Here comes the science!

[meresy]

Strange/funny things encountered in fic/the internet:

- A character waking up and attempting to focus his retinas. Sounds painful.

- Liquid nitrogen being kept in a sealed container. Firstly, it's not a bomb, you don't have to be afraid... but it WILL be a bomb if you don't have an outlet for the pressure.

- A spoon, frozen in liquid N2,

Comments

[keerawa]

Bad Science, duh-duh-duh!

Toooo much of it on the internet. Like 'Miracle Day', which my partner refuses to let me watch. Apparently it would send me into paroxysms of Bad Science Rage.

[meresy]

What is this Miracle Day thing about and is it the funny kind of rage or the RAEG kind?

[keerawa]

Oh, the newest Torchwood. Apparently the 'science' in it is absolutely ridiculous.

[dugrival]

Yes, -170C is very cold, but that doesn't make every material into sugar glass, okay.

Oh maaaaaaan! Why NOT? That's how it works in cartoons! Cartoons would never lie to me. Ugh, science, ruining all my favorite delusions.

The retina thing is giving me a headache just thinking of it.

[dugrival]

P.S. Your icon is ridiculous. Scientists/puns = OTP.

[meresy]

Weeeeell, certainly freezing items in liquid nitrogen can make them very brittle, like if you took a hammer to a frozen steel spoon it might crack instead of bend. But ductile things like metal won't just smash everywhere. Even smashables like food items won't do it at a touch -- you are going to need a mallet, since, you just froze them solid and all. So, mostly it's just like all other freezing. Just. Colder.

And isn't that icon AMAZING? I totally stole it from someone on Fandom Wank. I like it for so many reasons: science puns, shipping test crosses, y/y. Mendel shipped it.

[dugrival]

So if I like, froze a tomato and then chucked it at a wall? I suppose this is not likely to come up much in my daily life, but it's good to know.

[meresy]

I don't always have a scientist rage blackout, but when I do, it's usually about fictional genetics. >:E

[roadrunner1896]

I love these science rants of yours. Even when they make me feel stupid. <3

[meresy]

♥ ♥ &heart;

I just LU in general.