this post was submitted on 28 Apr 2026
396 points (98.8% liked)

Science Memes

20077 readers
3533 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.



Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.



Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] ranzispa@mander.xyz 38 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Grant proposal:

  • salaries: 100k
  • fish tank and equipment: 20k
  • chemical supplies: 500k
  • animal acquisition and maintenance: 50k

We justify the expenditure in this study with the need to repeat the experiment up to 500 times to reach statistical significance. The ethics committee approved the project after testing the sample of preliminary evidence we provided them with.

[โ€“] turtlesareneat@piefed.ca 14 points 3 days ago

The animal welfare committee has concluded the most humane way to coke up the fish is for the researchers to also do a few bumps so they feel like it's a party.

[โ€“] Midnitte@beehaw.org 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You make this joke, but Im sure there are conservatives already harping on this as a waste of money- meanwhile its super valuable to know the effective of human waste on fish behavior to help mitigate the damage

[โ€“] night_petal@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

Like the shrimp on the treadmill.