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   Aurion said, about 1 month ago

   That would completely defeat its purpose of draining of all your individuality and spirit.

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   Ray C said, about 1 month ago

   Well said, Aurion. This would be a great way to do a true three-dimensional model of the water molecule. However, it appears that Amend got the angle wrong. It looks like 180 deg in the third panel, and it should be…what? 109, or something like that.
   He’s usually pretty good with science and math, so I’m a bit surprised.
   I may consider dropping this strip after such an unforgivable sin as that!! ;-)

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   pgn674 said, about 1 month ago

   The bubble gum diagram is off, anyways. That’s nowhere near 1.8239 radians. I guess the artistic restriction of sequential animation doesn’t allow for precision in this case, though.

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   TrapperJohn said, about 1 month ago

   So I see that this strip is really popular with NERDS!

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   gopuppy said, about 1 month ago

   TrapperJohn - Nah I don’t think so - not so much - it’s just like having a picture of a car with 2 wheels or an arm or foot at an impossible angle and folks knowing the facts of the way it should be and noticing and expressing the details.

   What would be really nerdy is if someone pointed out that the model of water that Jason made, eh, blew, should have had the outer spheres at 109 degrees, but since they’re at 180 degrees, the model of water he made is actually in an excited vibrational state, but since no one did, no I don’t think that there are any nerds here.

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   chromosome said, about 1 month ago

   I’m a geek and I’m impressed (given the limitation of how one could make such a structure accurately with bubble gum). I’ve had better luck making chromosome models with clown balloons.

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   Ray C said, about 1 month ago

   Gopuppy,
   Are you saying that Jason is in hot water?

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   natashalee said, about 1 month ago

   Or he has gas!

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   Aikidodog said, about 1 month ago

   dihydrogen monoxide!!!!! My absolute favorite molecule!!!

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    Furienna said, about 1 month ago

    Considering that I can’t blow a bubble with a gum at all, I think Jason did a good job. But yeah, when you mention it, the angles of the water molecule are a bit off. Maybe it was easier drawing it that way, I don’t know, but yeah, as Amend usually is good at maths and science, it seems a bit lazily done.

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    chinook2 said, about 1 month ago

    Chalkboard? I think Jason would have fun with hacking a smartboard to make it do cool things.

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    mrprongs said, about 1 month ago

    Did she ask for it to be diagrammed in scale?

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    paha_siga said, about 1 month ago

    Gopuppy & Furienna, why do you say it was Amend who got the angle wrong - maybe it was Jason?

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    kfaatz925 said, about 1 month ago

    Besides, thinking logistically, how would you arrange for the bubbles to be blown on angles? Seems like they’d end up in a row no matter what you did (not that I’ve tried this.)

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    ExpectingTheUnexpected said, about 1 month ago

    whoa! Where’d the books in the last panel come from? They seem like they’re positioned where they’d be visible in the other panels…

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    terry said, about 1 month ago

    Jason has the water molecule wrong. The two hydrogen atoms are not in line with the larger oxygen atom but at right angles, so the water molecule is “L” shpaed with a dipole moment.
    terry@termanweb.net