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minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·2 months agoI didn’t sit through any of those and I don’t get the joke. Do I upvote anyway, trusting that it’s funny? Or just based on the conversation below? Such a dilemma…
minus-squarePoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agoits 2024. nobody cares about facts anymore…
minus-squareChe Banana@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoI care. I care deeply. So deep…so deep…put her butt to sleep.
minus-squareflora_explora@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-22 months agoIf you care about who is factually correct, then it’s person 2 and 4: Palmitic acid (hexadecanoic acid in IUPAC nomenclature) is a fatty acid with a 16-carbon chain. It is the most common saturated fatty acid found in animals, plants and microorganisms. (Although person 3 is correct in that it is a carboxylic acid. It doesn’t exclude the other terms though.)
minus-squarewieson@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoWhen you realise to late, that it was a question O oh
I didn’t sit through any of those and I don’t get the joke. Do I upvote anyway, trusting that it’s funny? Or just based on the conversation below? Such a dilemma…
its 2024. nobody cares about facts anymore…
I care.
I care deeply.
So deep…so deep…put her butt to sleep.
If you care about who is factually correct, then it’s person 2 and 4:
Palmitic acid (hexadecanoic acid in IUPAC nomenclature) is a fatty acid with a 16-carbon chain. It is the most common saturated fatty acid found in animals, plants and microorganisms.
(Although person 3 is correct in that it is a carboxylic acid. It doesn’t exclude the other terms though.)
When you realise to late, that it was a question