STE(A)M Meeting

STE(A)M Meeting

Engineer: What if we added Art to STEM, so it says STEAM? Like a STEAM ENGINE?

Biologist: but i like stems…

Physicist: Sorry, but STEAM’s got my vote. I approve of all 7(ish?) phases of water. I think.

Computer Scientist: I vote for STEAM too, #PC gaming master race

Set Theorist: I will also vote in favor of increasingly large collections of seemingly unrelated things.

Education Professor: That's all very... dumb. F-. But, I have a pretty good idea on how to use the A so I'll vote for it too!

Biologist: :(

Artist: wtf, why am I here? What kinda nerdy sausage party is this?

Education Professor: (on hands and knees) PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE MAKE OUR CURRICULUMS LESS BORING I DON'T KNOW HOW TO STOP ALL MY STUDENTS FALLING ASLEEP IF THEY CAN'T BE CREATIVE PLEASE

Happy New Year 2004!

I used a timeinator to turn back time to the mid 2000s when things were simpler and major historical events didn't happen.

But like everyone still thinks it's 2024 so...

Making nude edits of nonconsenting people’s faces should be illegal, akin to revenge porn.

As with all new technology crimes, lawmakers won't make those laws until decades later as they can't comprehend the problem.

People should start making gay edits of congressmen.

immediately fell in love with your blog this content is gold can I make a blog to be your overzealous henchman

YES, my legion of dastardly ne'er-do-wells grows!

Please sign this employee contract, at-will termination agreement, at-will disintegration agreement, oh and if you hear anyone saying they're from the Henching Union you can go ahead and just blast them no questions asked thanks!

Meanwhile, at the Annual Mollusk Taxonomy Convention

Taxonomist 1: I think this population of blorb snails count as their own species under the phylogenetic and biological species concepts. Their last common ancestor was between 5 and 100 million years ago, idk, my 35 year old copy of Clustal finally exploded so I just eyeballed it, but they totally got wack cytochrome C oxidase genes, even though for the most part they're genetically pretty similar and they still look and act exactly the same in every way and also both live in the same place as each other. The only reason why they don’t interbreed is they have like a single incompatible protein thingo, which is also more or less the only meaningful phenotypic difference between them.

(this is an actual thing that can happen. They’re called cryptic species and species complexes and they hurt my soul) 

Taxonomist 2: No. It’s more pragmatic and useful to just use the morphological and ecological species concepts here; and they say fuck you and your dumb snails. I wanna lump all existing species into half as many species, there’s too many fucking species.

Taxonomist 1: you wanna fucking say that to my face you little shit?

Taxonomist 3: Hey, real quick, what do you guys think about the possibility of reclassifying the Blorb genus under Littorinidae instead of Muricidae? Because I already wrote a paper on it, so that's the case now. Cry about it.

Taxonomist 2: I think today is the day bitches die.

*Mexican standoff using conch shells as blunt weapons ensued, there were no survivors.*

*This is unfortunately the leading cause of death among all taxonomists*