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Re:Testing the strength of different wood species by mymythisisthis on Saturday December 18, 2021 @07:02PM (#29610016)
It's wasn't my best metaphor.
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Re:Testing the strength of different wood species by pleb_nz on Saturday December 18, 2021 @07:14PM (#29610093)
Regardless you are correct.

I often wonder what society would be like if we treated engineers and scientists like we do sports and entertainment and what you said I think falls loosely to into that realm of thinking.

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Re:Testing the strength of different wood species by geenew on Sunday December 19, 2021 @12:01AM (#29611483)
https://theinfosphere.org/Transcript:Crimes_of_the_Hot

    [Scene: Outside Conference Centre. Scientists from all over the world arrive. Photographers take photos of them and fans in the crowd wave papers for them to sign.]
Woman #1: [shouting] Oh, God, I can't believe it!

Woman #2: [shouting] I love you!

    [Farnsworth steps out of a limo. Joan Rivers' Head is commentating at the star-studded event.]
Rivers: Oh, oh, oh! It's Professor Hubert Farnsworth! He's looking sharp in a standard white lab coat and dark slacks! His wristwatch is a Casio.
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