Guitar Tricks - I hate chemistry

PonyOne

03-12-2005, 02:59 AM

well, chemistry gave us gunpowder, which has given us some awful bloody wars... so i hate it for that... and hell in its more primitive forms of metallurgy gave us some pretty nasty swords that also gave us some pretty gruesome wars... but... it's also given us such wonderful things as Comtrex, which currently keeping the contents of my nose from dripping onto the keyboard, and in giving us gunpowder has given us some pretty sick movies like Apocalypse Now and Donnie Darko... not to mention modern metallurgy giving us Alnico 5 so... i'm going to have to say

YAY FOR CHEMISTRY!!!

Akira

03-12-2005, 05:44 AM

I have neutral feelings towards Chemistry.

CW14

03-12-2005, 06:04 AM

If you had my "teacher" you would hate it!

She can't explain a single thing!!!

Akira

03-12-2005, 06:13 AM

She can't explain a single thing!!!

As with most teachers... :p

chucklivesoninmyheart

03-12-2005, 07:22 AM

Teachers don't teach..they supervise(at least in the us schools anyway).

Chemistry is ok,mine sucks though

elklandercc

03-12-2005, 08:50 AM

Akira

03-12-2005, 09:02 AM

My Sociology teacher is BAD. She'll go through things very quickly, expecting us to absorb it from her mind or something, then she'll give us 50 million hand outs, it's annoying as hell.

Last week, in the space of two lessons I got 32 handouts. (Just to give you some idea of how bad it is.)

chucklivesoninmyheart

03-12-2005, 09:32 AM

that really gets my teach ticked especially when it hits the ceiling and we act like nothing happened.

LMAO!!!

An excellent way to get through class without doing ANYTHING is to look like your working.Ive passed whole weeks where I didn't actually do anything,but looked like I was solving problems e.c.t.Keep in mind this only works if your not required to hand in-class work in at the end of the day...but I usually just said I didn't do the work up front casually.Most of my teachers would give C's just as long as you show up for class.

moody_fa_loonie

03-12-2005, 10:22 AM

A C average aint that good lol

kingdavid

03-12-2005, 10:22 AM

If you had my "teacher"...
:D
I feel you baby, I feel you.

The Ace

03-12-2005, 08:37 PM

I love chemistry. Cathy Brown, if you are out there reading this, I want you to know that my experience in your class was immaculate. Practically orgasmic.

(You see it's funny, because I haven't took chemistry yet... that's whats funny about it... ha... ha ha...)

CW14

03-12-2005, 11:48 PM

Yea, my teacher is like that. She gives us notes without letting anybody ask questions untill she does examples, she only does 3. then she gives us homework, doesn't go over it, then we have a lab day witch we do not go over what we learned on monday, then we get classwork to do more of the problems in witch no one know whats ther're doing. And if you ask her for help she just gives you the answer and says check your work. What bloody work!lol, then we have a test friday. Thats my week of chem. Yay? i say nay. We shouldn't have to take chem when were never gonna use a single thing of it in life except a select few. How to solve this problem, be an a** in class, lol. thats what me and my friends do. Do alot of stupid stuff during class ie: resting a pen on top of your fingers, twirling it as high up as possible then try and land it back. that really gets my teach ticked especially when it hits the ceiling and we act like nothing happened.
My chem "teacher" is Asian and she has very poor English. On top of that, she cannot explain anything. She goes over everything as if we already know it all and then wonders why half of the class fails the tests. For this weekend, she gave us 3 worksheets and a 1200 word report to have done for next week, and she didn't explain ANY of it!
Last year, she started with a class of 16, after the first term, she had 8!!!

Last week, in the space of two lessons I got 32 handouts. (Just to give you some idea of how bad it is.)
LOL! Now that is a LOT of handouts!!!

Raskolnikov

03-12-2005, 11:56 PM

Last week, in the space of two lessons I got 32 handouts. (Just to give you some idea of how bad it is.)
LOL! Now that is a LOT of handouts!!!
I guess previously, she worked for the Welfare Department.

