• Admiral Patrick
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    511 month ago

    Don’t forget the beige box that protects you from the magic happening:

    • @[email protected]OP
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      41 month ago

      They are always super gross though. Cleaning them is always fun, especially when you work in a bio lab.

    • @cam_i_am
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      1 month ago

      And last just as long.

      The engineering department at my uni had a tensile strength testing machine which says “Made in the GDR” on it, a country that hasn’t existed for 40+ years.

    • @credo
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      31 month ago

      I too like toaster ovens.

  • @[email protected]
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    1 month ago

    I recall taking a date to the lab I was working in as a grad student and realizing after we got there that none of it is terribly impressive if you don’t know what any of it does. She was unimpressed despite my excitement about all of it.

    I later married a different woman who actually was excited about our lab things despite not being a scientist and having no idea what our many beige boxes do.

    • Ms. ArmoredThirteen
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      151 month ago

      Excitedly getting monologued to about niche things that are like magic to me is the best. Learning just enough about someone’s interest to use all the words wrong though is what really gets me going

    • @[email protected]
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      121 month ago

      You married the right one.

      Being excited about random things you admire is a sign of genuine and great love :)

  • @[email protected]
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    101 month ago

    Oh I recognize these! We’ve got:

    1. The 1978 super Nintendo 5 (alternate universe)

    2. Lockheed Martin Bread maker

    3. Jeff

    4. HP 2400 inkjet Uranium 235 enrichment centrifuge

  • enkers
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    81 month ago

    This is a repost from a month or two ago… and it’s still funny the 2nd time. :)

    • Draconic NEO
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      230 days ago

      The designs probably haven’t fundamentally changed all that much from their older versions.

  • Beacon
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    51 month ago

    That’s not a fair statement. Some of the machines are gray.