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Do you have what it takes to become a geologist? (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

I have to know, how was sanitation handled? did you each student have an individual sample, or were you all licking a communal rock?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

Us geology students are bonded by blood. Once we all passed around a fragment of dinosaur bone and all stuck it to our tongue. Pre COVID mind you.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

They're licking rocks and you're worried about sanitation?!?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago

I'd be more worried about sanitization if I'm licking a rock then if I'm not licking a rock, generally speaking.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago

Individual samples and UV lights, though often there was a rock where multiple people would lick it. People probably don't get sick from that often.