The Creative Cactus

Chemistry Undergraduate LCSC/Plant Mom/Outdoor Enthusiast

[boobitchcraftt]

DOODLEBOB LIVES

[raccoonfootproductions]

I love how this is a big deal to SpongeBob fans.

A legit guest star? Eh… DoodleBob? EFF YEA

[lovinnforgiven]

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[charizord]

IM SCREAMING

[tropiuz-deactivated20200618]

Jfksjfnwnfne

[tapatiopapi]

That’s a very creative way to wear a seatbelt

[acoustickub]

I can’t breathe!!! Laughing too hard!!!! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[whospilledthebongwater]

I’m the friend in the back lmao

[quotebook-in]

If you’re single, focus on being a better you instead of looking for someone better than your ex. A better you will attract a better next.

[scienceprofessorquotes]

“Remember, Strong Girls Love Strong Guys.”

— First Year Chemistry Professor, when explaining how strong acid reacts with strong base.

[labphoto]

A freshly prepared Vilsmier-Haack Reagent.

This stuff was originally described by  Anton Vilsmeier and Albrecht Haack in 1927. It is made up by mixing phosphorous oxychloride and a formamide at low temperature. It is a quite practical thing that is widely used for the formylation of various compounds including sensitive compounds e.g.: pyrroles, furanes and various heterocyclic systems. 

The reagent is formed and reacts as the following mechanism illustrates:

The reaction of the amide with phosphorus oxychloride produces an electrophilic iminium cation. The subsequent electrophilic aromatic substitution produces an iminium ion intermediate, which is hydrolyzed to give the desired aryl ketone or aryl aldehyde. 

[scienceprofessorquotes]

“Well, water is dangerous if it gets in your lungs.”

— Analytical chemistry professor in response to “is this chemical dangerous to me?”

[unsympatheticchemprof]

[straightfaxx]

Things you hear in the Science Corridor at my school

“Don’t touch my diagrams of vaginas!”

“There’s your phenolphthalein, don’t put it in anyone’s coffee because it’ll give them the runs…”

“And then I told her, ‘I’m a physics teacher, if you wanted me to know what I’m doing, you should’ve got with a biology teacher’ and now she’s not speaking to me”

“I will put the bunsen burners on because it’s cold, but don’t put yourself on fire“ “damn, there go my plans for this period“ “come on, advanced chemistry isn’t that bad“ “and who said this class is the source of my problems“

[collectorsweekly]

Happy Birthday to William Henry Perkin, who invented the first synthetic dye, Mauveine, in 1856.

[plasticblisss]

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

[brokebackboys]

“Barack obama is that some kind of sauce”

[forza-tricolor-deactivated20181]

I still can’t believe it was taken down on Instagram because saltine Americans flagged it as racist.

[brunchingwithmyself-deactivated]

This went viral the night of 2016 elections

[cbiscuit26]

Still funny tho.

[mellifexfarm]

secret..,.,,.,

[kitikattt7]

2008 was a better time…

[mako-reaper-deactivated20230311]

That one time the whole nation got rickrolled but no one was mad about it bless

[justplainsomething]

#I KEEP TELLING PEOPLE THIS HAPPENED#AND THEY NEVER BELIEVE M E

[thathealeygirl]

OH YES this was BEAUTIFUL

[askjennaflorida]

Happy 8-year anniversary to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade that got Rickrolled

[cell113]

Oh my god I totally forgot this happened-!!

[anightmarefantasmic]

[sexyandthethief]

my friend told me to watch this cooking video while listening to sad music. so i mixed a little something for you all

[pillowheadd]

Jesus CHRIST

[fire-is-her-water]

My doggo, Ezri, who rarely barks and mostly borks.

When I got her, she’d been abused and would cower and pee at almost everything, and had been mistreated when she’d barked, so she never would. One day months after I had her she got excited on a walk and borked at a bird, and then immediately cower-peed. I had to re-teach her to bark by gathering her whole human pack and having everyone bark and howl and feed her treats and pet her till she got excited enough to join in, and then got more treats. Took a while but I was able to teach her to bork on command (and she’s gotta be excited or she just stares at me like “Sorry, the bork system needs charging”) and she’ll do it happily when she’s excited to go for a walk or upon seeing a friend, and at birds. I love her croaky borking, especially when she started off terrified of making a joyful noise.

[merak-zoran]

[corvigae]

What kind of dog is Ezri? I love her!!

[fire-is-her-water]

I… did not expect this post to blow up this much but I am delighted at all the tags and replies and Ezri has been told the internet thinks she’s a Very Good Dog. :D

She’s a German spitz - in the same family as keeshonds and pomeranians. She might be crossed with something else as her freckled coat, non-pointy nose, and personality are not standard for her breed (they’re usually a lot more high energy and excitable - she’s super laid back and chill). She’s a bit less fluffy than breed-standard too, mostly because she’s grown out from her spring/summer trim (not usually necessary/good for her type of coat but she gets terribly itchy otherwise). It also makes her look like a puppy of a large breed:

Ezri’s best friend is Murder Cat, who is a gentle friend to humans and Ezri, but does things to mice that would make Hannibal Lecter go “Isn’t that a bit much?”

I got Murder Cat as a kitten, and she used to try to nurse on everything when she was small. Eventually, she settled on her favourite thing to nurse on, Ezri, who has never had puppies and a little confused at first but eventually went with it. She grew out of it, but they have stayed snuggly buddies ever since.

New Years here is full of fireworks outside and Ezri gets Vry Scared. I usually set her up somewhere with a snuggly spot right by me, and Murder Cat comes and does this all night: 

She goes everywhere with me in my bakfiets (cargo bike) and lets me warm my hands in her fur on cold days.

And her ears disappear if I say her name to get her attention.

ok so great thanks for coming to my TED talk about my dog, good night, drive safe

[juansendizon]

The worst thing about moving on is pretending that you’re happy, that you’re free to do whatever you want, that you have more time for achieving your goals. It takes a while to recover from a person you truly loved.

Juansen Dizon (via juansendizon)