this post was submitted on 09 Dec 2025
143 points (89.5% liked)

Science Memes

17736 readers
2049 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 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Sal@mander.xyz
fossilesque@mander.xyz
SciBot@mander.xyz
fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com
143
Sandy Loam (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
16 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

explanation, this combines one of these memes:

w/ the soil triangle

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

nah. loam is, for example, 40% sand, 20% clay, 40% silt and it's close to middle of that polygon, on top of letter O

for example, draw a line from 50% sand point on edge to 50% clay point on edge, the first one is 50% sand 50% silt because that axis for sand is also 0% for clay, the second one is 50% sand 50% clay because it lies at the line that is 0% silt

[–] QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

I'm kinda stoned rn and these words are like hylogriphics to me

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Ah, that makes more sense, thank you!