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xkcd #3255: Planetary Science

12d 9h ago by lemmy.world/u/xkcdbot in xkcd from imgs.xkcd.com

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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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.

Parenting done right.

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

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

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

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