At the cost of ruining the joke… no you won’t. Even if you do it under inert atmosphere, you’ll get oxide inclusions.
You would get a perfect cast if you yeet the house out to space first, then let everything outgas for a while. Then pour molten aluminum through the chimney.
The joke is some scientists do this with (inactive/abandoned) ant nests to study how they are designed. And thus comparing humans to ants against these giant aliens
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At the cost of ruining the joke… no you won’t. Even if you do it under inert atmosphere, you’ll get oxide inclusions.
You would get a perfect cast if you yeet the house out to space first, then let everything outgas for a while. Then pour molten aluminum through the chimney.
Aluminum is a bitch to work with.
The joke is some scientists do this with (inactive/abandoned) ant nests to study how they are designed. And thus comparing humans to ants against these giant aliens
Ahhhh, figures. As you might have guessed, I’m more into materials science than biology ;)
It’s neat!
And they go way bigger:
Holy shit
Backyard scientists do it to active ground wasp nests as a form of flashy extermination.
Fuck wasps, they can suffer and die.
He knows that, he's just being a standard metalworker commenting on another's work.
Wouldn't the problem be the house would catch on fire?
It will start to smell after a few days but after a while it stops.
Nice drawing OP
this is a recent SMBC, https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/cast