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[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 105 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Not for "some reason". It's out of spite.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 2 weeks ago

Which is probably also the reason for the smell

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 2 weeks ago

The fire does not want to go near the smell

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 6 points 2 weeks ago

Evil fruit born in hellfire.

[–] ooterness@lemmy.world 71 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This is a bizarre claim. It appears to be based on a video in which a durian is briefly exposed to a 3300 degree torch. Anything more than that would obviously reduce the whole fruit to char.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, it doesn't withstand it, it just burns slowly because of moist in it. So even less would be enough, given time

[–] Alloi@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I hate when my durian doesnt burn cause it got the moist in it :(

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

What do you have against Moist?

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 weeks ago

Stop. Please, sir. The joke is already dead!

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 62 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Char, just like how heat shields used to reenter the earths atmosphere work

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 39 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's also why a solid wood beam does better in a fire than steel. Once the outside is charred it shields the inside and the beam can keep a good bit of its strength before eventually failing once the outer layers get burned through. The steel heats up quickly and goes soft long before its melting point.

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Jet fuel can't melt wood beams!

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

Technically correct, the best kind of correct

[–] 5765313496@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Help me name the sci-fi novella I'm (totally) going to write about durian panspermia.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 23 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)
  • Durian Rising
  • Durian supremacy
  • The Three Durian Problem
  • Trouble in the Durianverse
  • The Left Hand Side of Durian
  • The Word for World is Durian
  • Precursor: The Origin of Durianism and Other Catastrophes
[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Durians?

[–] Arkhive@piefed.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Durian.”

Chapterhouse: Durian

[–] Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Left hand of Durian got me.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

3 durian problem

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The Picture of Durian Gray.

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

Durian, followed by Durian Messiah, Children of Durian...

[–] titter@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I feel like we are ignoring the evaporative power of moisture that the fruit, and not the steel beam, can utilize. Metal transforms along the entire heating process, the durian will evaporate until a husk and then immediately be immolated.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

Me: getting on the MRT with a delicious durian
The Singaporean passengers : You can't bring that on board lah! There is a 500SGD fine!
Me: if you think that smells bad , check this out *heats durian to 3000°C*

[–] human@slrpnk.net 16 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

So you're telling me I can't burn all these durians? Now what am I going to do with them?

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nuke them from orbit. Only way to be safe

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

The durian mostly come out at night. Mostly.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago

Send them to med school so they can get a job at Sacred Heart.

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Eat them all and temporarily increase your maximum heart containers.

[–] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

you have to be prepared for global warming