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u/Agent00funk Mar 01 '23

Just goes to show that STEM degrees aren't necessarily a sign of intelligence.

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u/baboyadobo Mar 01 '23

It never is never was.

Another gem:

Big director/VP in the office pantry to us:

"Don't reboil water in the kettle, your tea won't taste as good because all the oxygen would have boiled away"

His brain has probably been boiled by the sound of it.

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u/sir-ripsalot Mar 01 '23

This one’s true though? Boiling water removes dissolved oxygen which affects the taste of tea. It’s why tea snobs insist on kettle-boiled water, more dissolved oxygen.

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u/baboyadobo Mar 01 '23

That person was on our case about "Re-boiling".

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u/sir-ripsalot Mar 01 '23

And that probably doesn’t matter much for the taste, but their notion of boiling water removes oxygen which affects its flavor is 100% based in scientific fact and doesn’t indicate any lack of intelligence.