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[–] DrMartinu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 172 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

The rotation of the LSD diagram is intentionally cutting off that bottom corner because it's not a hexagon like the shelves

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 33 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Also the rightmost branch disappearing behind his hair wouldn't exist as it is Oxygen not Carbon.

[–] Starik@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And it’s missing the methyl group in the bottom right.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh I totally missed that! Maybe the OOP was on LSD when they attempted their comparison? 🤪

[–] Starik@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It’s possible the artist thought it would be funny to use LSD for the model, then just chopped off the parts that are inconvenient for a shelf.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

And added new parts as they felt like it.

[–] RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 weeks ago

Sure, but you wouldn't make a shelf without the bottom part