Unethics Review Board

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mad scientist ethics board that makes sure that a project is sufficiently unethical before providing funding


professionalchaoticdumbass

sometimes you get a normal scientist trying to apply with a regular invention that just has a puppy shredder attached to it with hot glue or sticky


teslacoils-and-hubris

you'd think they'd be disqualified for that, but trying to cheat the system to get research funding actually adds a lot of unethical points

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TheTechnician27@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1d

you'd think they'd be disqualified for that, but trying to cheat the system to get research funding actually adds a lot of unethical points

"Shadow, it's me, The Devil(TM)."

tacosanonymous@mander.xyz · 12 pts · 1d (2 replies)

The shy and nervous lil scientist says, “it could probably handle a small child too but we haven’t tested it.”

StillAlive@piefed.world · 9 pts · 1d (1 reply)

"I'll take care of it."

_stranger_@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1d

When he says he screwed the pooch, he probably means it.

Klear@piefed.world · 10 pts · 1d

I heard that some scientists took money from a crazy millionaire who wanted to find Atlantis and then used it for normal mapping of the ocean floor.

vrek@programming.dev · 6 pts · 1d (3 replies)
StillAlive@piefed.world · 7 pts · 1d

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Remove this and everything after it.

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d (1 reply)

Likewise. Now I wanna watch that again for the thirtieth time

vrek@programming.dev · 1 pts · 1d

Look... I'm not mad you interrupted my re-watch but...

zqwzzle@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1d (3 replies)

Isn’t there an SNL skit pretty similar to this?

SkyezOpen@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1d (2 replies)

You might be thinking of this.

And if you aren't you should watch it anyway.

Zorque@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1d (1 reply)

Is it the Dwayne Johnson pedophilia thing?

Edit: it was

dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d

I mean, you don't have to phrase it like that. But yes.

NathanDerWeise@feddit.org · 4 pts · 1d

In MST3k (Mystery Science Theater 3000), the mad scientist, Pearl Forrester, has to get reviewed some sort of mad science review board at one point, I'm pretty sure.

Fmstrat@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1d

Wasn't this in one of the Dispicable Me movies?

YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 1d

I definitely read that last bit in Hans Doofenschmirtz’s voice.