I heard last week that the physics teacher of the daughter of one of my colleagues told the daughter that girls who do their nails don’t do physics.

[argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org]

@freyablekman

“Girls? In my field of study?” It's more likely than you think!

[freyablekman@fediscience.org]

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @afewbugs or the ten kinds of physics... haha, it's academia, everyone claims they're a singular diamond that created a new sub-sub-subdiscipline. If only because that's how you get funding .

[floppydisk@defcon.social]

@freyablekman NGL your nails are cool AF

[argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org]

@nachtet

I'm no particle physicist, but I'm fairly sure you're supposed to keep your hands away from the beam.

@freyablekman @afewbugs

[argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org]

@cinebox

Problem: bombarding things with neutrons makes them radioactive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_activation

@nachtet @freyablekman @afewbugs

[drude@literatur.social]

@freyablekman

I hate this "you can be beautiful or clever, not both" trope ...

[freyablekman@fediscience.org]

@bonkers lol yeah. check out deez nails. Can't be possible.

[argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org]

@psistarpsiii

When I read “photonics” my first thought was the snarky holographic doctor on Star Trek. Lasers are fun too, though!

@freyablekman

[kwayk42@sechtor.social]

@psistarpsiii @freyablekman

[starkimarm@23.social]

@freyablekman
Holy guacamole, those nails are awesome! 🤩

[starkimarm@23.social]

@danielaKay

Woah, awesome!

Also, your nick always brings a smile to my face whenever I see it

@freyablekman

[maxheadroom@hub.uckermark.social]

@freyablekman find me jealous of those shiny nails

[riduidel@framapiaf.org]

@freyablekman As a cis-man, I don't even undrstand how you can achieve such a level of greatness (and I neither imagine how much time it can take).
These are really incredible.

[freyablekman@fediscience.org]

@Riduidel well someone made these, and it wasn't me. Nail tech is a real job. And they can make some nails for you as well - even as a cis man

[randomio@muenchen.social]

@freyablekman pretty nice colors

[wolfram_roesler@mastodontech.de]

@freyablekman The teacher mentioned a correlation, you’re suggesting causation, which wasn’t claimed. The teacher said "girls" and obviously meant "many girls among his students", which you misunderstandood as "all female persons anywhere". As a leading scientist you should know better.

[wiebiwetter@norden.social]

@freyablekman
Wait! I am in meteorology (aka atmospheric physics), specialising in cloud microphysics!
My nails are not as shiny as yours, but hey - with polish
(And I am "only" assistant professor, so still have time to ramp up my nail polishing skills before I become a full professor!)

[captainmalu@mastodon.social]

@freyablekman beautiful .
Like Galaxis.

And what a dump teacher.

[stupeflo@pipou.academy]

@freyablekman
Want!

[wolfram_roesler@mastodontech.de]

@jkmcnk Sorry, what is a wendy’s?