A tumblr post:
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mad scientist ethics board that makes sure that a project is sufficiently unethical before providing funding
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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
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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

16 Comments
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1d
"Shadow, it's me, The Devil(TM)."
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz · 12 pts · 1d
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
"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
Reminds me of https://youtu.be/Of9kHpCv1ts?is=bG2otXccGSKR6K-w
StillAlive@piefed.world · 7 pts · 1d
Remove this and everything after it.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
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
Isn’t there an SNL skit pretty similar to this?
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1d
You might be thinking of this.
And if you aren't you should watch it anyway.
Zorque@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1d
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.