Science Memes

10271 readers

2619 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

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

Research Committee

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

440

trig (mediacdn.aus.social)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

13 comments fedilink hide all child comments

top 13 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago

They were once marketed as being from Tangier, a city in Morocco where a few are grown. They've more recently been called Mandarins, because they're in fact native to China.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Tangerine

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Sure glad that didn't say bariumsodiumsodium

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Just 👏

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

what's a tanorange?

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

Trig-gering?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wonder what a tan^-1^gerine would look like.

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

The peel would be on the inside and the flesh outside. Much easier to eat.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

Am I missing something or is this really the bare minimum of a joke? Is the only "comedy" here that tan is also in the word tangerine? You could rearrange this and have cos lettuce instead, right?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Orangerine?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

sin(x)/cos(x) = tan(x)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I guess I needed to put /s on my shit post.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

This is a bit of a tangent