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NielsBohron

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  • Is water an acid or a base?

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  • That's why the meme works. It's not because water autoionizes; it's because water is amphoteric, meaning it can act as either a Brønsted-Lowry acid or BL base depending on what what it's reacting with. Put water with ammonia, and water acts as an acid. Put water with acetic acid, and it acts as a base

    Source: I teach college chemistry

  • Is water an acid or a base?

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  • Close, the standard IUPAC acid nomenclature would be "hydrohydroxic acid"

  • Are they in the room with us now?

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  • See, this doesn't really work anymore, now that he convincingly won the popular vote in November.

    He actually does have broad support from the racists, nihilists, and bigots that make up the conservative voting bloc (and apparently a sizeable portion of independents, as well).

    November proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the US is still a bunch of racist assholes, and it bums me out.

  • Classic SMBC: Funding

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  • Ibn Al-Haytham be with you

    Edit: and I suppose the traditional response would be "and Popper with you"

  • xkcd #3081: PhD Timeline

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  • Those people are strangely quiet when it's a conservative-leaning meme, so I've learned to, as you say, tell them to get bent.

    I can think of no better situation for the phrase "fuck you and the horse you rode in on"

  • Trump’s Faith Adviser Says Women Should ‘Submit’ to Men in Bonkers Rant

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  • That book... Was the Bible

  • Great submission to "rate my professor"

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  • Do people still use ratemyprofessor? The reviews at my school don't seem terribly recent

  • We sure do like our Fungi

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  • Get this lizardposting outta here

  • "So what games are people running in your shop?"

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  • We use Roll20 as a VTT, but we all run a zoom meeting at the same time because we live in different states and continents and it's good to see their faces (and their kids and partners). Shrug It's a pretty wide range of technology skills and preferences, so we went with the stuff people know best.

  • re-appropriated meme

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  • The Paradox of Tolerance writ large in real time

  • "So what games are people running in your shop?"

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  • Mörk Borg? Other Fria Liga? Other Borg-likes? Other Kickstarter games? Is that just me?

    Don't get me wrong, I love PF2 and I mostly actually play 5E with my friends on zoom (that bunch of Philistines), but I can't be the only one obsessively finding niche games online like Into the Odd and Forbidden Lands and Frontier Scum and Inevitable and porting them into system-agnostic hex-flowers that could support Dark-Tower-esque realm crawling and West March-ish living worlds that I can never find anyone that wants to play and...

    Do I have a problem? Am I out of touch? No, it's the D&D players that are wrong

  • Mr Beast apologises after 'horrible' Las Vegas event

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  • I'm not much of a gambler either, but I live in a casino town, and I've gotten lots of drinks comped by sitting with $20 in a video poker machine while I drink and shoot the shit with my friends.

    Just remember to tip well, and go in with the mindset that any money you're betting is the cost of entertainment for the evening. It's a fun way to spend an evening, and plenty of times I wind up going home with money that I would have just spent at a bar.

    Edit: also if you're into sports, the sports book is the way to go. If you wager $10 in what's called a parlay on 3 different games, you can win $160, so even games you otherwise didn't care about suddenly become interesting. Betting in three baseball games can be a great way to kill a day hanging out in the summer

  • Mr Beast apologises after 'horrible' Las Vegas event

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  • Even the cheap places as long as you are wagering a certain amount

  • “You cannot serve both God and money”

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  • you’d be shot for sure

    Do you think it's a coincidence that MLK was only shot once he started speaking out against the rich and unifying the lower class (of all races)? I'm not saying there was a conspiracy (though I wouldn't rule it out) or that MLK was the second coming or a prophet, but it's pretty clear he started making the ruling class nervous once he started talking about class war.

  • tomorrow is wednesday, my dudes

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  • I don't even ever get the physical withdrawals or any noticeable effects, regardless of how often I do or don't drink it. So, since my partner really does need the coffee first thing in the morning and I'm making it anyway, I usually have a cup because I like the taste and ritual. But when she's out of town or getting coffee elsewhere, I hardly ever have any caffeine.

    The exception is when I was taking Adderall every day, I really did feel some effects from the caffeine, mostly potentiating the amphetamine. I do miss that aspect of being medicated

  • US defends tariffs on remote island of penguins and seals

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  • He pardoned the conscientious objectors and draft dodgers, gave the Panama Canal back to Panama, founded the Super Fund to prosecute polluters and clean up spills, lifted the military ban on LGBTQ people serving, etc. Sure, he made some mistakes, particularly as it applies to deregulating numerous industries, but in general, he was reasonably close to progressive in numerous ways.

  • tomorrow is wednesday, my dudes

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  • Made well I enjoy the taste, but it's ever been good at keeping me awake or making me productive.

    Same. I eventually figured out that this is likely a symptom of my adult ADHD, and I either need unhealthy amounts of coffee or something a little stronger

  • US defends tariffs on remote island of penguins and seals

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  • A strong argument could be made for FDR's government at least making steps toward leftist goals, and Jimmy Carter was a lot more progressive than a typical liberal.

  • Give us your craziest ocean facts. 🦑

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  • Is that a Stanisław Lem reference in the wild? Will wonders never cease...