How people are so confident in sharing their DNA, something you cannot change, that you will carry on for your entire life, and that can uniquely identify you with just a small sample, to a private, profit-driven company still amazes me

And the worst part is, even if you’re careful about it, all that’s needed is a relative doing it and now the company can basically tell most of your family tree

And all for what, knowing the parents of the parents of your parents come from some neighboring country? No shit, Sherlock, people move around

Gen Z definitely drinks a lot, at least in my personal experience, but studies agrees with the comic, so I guess it would depend on the country/age group

I swear the post sounds like an LLM so much, but if it isn’t, congrats to OP on the writing skills

try out Gallery (yes, it’s really called just “Gallery”), I’ve found it to be the best one out there, even better then aves

furiously searches for that one video from 5 years ago

yeah you should absolutely support your local library if you can, I’m just an introvert who doesn’t like it

try anna’s archive and sci-hub next time, they usually have most papers for free

dang I guess I lost the argument /s

hot take: I liked the 2 more then the 3

it is, but you need to have some chemistry knowledge to be able to extract it from things like anal lube, and that’s where I think this DIY project will shine

just like nuclear fusion, it was 10 years away 10 years ago, it’s 10 years away now and it will be 10 years away 10 years from now

i mean, usually wikipedia’s references ARE from those old books

headlights?

Me: Get me some Michelin tires, please

Mechanic: Here you go mate

Me: by any chance do you know where I can get a detailed guide of the finest restaurants in the country?

Mechanic: well you won’t belive this…

methylated spirits are the ones used for cleaning, lab grade ethanol needs to be just ethanol or some reactions might fail, however in some badly managed labs you might find mislabeled stuff and have contaminants

still, you shouldn’t drink it anyways, as some producers use the highly carcinogenic benzene to make pure 100% ethanol, as distillation with water can only get you up to the 95,6% azeotrope, and some benzene might make it’s way in the product

he’s lucky to have a big enough channel to be able to afford 40000$ NMR machines, so a couple beakers aren’t that much of an expense for much more safety

but as a home chemist, there is NO WAY I’m getting new beakers every time I wanna do edible chem, especially pyrex branded ones like Nile does. Lab equipment, even basic glassware, is ridiculously overpriced

could also check for urea content, or proteins, but sure why not drink it

rinse -> acetic acid -> rinse -> Acqua regia-> Rinse -> Pirahna solution -> Rinse -> 500°C oven -> Rinse

I would then drink from it without even worrying

hell nah I’m just gonna sip on some water and patiently wait for the moment where I’m suddenly treated as their savior for still being able to drive