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xkcd #3255: Planetary Science

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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/

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[–] who@feddit.org 1 points 1 hour ago

Yeah, but before you get excited, know that planet is rife with dihydrogen oxide.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 14 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

In a related note, I had all three of my kids in the car one night. I peered out the window and said "I see a planet!" Where? Where? "See if you can find it."

Earth. It was Earth. They were busily cooperating for forty minutes.

[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Triumph@fedia.io 8 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It's a trick you can only use once.

[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Smart kids lmao

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

In a perfect world, journals would be owned by the researchers. And naturally, vacation photos are in the front few pages

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

journals should be owned by the libraries, which should be owned by the universities (which should be owned by the state and the researchers)