This one's for the experimentalists

[kaberett]

I am increasingly convinced that the reason labs are so often located in the basement has nothing to do with technical reasons (weight of equipment; minimising vibrations; etc) and is instead 100% concerned with convincing you that you will never see the sky again.

(Lab is 15degC and falling. I have at least an hour to go. Group pub outing started twenty-five minutes ago. And it is still the case that I really love my job.)

Comments

[nanila]

I always thought it was because architects figured the Alien film sets were modeled on reality, and that scientists would get confused by environments that hadn't been extracted from the recesses of HR Giger's mind.

(I concur that it is possible I've spent too much time thinking about this. In basements.)

[kaberett]

(I concur that it is possible I've spent too much time thinking about this. In basements.)

SO GLAD IT'S NOT JUST ME