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The avoidance of using the Joule as a unit of energy. Sometimes used equivocally, especially in the United States, in describing a strong preference for the use of the calorie. Specifically, Joule Misanthropy refers to those who castigate or otherwise judge humans who do express energy as joules. Joule Misanthropists are known as being particularly intransigent in their anti-joule stance.
This inclination and its relatively widespread popularity are thought to have been originated by those who opposed the popularity of James Prescott Joule. This movement probably began after Joule famously spurned William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin); the two had planned an experiment together, which Joule then neglected in favor of marriage and a honeymoon. Although essentially left standing at the flask, Lord Kelvin understood and offered his congratulations to the happy couple. However, Kelvin supporters were enraged and began an anti-Joule campaign. This caught hold particularly in the Americas, probably due the residual anti-English sentiment of the time.
Formally, Joule Misanthropy is defined as the the use of a unit of energy other than the joule in a context in which the use of said unit would generally be considered illogical or not practical. For example, expressing the energy required by a human to lift a small object in electronvolts would constitute Joule Misanthropy.
This inclination and its relatively widespread popularity are thought to have been originated by those who opposed the popularity of James Prescott Joule. This movement probably began after Joule famously spurned William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin); the two had planned an experiment together, which Joule then neglected in favor of marriage and a honeymoon. Although essentially left standing at the flask, Lord Kelvin understood and offered his congratulations to the happy couple. However, Kelvin supporters were enraged and began an anti-Joule campaign. This caught hold particularly in the Americas, probably due the residual anti-English sentiment of the time.
Formally, Joule Misanthropy is defined as the the use of a unit of energy other than the joule in a context in which the use of said unit would generally be considered illogical or not practical. For example, expressing the energy required by a human to lift a small object in electronvolts would constitute Joule Misanthropy.
"Hey, I heard Patty was accepted to that prestigious US institution!"
"Yes, but he has decided not to attend due to the widespread Joule Misanthropy there."
"That's a shame. I can't believe people can still be so small minded in the 21st century."
"Yes, but he has decided not to attend due to the widespread Joule Misanthropy there."
"That's a shame. I can't believe people can still be so small minded in the 21st century."
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Get the Idiocracy mug.An indole from the hood. These indoles are associated with elevated reactivity, increased thermal decomposition, and enhanced reactivity at the 3 position. Some ghetto indoles aggregate into gangs, such as the "Crimson Peptides" and the "Cryptophans." This activity and the resulting reactions are sometimes implicated in the misfolding of proteins.
Hey Vinnie, did you see that L-tryptophan is gonna be on pimp my heterocycle? Dude that's awesome, that ghetto indole has come a long way from the hood, check out those spinning rings!
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Get the Diggitty Chops mug.One who possesses a disproportionate disdain for single bonds. Known colloquially as "pi snobs," these individuals are predisposed to looking down on saturated molecules.
Freddy said he wouldn't go near that 3-methyl octane, but he can't keep his hands off my heptadiene. Man what a sigma hater!
by Big Diggity January 6, 2015
Get the Sigma Hater mug.A single (one) cup of Joe. Highly reactive with humans, radical coffees generally follow the steady state approximation, ie the quantity does not build up because it is rapidly consumed. Free radical coffee, that is Java unbound by monetary exchange requirements, is even more labile such that it may react with a given human multiple times.
By contrast paired cups of coffee are not nearly as reactive, although there remains considerable debate regarding the degeneracy of the orbitals (approximated as "pots") from whence they came; and, if even degenerate, whether coffee is indeed subject to Hund's Rule. Further study (and funding please?) is needed to elucidate the nature of multiple filled coffee cups.
By contrast paired cups of coffee are not nearly as reactive, although there remains considerable debate regarding the degeneracy of the orbitals (approximated as "pots") from whence they came; and, if even degenerate, whether coffee is indeed subject to Hund's Rule. Further study (and funding please?) is needed to elucidate the nature of multiple filled coffee cups.
"Hey Paul, could you grab Bobby Jo a cup of Joe for the seminar? He's running late."
"I would but it's already gone. Man that free radical coffee went like LiHMDS at a proton convention"
The author would like to point out that it is improbable (at best!) to use the word "whence" correctly whilst under the influence of radical coffee.
"I would but it's already gone. Man that free radical coffee went like LiHMDS at a proton convention"
The author would like to point out that it is improbable (at best!) to use the word "whence" correctly whilst under the influence of radical coffee.
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2. The protection of an alcohol with a methoxymethyl acetal group. The momylated alcohol is stable to most conditions, notable exceptions including acidic media and a few oxidizing/reducing agents.
2. The protection of an alcohol with a methoxymethyl acetal group. The momylated alcohol is stable to most conditions, notable exceptions including acidic media and a few oxidizing/reducing agents.
Dude when it comes to momylation, Doug is the master. He momylated his wife, two primary alcohols, and a phenol all in one week.
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