Jolly McJollyson

03-13-2005, 12:35 AM

I guess previously, she worked for the Welfare Department.
No pun too lame for the mighty Raskolnikov.

crazywolf

03-13-2005, 01:20 AM

I loved Chem. I took Chem and AP Chem (Chem 2) in high school. I had a great teacher....but I also took 3 other science classes my senior year so that might explain a few things. I've found that I use my knowledge of chem more often than I would have thought. eg. 1. Figuring out the best chemical to get a stain out, or to clean something. 2. Sounding really smart. 3. Messing around and making things blow up or making some other cool chemical reaction. 4. I find it very interesting to be able to understand the world around me and I have found that Chem and Physics have helped me out in that area quite a bit.
Plus, it really is cool to know how to use differnt chemicals to make cool reactions or to blow stuff up "safely".

Hammurabi

03-13-2005, 02:06 AM

Chemistry is used too much for things like homemade Acrolein and SC-residue accelerants. Did you know that 57 people were killed in Beirut by a single bomb made from gerbil food? That's chemistry for you.

Chemistry is good overall, but it definitely shouldn't be taught to everyone.

Akira

03-13-2005, 05:06 AM

crazywolf

03-13-2005, 12:45 PM

Chemistry is good overall, but it definitely shouldn't be taught to everyone.

very true, but general chemistry dosen't necessarily teach you have to make bombs. It could spark an interest, but it takes a lot more research to make a bomb than just taking chem in H.S. It does teach you about acids and bases which is very cool, especially if you just dropped acid. (talking hypothetically here)

Leedogg

03-13-2005, 12:53 PM

Chemistry sucked in High School, then low and behold I get to college and end up taking 5 quarters of Chemistry! The part I hated about it the most was 3 hour labs once a week.

But, if I ever get taken hostage and told that I'm gonna get a bullet in the head unless I can explain the differences between sigma and pi bonds, I'll be okay. :D

Raskolnikov

03-13-2005, 01:12 PM

very true, but general chemistry dosen't necessarily teach you have to make bombs.
Obviously, you didn't have my high school chemistry class.

Hammurabi

03-13-2005, 01:31 PM

very true, but general chemistry dosen't necessarily teach you have to make bombs. It could spark an interest, but it takes a lot more research to make a bomb than just taking chem in H.S.

Not really, it just takes a reasonable amount of creativity.

crazywolf

03-13-2005, 01:31 PM

Obviously, you didn't have my high school chemistry class.

Sounds like a fun class!!
My teacher was also one of the most conservative teachers I have ever had. He did this demo less than 7 years ago where water got everywhere, and he said he should have worn his thongs (meaning flip-flops).....and didn't know there was 2 meanings for the word.
Also, some kid made this hand gesture that he though was a "gang symbol" ......it was the shocker! Funniest thing ever. After about 10 minuites of the entire class laughing till we cried, I had to explain to him what it was. We told him it was like multi-tasking. That was a very uncomftorable experience to say the least.

Akira

03-13-2005, 01:42 PM

The best answer I ever gave when being asked a question by the teacher in a Science class was "God did it". It was great, he couldn't make a come back to it. The ironic thing is, he was actually religious! :p

Pantallica1

03-13-2005, 02:01 PM

I disliked chemistry with a passion. Took 2 years of it in high school, one was an honors class, and then took a year of it in college. Not my cup of tea, very boring.

Raskolnikov

03-13-2005, 02:47 PM

Not really, it just takes a reasonable amount of creativity.
Yeah, the "what NOT to do with Phosphorus" lecture is a good start.

crazywolf

03-13-2005, 03:02 PM

Yeah, the "what NOT to do with Phosphorus" lecture is a good start.
Or Phenothalyne (main chemical in exlax) Talk about being extra carefull during a lab.....knowing that if this stuff gets on you, you'll be lit up for days!

Also, refering to bad things to do with chem, you can do a google search and find anything and everything you could ever make or do. Not saying to do it, but all the information is out there.

