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The research was overseen by the Institutional Review Board, which is what I named my surfboard.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3255/
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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It's a trick you can only use once.
Eh, kids can be a bit slow. Im sure you can switch out the noun a good 3 or 4 times before they caught on. My parents would hit us with "eye spy something green" when they got bored
You don't think I tried?
Smart kids lmao