4 reasons why Ivanka Trump got the ‘science’ thing totally and utterly wrong

John Plunkett. Updated March 21st, 2018

You may already have seen those pictures of Ivanka Trump dressed up like a scientist and trying to do some sort of ‘experiment’.

Lots of people have already had fun at her expense, and quite right too, but none of the comments have been quite so devastating – or gone quite so viral – as this one.

https://twitter.com/CARRIONIER/status/976186920001732608

And just in case you were STILL in any doubt, here’s another.

https://twitter.com/spookperson/status/976199234323062785

Boom! Not literally, that would be awful.

That first thing was something we weren’t told in high school lab lol. Why are turtlenecks a violation? 😯

— the father the son and the #hopeworld spirit (@mariahjenae) March 21, 2018

It depends on the specific lab, but:

1) Clothing that’s hard to remove and had excessive material is dangerous.
2) Fluffy/fuzzy fabric goes up in flames like whoa.

— ONE DAY GOD WILL BEG ME TO DIE AND I WILL REFUSE. (@CARRIONIER) March 21, 2018

The hair bothers me the most though. And the earrings too.

— feral (@DickBugs) March 20, 2018

Yeah man you’d lose all your hair to a Bunsen in like the third class.

— feral (@DickBugs) March 21, 2018

Just, honestly, what was the point of this photo op? Were we to believe that Ivanka is now a trained scientist? Should we think that she’s doing anything but pouring water from one flask into another? What was the end game here?

I’m genuinely so very curious.

— ONE DAY GOD WILL BEG ME TO DIE AND I WILL REFUSE. (@CARRIONIER) March 20, 2018

It’s the pseudo-scientific equivalent of her father pretending to drive a big ol’ truck.

— ONE DAY GOD WILL BEG ME TO DIE AND I WILL REFUSE. (@CARRIONIER) March 20, 2018

After doing some more reading, apparently she *was* handling samples of vape juice meant for analysis, under the direction of lab employees. This leads me to ask: who the fuck let her into the lab like that? They need to rewrite their safety protocols.

— ONE DAY GOD WILL BEG ME TO DIE AND I WILL REFUSE. (@CARRIONIER) March 20, 2018

I’m still thinking about how truly stupid this is.

— ONE DAY GOD WILL BEG ME TO DIE AND I WILL REFUSE. (@CARRIONIER) March 20, 2018

Hey folks, I’m happy to talk about lab safety and politics, not so happy to talk about Ivanka’s looks. Let’s try not to do any body shaming or misogyny tweets, yeah? There’s plenty else to criticize.

— ONE DAY GOD WILL BEG ME TO DIE AND I WILL REFUSE. (@CARRIONIER) March 21, 2018