Akira

03-13-2005, 03:59 PM

Also, refering to bad things to do with chem, you can do a google search and find anything and everything you could ever make or do. Not saying to do it, but all the information is out there.

Didn't some dude in America make a miniture atom bomb for his phd; having got all the info he needed through google?

Lordathestrings

03-13-2005, 05:39 PM

Didn't some dude in America make a miniture atom bomb for his phd; having got all the info he needed through google?Sounds like an 'urban myth' to me...

One day in high school, I had a really big feed of pasta for lunch. That afternoon in chem class, I dropped a Silent But Deadly fart that had a nasty rotten-egg smell to it. I could see people starting to twitch and wince as it spread through the room. Eventually it reached the teacher, who suddenly looked up and asked "Does anyone smell Hydrogen disulphide?" We all popped the lab-bench ventilators open to clear the air.

Hahahaha! Only in chemistry class.... :o

CW14

03-14-2005, 03:01 AM

One day in high school, I had a really big feed of pasta for lunch. That afternoon in chem class, I dropped a Silent But Deadly fart that had a nasty rotten-egg smell to it. I could see people starting to twitch and wince as it spread through the room. Eventually it reached the teacher, who suddenly looked up and asked "Does anyone smell Hydrogen disulphide?" We all popped the lab-bench ventilators open to clear the air.

Hahahaha! Only in chemistry class....

LMFAO!!!

I don't really hate chemistry that much, I just hate my teacher and her way of teaching!!!

Akira

03-14-2005, 04:09 AM

Sounds like an 'urban myth' to me...

One day in high school, I had a really big feed of pasta for lunch. That afternoon in chem class, I dropped a Silent But Deadly fart that had a nasty rotten-egg smell to it. I could see people starting to twitch and wince as it spread through the room. Eventually it reached the teacher, who suddenly looked up and asked "Does anyone smell Hydrogen disulphide?" We all popped the lab-bench ventilators open to clear the air.

Hahahaha! Only in chemistry class.... :o

Haha! Ace. :D

kingdavid

03-14-2005, 10:23 AM

elklandercc

03-15-2005, 02:00 PM

It is possible to make a miniature a-bomb. And you could get the info on google. I actually have directions on how to make one( not that I would, hee hee) The hardest part is getting the uranium, but that can be purchased at a local terrorist group for lots of $$$$. Yea, its no that I dislike chem, but the teach is a biotch and a half.

Raskolnikov

03-15-2005, 02:04 PM

It is possible to make a miniature a-bomb. And you could get the info on google.
Yeah, because everything we read on the internet is true.

chucklivesoninmyheart

03-15-2005, 02:16 PM

Its not a problem to find out how to build a bomb of that sort....its where to get the materials.I'm not sure if home depot carrys any enriched uranium.

And if you managed to make one,where could you set it off without causing an international incident...I suppose if you were an arms manufacturer,you could benefit from triggering a war by setting a nuke off on foreign soil.

In all honesty,I'm more concerned of a cataclysm such as a uncharted asteriod or comet rearranging the earths mantle...that and large cockroaches.

Hammurabi

03-15-2005, 02:16 PM

The hardest part is getting the uranium, but that can be purchased at a local terrorist group for lots of $$$$.

Wrong. The hardest part isn't getting weapons-grade uranium and even if it was you couldn't get it from a terrorist group.

chucklivesoninmyheart

03-15-2005, 02:18 PM

Even north korea is having a hard time getting it together.I'm not sure its possible for a single person to construct a WMD...mabey a 'dirty pipe bomb' or something.

What would be the hardest part though of making a WMD?

Lordathestrings

03-15-2005, 02:24 PM

...What would be the hardest part though of making a WMD?How 'bout "Living with your conscience?"

Hammurabi

03-15-2005, 03:12 PM

...mabey a 'dirty pipe bomb' or something.

Yes, that's possible. Dirty bombs are simple and easy to make compared to nuclear bombs.

What would be the hardest part though of making a WMD?

That depends entirely on who you are.

