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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 66 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

You know, learning chemistry is nice and all, and there's lots of maths and knowledge, but the real special knowledge in doing chemistry is one simple phrase:

"When pouring, you've got to commit"

[–] eighty@aussie.zone 35 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In my personal worldbuilding I've made it into a proverb "do not spill — pour" to mean "to do something confidently where hesistation guarantees failure".

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 8 points 3 weeks ago

I like that! I particularly love that your worldbuilding includes cultural tidbits like that.

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

last night i committed extra hard and spilled everything on the counter and floor and my clothes

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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