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[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Argonian male

Greetings, egg-sibling

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

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

[–] sangriaferret 2 points 7 months ago

Torment Executioner is a great black metal band name.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago

Say this: My marshland regions are adequately hydrated

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

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

I'm fully submersed in that swampussy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

This must be some sort of wetlander-humor

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

based and marsh pilled

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

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

Say: I recycle and enrich nature

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Like that episode where Joey gets a thesaurus.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

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