For example, if you're well enough educated that you can safely work with and build nuclear weapons you're probably already legitimately employed at a nuclear facility, in which case materials are not your responsibility. On the other hand, if you're Iran, the hardest part about making a nuke is not getting a US Marine's combat boot up your tailpipe afterwards.

For anyone who has to google for help there is no hardest part because it's simply impossible.

elklandercc

03-15-2005, 03:18 PM

Living with your actions would be the hardest, but with the sick people in this world today theres no telling what they're cooking up next.

Hammurabi

03-15-2005, 04:06 PM

Living with your actions would be the hardest

No, that wouldn't be a problem because quite simply if you have moral objections to making nukes you won't be doing it. I object to ritualistically sacrificing babies to Moloch, so I don't do it. Same thing.

alucard0941

03-15-2005, 04:25 PM

I hate biology

Hammurabi

03-15-2005, 04:39 PM

I hate biology

I dislike studying it but I must admit I do find modern medicine quite convenient.

crazywolf

03-15-2005, 04:47 PM

I took a cool Botony class. Most of the other kids in the class were only in it so they could learn how to grow weed, I made a cactus. Why don't you roll that up and smoke it.

Hammurabi

03-15-2005, 05:05 PM

I took a cool Botony class. Most of the other kids in the class were only in it so they could learn how to grow weed, I made a cactus. Why don't you roll that up and smoke it.

Because peyote is just as illegal as pot, that's why not.

chucklivesoninmyheart

03-15-2005, 07:39 PM

Because peyote is just as illegal as pot, that's why not.

Got it before me,damn!

But I think the legality of it is more 'tolerable' to law enforcment.Ive NEVER heard of anyone getting busted for possesion of peyote...mabey some mid-western states are different?

not sure why more people just don't grow and consume salvia divinorum as an alternative to illicit drugs...I'd probably have a bad trip so ive never touched the stuff,but I guess its really powerful.

elklandercc

03-15-2005, 08:50 PM

Thats why thay have needles,duh. They keep you from using the powerful relaxant that oozes inside them...OOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhh oozing relaxant.

Hammurabi

03-16-2005, 02:44 AM

But I think the legality of it is more 'tolerable' to law enforcment.Ive NEVER heard of anyone getting busted for possesion of peyote.

Same here. It's never been a very 'popular' drug so nobody really worries about it. I'm pretty sure if someone tried selling a literal truckload of it the cops might do something, but that's just asking to be arrested.

Akira

03-16-2005, 04:17 AM

Wait, wait, cacti are drugs? What? I'm confused. :confused:

Hammurabi

03-16-2005, 05:06 AM

Wait, wait, cacti are drugs? What? I'm confused. :confused:

Not all cacti. Peyote (http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/p1/peyote.asp) is the only one I'm aware of.

chucklivesoninmyheart

03-16-2005, 08:04 AM

Is it true if you don't throwup within 10 minutes you can die?(with peyote)

Jolly McJollyson

03-16-2005, 08:14 AM

Thats why thay have needles,duh. They keep you from using the powerful relaxant that oozes inside them...OOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhh oozing relaxant.
Hey, you're from Jersey! Do you live near South Brunswick?

Hammurabi

03-16-2005, 08:48 AM

Is it true if you don't throwup within 10 minutes you can die?(with peyote)

I don't think so.

benk1277

03-19-2005, 05:25 PM

In the mid-west, peyote is pretty hard to come by. Pot is much more popular. Meth you can practically buy at the grocery store. Talk about a chemistry lesson...WOW!

chucklivesoninmyheart

03-19-2005, 07:24 PM

Meth is terrible...ruined one of my friends lives(well,that and H)but the meth started it...I remember him in my bathroom hacking up brown junk and blood.He lost his voice for like two weeks straight.

benk1277

03-19-2005, 09:15 PM

With the amount of chemicals involved in creating it, it's amazing how horrible it really is.
Man this is bummin me out.
I hate chemistry, too. I have a cousin in college for chemical engineering. I think he's an evil genius or something. Not that he's evil, or a genius, but anyone who pursues chemical engineering just plain ol' ain't right.

