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Can’t believe I haven’t seen anything on here about the rich-people-tourism submarine (steered by a video game controller???) that went missing on the way to the Titanic ruins.

This seems like the kind of story this site usually latches onto

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Story time:

In middle school biology, we did an experiment. We were given yams, which we would sprout in cups of water. We then had to make hypotheses about how the yams would grow, based on descriptions of yam plants in our books, and make notes of our observations as they grew.

Here’s what was supposed to happen: we were supposed to see that the actual growth of the plant did not resemble our hypotheses. We were then supposed to figure out that these were, in fact, sweet potatoes.

What actually happened was that every single student in every single class lied in their notes so that their observations perfectly matched their hypotheses. See, everyone assumed the mismatch meant they had done something wrong in the process of growing the plant or that they had misunderstood the dichotomous key or the plant identification terminology. And, thanks to the wonders of a public school education, everyone assumed the wrong results would get us a failing grade. We were trying to pass. We didn’t want to get bitched out by the teacher. Curiosity, learning, science - that had nothing to do with why we were sitting in that classroom. So we all lied.

The teacher was furious. She tried to fail every student, but the administration stepped in and told her she wasn’t allowed to because a 100% fail rate is recognized as a failure of the teacher, not the class. It wasn’t even her fault, really, though her being a notorious hard-ass didn’t help. It was a failure of the entire educational system.

So whenever I see crap like Elizabeth Holmes’s blood test scam or pharmaceutical trials which are unable to be replicated or industry-funded research that reaches wildly unscientific conclusions, I just remember those fucking sweet potatoes. I remember that curiosity dies when people are just trying to give their superiors the “right” answers, so they can get the grade, get the job, get the paycheck. It’s not about truth when it’s about paying rent. There’s no scientific integrity if you can’t control for human desperation.

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I haven't seen this version anywhere so I made one!

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can someone please be proud of me like fuck I’m trying

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GET YOUR DIRTY DISHES OUT OF YOUR ROOM I SEE THOSE MUGS YOU GOT FOOD WRAPPERS AND STUFF ON YOUR DESK i swear

CLEAN YOUR DESK THAT IS YOUR MOST POWERFUL SPACE

only if you want to though I have no power over you

BUT IF YOU DO CLEAN YOUR SPACE YOU WILL FEEL A LOT BETTER SO IF YOU CAN PLEASE DO IT OK GOODBYE

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ok I really should go to sleep now that was very fun making posts, I am so high right now, I don't know what I'm doing with my life but I'm feeling happy for the first time in a long time, therapy is awesome by the way I highly recommend it, I appreciate you all so much I'm sorry I don't have the energy to convey that right now I am so very sleepy, thank you so much for such a warm welcome, please drink water , I love you so fucking much thank you, see u tomorrow, trans luigi image

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I’m God’s weakest twink

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dawn of the final day

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dawn of the final day

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Curious Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) standing upright and looking through porthole into the kitchen of arctic expedition ship M/S Stockholm in Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway by Andy Rouse               

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Somewhere Else (In Space)

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