. But that exact lab/room was available and used for teaching classes such as math, history, etc.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You mean they spilled something and were too scared to clean it up??

[–] painfulasterisk 11 points 11 months ago

If I try to guess, it was just a ridiculous excuse instead of saying, we aren't adequately equipped to manage a laboratory and will not want to be liable if an accident happened.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Was that their subtle way of saying children are dangerous?

[–] painfulasterisk 2 points 11 months ago

I'll be honest, even freshmen at university level behave like kids in a lab.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I'll wash petri dishes instead

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

AHEM. Ackshually petri-dishes are mostly made of plastic these days and discarded with the rest of the biohazardous waste... At least in microbiology labs.

Also I love the word autoclave.

[–] HankMardukas 2 points 11 months ago

That is indeed a soothing word.

"Kim wipe"

"Standardized cuvette"

"Parafilm"

"disposable pipette tips"

Like the -80c fridges, it just gives you comfort that nothing is going to go wrong.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

I'm liking these science field memes

[–] marcos 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Those are much cooler dishes!

Or, some times hotter. IDK. (Maybe I should check this before washing them.)

[–] captainlezbian 4 points 11 months ago

Eh just look at em they probably look different at different temperatures

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Yeah but I bet you didn't wash dishes with DI water at home now did you!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Well those are fancy dishes, a nice upgrade.

[–] unreachable 6 points 11 months ago

lethal dishes

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Yes and subject my hands to the harshness of not just soap solution but also acetone, sometimes pet ether or even chloroform, not once, not twice, but several times in a day, every day.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

at this point being able to get a job as a dishwasher is a profound privilege

[–] Donjuanme 3 points 11 months ago

My previous coworker (I could write a book on the shitty lab practices she exhibited on a daily basis) would shake out the glassware and hang it to dry. She didn't understand that I could actually see the discoloration from previous tests. My bosses gave no shits, I did extra dishes, I gtfo at first opportunity.