Reminded me of the high geologist post 
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That's a very high quality post, I appreciate you sharing it
I feel dumb, I don't get the ace bit. Was it just slang, like he's cool, and then they swerved it? Or was there something that actually made the commentary think they were asexual in the image? Now I feel dumb and old.
Geode colouring matched Ace Flag colouring.
Ahhh, OK, I see it now, thanks very much.
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The untold story: 1.) the grade was curved due to everyone's low numbers
2.) no one wanted to get near the rocks to identify them because there was one weird mofo walking on all fours around the displays, randomly snarling and licking each one
Homeslice identified a few more than everybody else and his grade shot to the moon.
3.) included were 2 previously unidentified specimens, which he also identified, somehow
Oh I know this one!
- profit !!!
- the teacher didn't want that mofo again in their class
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A skilled geologist recognizes the rocks they can safely lick. Licking every rock is just stupid. Imagine licking asbest.
I believe licking asbestos is fairly unproblematic. You just really shouldn’t breathe in asbestos dust.
Asbestos definitely causes inflammation when tissues are exposed to it, I wouldn't recommend that anyone lick asbestos. One exposure wouldn't do much. That said I'm pretty sure the act of picking asbestos up and bringing it to your face and breathing it in would be the most dangerous part of that.
Just spit on it first
Good ol' hawk tuah on that thang
YOU DON'T GET TO TELL ME WHAT ROCKS I CAN'T LICK! YOU'RE NOT MY FATHER!
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Plot twist: Wasn't a Geology major, there was no test.
Sir, this is a Wendy's.
Oh hi Wendy did you know this is a crunch Santa Cecilia granite benchtop? crunch crunch
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In order for licking the rocks to help on the test, he must have already tasted them before.
As someone who does LSD whenever she can (Which is... sadly not as often as you'd think)
This doesn't surprise me
I really want to experiment with psychedelics but I have no idea where to even start on obtaining them lol
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Are you telling me they put them in front of actual rocks and let them lick them in finals?
Im sure it’s required. I got a geology buddy and he said this is pretty normal for identification of rocks. So I bet its a required skill to tell spicy rocks from rocky rocks.
Geology degree here - you identify some rocks by licking them. Licking most rocks will give you no information. But in a final, honestly, nobody would bat an eye if you licked all of them, just in case.
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"Well yes it looks like a rock, but it tastes like a metal
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Yes. I have a geology degree. How else am I supposed to distinguish apatite from halite. I've licked many rocks. Mineralogy, petrology, and sedemenary Rocks and fossils all had finals that involved having 50 rocks in front of you to identify
Oh wow I've never expected that I'm used to university being full academia with no hands on on anything
Not hands. Tongue
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The hoody part adds validity to this story IMO
I took the SATs my second time the night after taking LSD and was still seeing decent trails. I did better than when I took it the first time and got very close to a perfect verbal score iirc.
I knew someone who went to his german language classes on LSD and I couldn't think of a worse clsss to do that in.
Imagine being perfectly fluent in German, but only when gorked out your damn orb.
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I couldn’t do it, I’d be worried everyone could tell I was high. Tbf tho, no one called him out for licking rocks… sooooo idk. I’d just hate to be remembered as the rock licking guy
Accepted behavior among geologists
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.
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.
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I once gave a speech on butterflies while stoned off my ass. Got really, REALLY fucking stoned, with a buddy cause I was pretty sure I didn't have to go to that class that day. Checked the syllabus and turns out I had to go. We picked the subject of other people's speech, and gave a 3 minute "speech" on butterflies, which I mostly just modified Mitch hedberg jokes to fit butterflies. Got the class laughing and got an A. 🤷🏼♂️
Mitch Hedberg jokes while high is a pretty smart move. Either that or you're the only person who finds them funny and end up looking like an idiot.
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Ha, unearthed.
ITT: people who have clearly never done acid pretending they’ve done acid.
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