Andre the Chemist

He said it both ways so clearly just trying to please everyone

Should I actually do this: "Percocet, the drug that made Shane Hollander have the courage to ask Ilya Rozanov to come to his cottage, is a mixture of oxycodone and acetaminophen. Design a liquid-liquid extraction procedure to separate these two active compounds"

Feels like 1930s France

Crate&Barrel’s marketing team really didn’t think this one thru huh

A photo showing the American Robin and its scientific name Turdus migratorius. Referencing the US fish and wildlife service

Blue Jay: My scientific name is Cyanocitta cristata

American Robin: Oh that's beautiful, I don't know mine, not sure if I have one

<sad (ska) trombone>

It was glorious. It was terrible.

It is something that will forever be lost to time.

sugar produces a reaction resulting in more ants, therefore sugar is an ant agonist

You must live in the far eastern part of your time zone. That sounds terrible.

Remember when it seemed like that one Rusted Root song was in every other movie trailer?

Those truly were better days.

also the wrong multiplicative identity

it bothers me a lot that the "imaginary unit" label has an arrow pointing at π

"This doesn't make any sense because in the movie the Hendersons were people not big foots."

Oh yeah? Why don't you just shut the hell up

A Florence + the Machine cover band where the lead singer dresses up as Carol Brady and the rest dress up as big foot.

Call it Florence + the Hendersons.

I'm not sure that's technically a crime matt

now you tell me!

cut the tags off of other people's mattresses

Put halloween on the last friday in october while we're at it

I know this isn't the time for jokes, but also it is precisely the time for jokes

Good for local wine?

My yearly plea, daylight savings time should take effect at 4pm on Friday and the day called “early happy hour day” and become a beloved national holiday.

It’s a marathon, not a sprint” wow, both of those sound horrible.

Chemsmy looking for recs: I wanna get some chem themed art for the conference room at work. Want cute, asthetic, not weird AI bs, not worried about it being cheap. What artists do you have to recommend?

A lot of CO detectors are electrochemical cells that hold a potential and measure current that is generated when CO passes by. I teach this stuff every year to my students so [considers how the typical e-chem unit of my class plays out]... it's magic. The CO detector is conscious, magically.

Challenge for those who are very confident that Stephan Geering isn't a huge dumbass: Touch your nose without poking your own fucking eye out.

*claims it may or may not be intelligent

Noted leaker Oliver North

Sorry #Chemchat 🧪

“Some shit will tunnel out” is not the message I want to hear from a plumber