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People who "do their own research" are terrifying. If my field were lumberjacking, this is how the conversations would go:
"I want to chop that tree down and gets its wood."
"That is not a tree, sir, that is a painting of a tree. You can't get lumber from a painting of a tree."
"You're wrong, I researched the definition of a tree. That thing clearly stands tall, with bark and limbs and leaves. It's a tree."
"It's a two dimensional painting of a tree on canvas. It is not a tree."
[Chops valuable painting to pieces, gets worthless wood from frame] "I told you it was a tree. This is why no one needs you."
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People who "do their own research" are terrifying. If my field were lumberjacking, this is how the conversations would go:
"I want to chop that tree down and gets its wood."
"That is not a tree, sir, that is a painting of a tree. You can't get lumber from a painting of a tree."
"You're wrong, I researched the definition of a tree. That thing clearly stands tall, with bark and limbs and leaves. It's a tree."
"It's a two dimensional painting of a tree on canvas. It is not a tree."
[Chops valuable painting to pieces, gets worthless wood from frame] "I told you it was a tree. This is why no one needs you."