Do you have what it takes to become a geologist?

Reminded me of the high geologist post
- 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.
- I like this thread/comic but I'm legitimately confused by 'ace rights' did we start forcing people to fuck or something? I hadn't noticed lol
  
  It is probably more about recognition, most people (in their minds) don't recognize asexuality. Many folks thought I had something wrong with me (do you know how many erectile dysfunction or micropenis jokes I had to endure?) or I was attracted to them and was trying to hide it.
  
  I think its because the purple lighting looks a bit like the ace flag
  
  Did you miss the whole "childless cat ladies" thing the GOP has been doing lately?
  
  I think its missing a comma, cause its common for shaggy phrases to end with "right scoob?"
  I thought the same thing you did at first though.
- All hail ace centaur

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
- They we're actually kind of okay with the licking until taking his sweatshirt on and off aggressively while grunting and sweating... That's what made it too much for them. Geology nerds.

In order for licking the rocks to help on the test, he must have already tasted them before.

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
- yes please, hold it right there

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
  
  You're on the internet. Halfway there.
- I figured you'd only really be able to buy it in bulk on the dark web.
  
  Or just go to a festival
- I would love to try LSD, but I'm too worried about serotonin syndrome because of the medications I take.
  
  Serotonin syndrome is somewhat of a phobia more than a rational fear with modern medications.
  Unless you're taking a MAOi, which I somewhat doubt (as they're not really used anymore due ti safety concerns and whatnot), you should be alright.
  Serotonin syndrome is still sort of in the recreational drug users mythos, because being too careful isn't really harmful, and people don't really understand neuropharmacology that much, so they tend "not to risk it."
  https://www.vice.com/en/article/everything-you-need-to-know-about-mixing-mdma-and-antidepressants-safe-sesh/
  (MDMA and LSD are both serotonergic, but MDMA is more risky in terms of serotonin syndrome than LSD.)
  I'm not suggesting anyone on medications reads this and thinks I'm saying it's a risk-free thing, but since we be adopted SSRI instead of MAOi, it's not nearly as big of a risk. MAOi and psychedelics was honestly very risky.
  SSRI's tend just to blunt the effects of psychedelics/mdma. If you keep to normal recreational doses, it should be fine. From the article:
  Again, the real danger lies in what both Charlotte and Nilu describe as a chase to catch up with their friends who aren’t on antidepressants.
  “You won’t be getting the euphoric, psychological effects you want by taking more, but you will be getting more of the physiological effects – higher blood pressure, higher heart rate and higher temperature, which is a bummer,” says Dr Sessa. “These are not normally dangerous. MDMA is a relatively safe drug. We know that because so many people take it and come to no harm. But in excessive doses, because you’re trying to overcome the effect of being on the SSRIs, these may become dangerous.”
  So no need to be that worried about the side effects, but also while you're on SSRI, the experience probably will be a bit muted and you might have some slight discomfort. Who knows, it's a bit personal and depends on your meds. If you're just on a rather low dose of SSRI, it might not really affect the trip at all.
  Not trying to advice, just informing a bit as I'm pretty well versed on the subject even if I do say so myself.
- It comes around when it comes around. We don't pick.
- do I have three days to burn on this
  Your thought to yourself, probably

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.
  
  "Well yes it looks like a rock, but it tastes like a metal
  
  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.
  
  Fact
  
  Was a thing when I took geo in first year, rock test (and the professor) was kinda a legend within engineering.
- 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
  
  Your fucking around about the licking part right?

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.
  
  So German?
  
  It sounds like something I'd expect of a CIA expirement gone wrong.

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.
- YOU DON'T GET TO TELL ME WHAT ROCKS I CAN'T LICK! YOU'RE NOT MY FATHER!
- I always lick asbest. I'm the best licker there is

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 concur
- 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.
  
  My only experience being high was I met up with some friends where schedules only aligned for the one evening, and I had 2 conflicting goals: try some THC and play with some servers with the other computer nerd in the group. Trying to remember the commands and workarounds for weird hardware+distro compatibility quirks while my brain was soup was quite an experience!

Typical Geology major.
- You're not wrong.
  
  I know, had two Geology majors as college roomates. Dudes would just roll joints and stare at rocks. Well, my primotology roomate would do the same....

Ha, unearthed.

Definitely read this as his test was about lsd, was mighty confused until i scrolled back up and read it 3 more times

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.

You think you've got the stones to become a geologist?

“That’s how I got the nickname ‘the Doc Ellis of geology’”
- I was going to comment that Doc Ellis would be proud.

The hoody part adds validity to this story IMO

Red dwarf learning drugs are real!

ITT: people who have clearly never done acid pretending they’ve done acid.
- I've never done it, does it always make you want to lick rocks?
  
  I mean…it certainly hasn’t for me haha. But maybe I just haven’t taken enough 🤷‍♂️

Doc Ellis threw a no hitter on LSD in 1970.
https://youtu.be/JuAJ9aHlfM0