Akira

03-20-2005, 06:51 AM

In the mid-west, peyote is pretty hard to come by. Pot is much more popular. Meth you can practically buy at the grocery store. Talk about a chemistry lesson...WOW!

You can buy magic shrooms from the shop on the corner of my block, aswell as growing kits.

benk1277

03-20-2005, 09:53 AM

Get out! The state I live in has a "Zero Tolerance" campaign on all drugs. If you're caught with anything, you're in jail. If you even smell like Patchouli it called reasonable doubt and they can search you. Yet people are killed nearly daily by drunk drivers. Tunnel vision much?

Hammurabi

03-20-2005, 11:26 AM

Get out! The state I live in has a "Zero Tolerance" campaign on all drugs.

The state he lives in is called "England". They have more fun there.

Shroom kits are legal in the US if they're for 'research', although I think they should always be legal. They've been proven to have no medical risks.

benk1277

03-20-2005, 04:26 PM

The state he lives in is called "England". They have more fun there.

Shroom kits are legal in the US if they're for 'research', although I think they should always be legal. They've been proven to have no medical risks.

That's funny. you would think as independant and adventuous as Americans tend to be, our laws would be more tolerant toward recreational use. Go figure.

CW14

03-20-2005, 10:26 PM

Ahhh shrooms, that reminds me...

One morning our neighbours went into the paddock to pick some mushrooms for breakfast. They went home, fried them up and ate them.

I guess they must have thought they had eaten toadstools or something cuz they started feeling strange and called the ambulance.
Turns out they were just trippin' out on magic shrooms!!

Lordathestrings

03-20-2005, 10:42 PM

That's funny. you would think as independant and adventuous as Americans tend to be, our laws would be more tolerant toward recreational use. Go figure.Naw, Americans are among the most generous and self-reliant individuals in the world, but there's a very Puritanical streak through their outlook. It shows up in things like the common acceptance of extreme violence in their entertainment, but major aversion to anything sexual . Consider the routine bloodshed in a lot of primetime TV shows and then recall the Super Bowl ruckus about Janet Jackson's 'wardrobe malfunction' and the fuss about the ad where an actress dropped her towel. :rolleyes:

benk1277

03-23-2005, 05:53 PM

That makes perfect sense. We have all sorts of entertainment full of punching, kicking, shooting...violence of all kinds, but when it comes to seeing one saggy old boobie on TV everyone freaks out. Now (since the boobie) the FCC has really cracked down on all things fun and perverse. I am not a wierdo pervert, but I am a guy. That whole Superbowl mess hasn't had this effect on other countries censorship, has it??

Lordathestrings

03-23-2005, 08:02 PM

... That whole Superbowl mess hasn't had this effect on other countries censorship, has it??The only effect here in Canada is that the American shows that we see may get toned down a bit. No change in our local content. And the (very few) Europeans who are even aware of it are wondering what all the fuss was about. Discomfort with sexuality seems to be an American thing.

elklandercc

03-23-2005, 09:36 PM

Hey, you're from Jersey! Do you live near South Brunswick?
Not really, bout a half an hour away. I live in Glouster county witch is right nect to camden. Been up there a lot in the past when I helped my dad do some jobs in construction. I assume you're from South Brunswick?

elklandercc

03-23-2005, 09:50 PM

Speaking of the FCC, they're really just pulling things out of the air. Like the one dude who wants to ban the porn channels from cable tv. Its cable for cripes sake. If people want to pay for it let em buy it. Lets not forget the whole Howard Stern fiasco, a little anti-bush comes up and he off thousands of stations. Luckily hes not off wysp yet, and when he goes to sirius I'll be waiting, hee hee. America's moral's are really messed up, not to mention the dirty congressmen and the re-electing of a ah-hem "dumb" president. Just makes me want to move to canada. Back to the "wardrobe malfunction." Like a little boob that Little Timmy saw is going to ruin his life for ever. As once said in a movie "how else are we supose to learn." America is too full of rediculus lawsuits. (michael jackson touched me, and george lopez stole my wallet)

Raskolnikov

03-23-2005, 10:07 PM

America's moral's are really messed up, not to mention the dirty congressmen and the re-electing of a ah-hem "dumb" president.
Well, look at Kerry... most people I know had to flip a coin before deciding which of those losers to vote for.

