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[–] PizzaFacia 31 points 11 months ago

“Sorry, boss. I am immersed in nature. I cannot take on any more projects.”

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Argonian male

Greetings, egg-sibling

[–] Yokozuna 20 points 11 months ago

I'm sending this to my old wetlands ecology professor and I'm almost certain she's going to print this out and hang it in her office.

[–] ChicoSuave 12 points 11 months ago

"Drain the nature immersion" doesn't quite feel the same.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

there is a phrase in scientific publishing where people plagiarize a paper but run it through a thesaurus to change certain words to make it less obvious. thing is, randomly picking things up from a thesaurus leads to what is called tortured phrases.

  • counterfeit consciousness
  • torment executioners

solution

  • AI
  • pain killers

retraction watch has more

[–] midget247 4 points 11 months ago

Torment executioners is a better name and I am using it forevermore

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Torment Executioner is a great black metal band name.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

I am definitely going to use "let's not disturb the marshland".

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

This must be some sort of wetlander-humor

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

I'm fully submersed in that swampussy.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

based and marsh pilled

[–] TheBat 5 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Instead of: I dispose of bodies by feeding them the gators in my swamp

Say: I recycle and enrich nature

[–] Ghostalmedia 4 points 11 months ago

Like that episode where Joey gets a thesaurus.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Did Rogasen residents make this meme? Because the foundations of that town are muddy af.