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[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 180 points 3 months ago (3 children)

99% of mold gives humans something between mild discomfort and death. The remaining 1% tastes good with butter.

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 87 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Not quiet

98.99% of mold gives humans something between mild discomfort and death, 1% tastes good with butter. The the remaining 0.01% is estimated to have saved over half a billion lives.

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 56 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And 0.00001% makes me see and feel funny things

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 27 points 3 months ago

More of them do that, but only once.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure the antibiotics also taste good with butter.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

What doesn't taste good with butter?

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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 39 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah, so there are 3 options- discomfort, death, and nutrition. Therefore, every time you eat a fungus, you have a 1/3 chance of dying. Thanks for the info!

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 3 months ago (3 children)
[–] RiceMunk@sopuli.xyz 40 points 3 months ago (1 children)

True; some mold is actually medicine. Therefore you only have 1/4 chance of dying.

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 months ago

1/5, some are hallucinogens

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 24 points 3 months ago

Yeah? Then successfully explain how statistics work, smart guy. But I warn you, there’s a 50% chance you’ll fail.

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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Or when growing in cheese.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

Cheese also tastes good with butter.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 116 points 3 months ago (2 children)

No one:

Everyone: adds a pointless “No one:” above perfectly valid memes

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

POV: Someone added a useless "no one" to their meme

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[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This one grinds my gears too because it doesn't even make sense.

"No one said nothing" is a double negative. Shouldn't it be

Everyone:

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[–] the_artic_one@programming.dev 90 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Most molds are about as closely related to mushrooms as flatworms are to humans

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Not to be confused with ringworms which are, in fact, a mold.

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[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 63 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Some moulds are totally fine, see blue cheese. Some mycelium schlongs are dangerous, see death caps.

[–] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 3 months ago

"Mycelium schlong"

Linguistic creativity at its best.

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[–] herrwoland@lemmy.world 63 points 3 months ago (3 children)

"why is that we eat the fruit and not the tree?"

[–] RobotFK@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 47 points 3 months ago

Blue cheese would like a word.

[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 47 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

"Why do we eat the fungi that taste good and not the ones that give you explosive diarrhea?"

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 46 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Whoa there... We eat mold too if they're the right type and on the right things.

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[–] MTK@lemmy.world 44 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Both are pictures of genitalia, one of them is just really really small, microscopic even, so you are being very insensitive towards the microscopic genitalia.

[–] Wetstew@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

It doesn't need to be big to do it's job!😡

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[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 33 points 3 months ago (8 children)

The Roquefort (French blue cheese) is made from the mold that grows on rye bread.

So even the moldy bread, in the right condition, can become a delicacy.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

lactobacillus is everywhere. Truly the king of kings.

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[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 31 points 3 months ago

This bacterium gives me the sniffles. This other bacterium liquefies and eats my muscles. But if I don't have enough of this other bacterium in me, I get violent explosive shits??

[–] Meron35@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Humans: 🤮

Human genitalia: 🍆💨👃🤤

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Cheese and yoghurt enter the chat.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 14 points 3 months ago

laughs in alcohol

[–] sunbather@beehaw.org 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

the difference between eating mushrooms and eating mold is the difference between oral sex and vore

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[–] Floshie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

basically the same thing with men

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Not a big fan of male genitalia tbh

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[–] mrmule@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Kombucha and sourdough bread have now entered the chat.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Srsly? It's pretty simple - some forms of mold are delicious and others aren't.

Here's another mystery to ponder: Why do people generally love having sex but hate doing housework that involves the same amount of effort? Have fun.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There's housework that involves lying down while someone else puts in all the effort?

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[–] SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (8 children)

.....is bread mold harmful to eat?

EDIT: Still have not gotten a wholly confirmed answer lol

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

If you keep eating it, you'll have to change your name to ShartEatingBreakfast

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[–] natecox@programming.dev 9 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Fuck, I remember Gumby. What happened to that guy?

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[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 9 points 3 months ago

If the french eat frogs that's fine, but when the south Americans do it everyone loses their minds.

(Poison dart frogs)

[–] wittycomputer@feddit.org 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I prefer calling it flowers than genitallia

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 13 points 3 months ago

Some women also call it their flowers and yeah I go down on flowers. :finger-guns:

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[–] JoShmoe@ani.social 7 points 3 months ago

I’ve been sucking off genitalia this whole time?!

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