I never thought I could be more upset at my Presidential Nominees than I was in 2000.

Hammurabi

03-23-2005, 11:02 PM

Well, look at Kerry... most people I know had to flip a coin before deciding which of those losers to vote for.

I just about literally did that. I ended up voting for Kerry because of how he schooled Bush in the debating, but I thought it was pretty obvious Bush would win.

I don't like America's rediculous moral system. I should move to Sweden.

Raskolnikov

03-23-2005, 11:18 PM

Try South Louisiana first.

It's like Europe only you're allowed to play with guns.

EDIT: And if need be, you can still spank your children.

CW14

03-23-2005, 11:27 PM

Leedogg

03-23-2005, 11:29 PM

I just about literally did that. I ended up voting for Kerry because of how he schooled Bush in the debating, but I thought it was pretty obvious Bush would win.

I don't like America's rediculous moral system. I should move to Sweden.

Yea, morality sucks. Especially when someone imposes theirs on you. I've just moved into the heart of Bush Country. You wouldn't believe how many people here in Tennessee drive around with W '04, and W The President stickers on their vehicles even now. Damn near 5 months after the elections. I don't understand what the man's appeal is. I'm just glad he's done for after 2008.

crazywolf

03-23-2005, 11:52 PM

Well today we did an experiment!
Making "esters".

It stank out the whole room and it had to be evacuated.
My hands smell like a combination of rotten cheese and faeces right now, and it won't come out :(
We did this one lab where we mixed different esters or some other carbon chains to make cool sents like orange, banana, and other fruits. That was fun.

Hammurabi

03-23-2005, 11:53 PM

Try South Louisiana first. It's like Europe only you're allowed to play with guns.

Sounds nice. What are the weather and the clubs like?

CW14

03-24-2005, 12:01 AM

We did this one lab where we mixed different esters or some other carbon chains to make cool sents like orange, banana, and other fruits. That was fun.

We mixed and heated alcohols with carboxylic acids or something and it was "supposed" to smell like fruits and stuff but it ended up smelling like rotten cheese and s***. It was so strong that we all had to leave the room.

Hammurabi

03-24-2005, 12:03 AM

Organic chemistry is definitely fun stuff if you don't screw up.

Raskolnikov

03-24-2005, 12:16 AM

Sounds nice. What are the weather and the clubs like?
Weather: Hot and humid. This is solved with drive-through daiquiari bars.

Clubs: Cajuns love to party, brah.

If I ever get a chance, I'm moving back to Lafayette in a heart beat.

Hammurabi

03-24-2005, 02:00 AM

I'll have to visit there sometime.

I'm a bit confused, though. Didn't South Louisiana vote strongly Republican in this last election?

kingdavid

03-24-2005, 09:53 AM

...If I ever get a chance, I'm moving back to Lafayette in a heart beat.
I've heard that place mentioned several times in songs. What's with it?

Raskolnikov

03-24-2005, 11:52 AM

I'm a bit confused, though. Didn't South Louisiana vote strongly Republican in this last election?
You have to understand a few things:

Louisiana, especially South Louisiana is traditionally a Democratic stronghold. Since Cajuns love a scoundrel, there's a lot of corruption in the Democratic party so, down there, Republicans really are the reform candidates. I'm really disapointed Bobby Jindal didn't win the last election for Governor.

Next, Kerry did a wonderful job of coming off like a total pansy and making a lot of Southerners feel marginalized and ignored. Who votes for a candidate they feel doesn't respect them and can't defend them?

Anyway, so Louisiana chose Bush for President, and I think the Republicans picked up a Congressional seat, but on the state and local level, Democrats almost totally run the show. I set up a lot of election ballots that had four or five Democratic candidates and maybe one Republican.