the pink substrate used to feed cells for a lot of bio science work needs to be completely sterile and should be standardized for purity. They are cooking it by hand, guaranteeing neither sterility nor purity, most likely resulting in unreliable results. but at least its cheaper than having to buy it.

[–] ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 65 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i genuinely love it when people make their own meaning about shit i make sleep deprived out my mind because i thought of a funny word

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 48 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are you saying you literally just made up shit and coincidentally referenced a science thing?

[–] ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 70 points 1 month ago (2 children)

yep, definitely. i just thought "hey wouldn't it be funny if two dudes just ate some undefined substance because it's cheap" and, uhhh, yeah

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 13 points 1 month ago

Bachelor chow. Now with flavor.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago

I thought the joke was eating aquarium substrate because it looks tasty.

[–] will_steal_your_username@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 1 month ago

I think they are cooking it to eat it because it's cheap

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 9 points 1 month ago

I mean cooking it should make it fairly sterile at least, though purity is still an issue.

[–] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago

This is why I invested in a pressure cooker

[–] asbestos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

thank ❤️

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I've always just called it media.

[–] mvirts@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Maybe this? Idk https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agar_plate#Blood_agar

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 8 points 1 month ago

one of my friends used to make some cheap garbage to eat for lunch everyday. I told him once I'd love to try it so I can do the same thing and he told me "no you wouldn't". apparently it was awful. lol
but cheap!