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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
Reminded me of the high geologist post 
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
Did you miss the whole "childless cat ladies" thing the GOP has been doing lately?
I think I did miss that, could you explain it for me please
Sorry, but they can still vote, right? This isn't anything to do with 'rights'.
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.
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.
Geode colouring matched Ace Flag colouring.
Ahhh, OK, I see it now, thanks very much.
As someone who does LSD whenever she can (Which is... sadly not as often as you'd think)
This doesn't surprise me
I would love to try LSD, but I'm too worried about serotonin syndrome because of the medications I take.
It comes around when it comes around. We don't pick.
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
Are you telling me they put them in front of actual rocks and let them lick them in finals?
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
Yeah geology is fun. Lots of hands on stuff, class camping trips out to the field usually once a semester at least. Then there's field camp which is a couple months in the wilderness mapping outcrops and studying local geology. I think it's one of the most fun majors you can do, but I'm biased.
Your fucking around about the licking part right?
Geologists identify rocks in the field that way sometimes.
https://www.iflscience.com/why-do-geologists-lick-rocks-70107
Not at all.
Interesting! Makes geology sound more fun for some reason.
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
In order for licking the rocks to help on the test, he must have already tasted them before.
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 partied with geologists. Trust me they licked that rock. Totally what they do. I knew one that joked about keeping a few pebbles in his pocket of Gypsum or kaolinite or some other sedimentary rock to chew on to make a point about how much he was a geologist.
There is a whole tongue test is to tell if it's bone or rock anyways. I bet the guy on LSD was to busy high to notice half his classmates were probably licking the rocks sober.
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.
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.