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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
 
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[–] Rato@lemmy.world 65 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 64 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Desoxyribose & Acid

Name a more iconic duo, I'm waiting

[–] Shou@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 week ago (3 children)

In German it's "Desoxyribonukleinsäure". I never realized English doesn't have the "s"

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It gets worse. Desoxyephedrine and deoxyephedrine are two completely different substances. Ones methamphetamine and the other is natural and as drugs they act very differently.

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[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 63 points 1 week ago

This post permanently lowered my IQ

[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 58 points 1 week ago (2 children)

DNA is AND when you reverse it.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] credo@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Wait, I think we're improvising wrong.

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[–] ArcticPrincess@lemmy.ml 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pretty sure it's Dinosaurs, Nucleaics & Acid.

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[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nucleic isn't a thing huh ? Can we send these people to a Gulag

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

Douglas Adams' middle name was "Noel", not "and".

[–] DankDingleberry@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

"Desoxyriboandnukleicacid"

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My favorite part of the atom is the &uclease

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[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm impressed by how much Cunningham's Law is in the comments. I can't tell if they don't get the joke, or if the joke is too deep and I'm the one missing it.

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[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago
[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think i'm having a stroke, because I have no fucking idea what's going on here

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

I accidentally uploaded the wrong post and then replaced it within a few seconds. Sometimes that doesn't always federate right, so if you're seeing one about a funny guy on LinkedIn and not this, that could explain it:

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yes, just like that volatile T&T that likes to go boom.

/s

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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