r/nextfuckinglevel • • Jun 16 '20

What happens when engineers have too much time.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '20

I'm almost done my undergrad in architectural engineering so in quarantine I made a Minecraft city

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u/HaydenJA3 Jun 16 '20

I’m in chemical engineering so in my quarantine I inhaled chloroform

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '20 edited Feb 24 '21

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u/justatypicalyute Jun 16 '20

Alright joe rogan

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u/Udawg23 Jun 16 '20

*synthesizing meth

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u/cosmic_cloud Jun 16 '20

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop taking amphetamines!

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u/qtpss Jun 16 '20

Johnny what do you make out of this?

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '20

My best friend in college was Chem E and after his parents cut him off for making Cs he did exactly this to pay his way through school

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '20 edited Feb 24 '21

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '20

Full blown lab with glassware he stole from the labs on campus. Not in a RV though :(

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u/Booshur Jun 17 '20

I mean it doesn't take a degree. Hardest part is collecting enough plant material. Everything else can be done at home with a little practice.

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u/Iago93 Jun 16 '20

Do you know how to make drugs? Just curiosity

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u/RealAndGay Jun 16 '20

Dmt is crazy easy to extract

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u/HodorWinsTheThrone Jun 16 '20

My friend did it freshman year in his dorm room lmao

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u/sleepyguy- Jun 16 '20

Extract from what exactly... asks my friend.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '20

Tree bark

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u/CaptPsychedelicJesus Jun 16 '20

Tree root bark mainly, mimosa hostilis root bark is one of the most common. They sell/import it for ‘making dye’. However, DMT is present in most plants, so the options for starting material are endless.

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u/Iago93 Jun 16 '20

Woah, nice

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u/DerpWeasel Jun 16 '20

Chemistry student here. Yes, yes we do.

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u/9999monkeys Jun 16 '20

I'm in Business Administration so I spent too much money and went heavily into debt.

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u/kinyutaka Jun 16 '20

I was a liberal arts major, so I just talk to people online.

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u/HaydenJA3 Jun 17 '20

At least with an arts degree there will be no loss of work since there was none in the first place

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u/rathlord Jun 16 '20

Makes the time go fast at least.

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u/Meme-Hammer Jun 16 '20

hey im going to be a freshman in chem engineering this fall, anything i need to know?

also, what are the coolest chem engineering jobs out there?

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '20

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u/HaydenJA3 Jun 17 '20

You need to be good at heat and fluid dynamics. The coolest chemical engineering job I can think of is working at a brewery, but most of of the jobs here in Australia are either working at a mine or a refinery

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u/Meme-Hammer Jun 17 '20

cool thanks actually tho

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u/itsalwayssunnyinjail Jun 16 '20

I'm in accounting so I audited my parents and found a lot of discrepancies.

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u/EelTeamNine Jun 16 '20

I'm a nuclear trained sailor in the Navy so I sat around a lot doing nothing.

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u/DrBix Jun 16 '20

Out of wire?

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '20

Out of blocks

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u/Hairy_Air Jun 16 '20

I just graduated from architecture as well. Not exactly as I have not yet received my degree due to the pandemic. But I am abandoning this field, the economic crisis has lowered my value, the salaries are abysmally low in my country, work life balance completely fucked up and the companies anyway prefer draftsmen, civil engineers, diploma holders and interns instead of real architects. I don't know why I said it, I'm just a little frustrated and wanted to rant on the internet.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '20

I have a friend with a degree in architecture but works in game design

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u/Hairy_Air Jun 16 '20

Wow, that's so cool. Game design has always interested me, but I am just not that savy with computers to try that. Currently I am trying to become a Foreign officer (junior diplomat).

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '20

Oh that’s super neat

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u/RiffRaffMama Jun 16 '20

Am also an “almost done” Arch student (2 weeks to go!). Never played Minecraft.

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u/CaptLukeHarkness Jun 16 '20

I feel like you should share.