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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

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[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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 13 points 1 month ago

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 points 1 month ago

"I'll take care of it."

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Klear@piefed.world 11 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] NathanDerWeise@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago

Reminds me of https://youtu.be/Of9kHpCv1ts?is=bG2otXccGSKR6K-w

[-] StillAlive@piefed.world 7 points 1 month ago

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Remove this and everything after it.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

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

[-] vrek@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

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

[-] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

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

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

You might be thinking of this.

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

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Is it the Dwayne Johnson pedophilia thing?

Edit: it was

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Fmstrat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

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

[-] YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

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