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Cool S (mander.xyz)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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https://xkcd.com/2690/

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can't beleive it's been trademarked.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What an asshole.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

At least it's trademarked by a guy that wants to protect it and not a corporation that would sue anyone who uses it.

I definitely don't think it should be able to be trademarked at all though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Oh, I guess I didn't read that far. Well that's cool then.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

My dad saw this painted on a sidewalk recently and was really curious what it meant. He was disappointed I think to hear it was just a “cool S” so maybe I’ll send him this comic!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

If only Rosalind had found it out this way, instead of all that radiation giving her cancer

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

So that means teenage-me helped discover DNA? Heck yea 🤘

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Doodled by someone in their brain on lsd is what I heard. The l double helix I think it was.

But yes all children draw this S everywhere in the world for no reason.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

am draw ._. instead

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

ɯ-°U°-ɯ

Kilroy was here

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

The double helix depicted in the comic twists the wrong way (inverted chirality).

Randall, I'm disappointed in you :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

No no, I said consummate S!

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

DNA is a double helix. The image bottom right shows only a single helix. For a double helix, think of a rollercoaster riding the track. There needs to be 2 rails going around for the rollercoaster to attach to.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's a double helix.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

But it's not. Most people think DNA and the double helix look this this look like this

But that a common misconception. A true double helix (and DNA) look like this look like this (second)

I know this cause I have a DNA tattoo looking like the first one and have been corrected once or twice haha

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's not the same double helix as DNA, but it is a double helix. It's not a single helix.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

if it's on the left side of your body, get a correctified version on your right side. Then you can show them the right one if they point out it's wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, ok I see it now. I was looking at it as a thick bar on the outside where that could be better viewed as a double line.