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Rob Ricci

Just A+ on accuracy there my searchy friend

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Amy Tabb πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

@ricci I regret to inform you I also did a search and found more and different fake snake fighting information!

mcsweeneys.net/articles/faq-th

Rob Ricci

@amytabb I like how it embellishes the original article with extra facts about opponents (which are a real thing)

Amy Tabb πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

@ricci It is also fun how they include the bit about N. European countries ... whose academic traditions with the tuxes and swords are considered very fun and weird.

Rob Ricci

Geez the orange site ruins everything

PJTay

@ricci it's more ceremonial these days

Ed Davies

@ricci Britain, though a northern European country, does not follow this tradition because it has thesis defences with a less snakey spelling.

Franck Pommereau

@ricci As the French developer of a research tool called SNAKES, I can testify that many of my PhD students had to fight it. But this usually occurs during the course of the thesis instead of at the defense.

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