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Jesse

@dramypsyd did we learn anything about the inflated self importance of specific billionaires?

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Cusick

@jstroik @dramypsyd Relatedly, did we learn... anything?

Jesse

@cusick @dramypsyd I guess we learned.. ... not to do it again?

Dr Suzy J Styles

@jstroik @cusick @dramypsyd Ah! Yet another flagship study leading to a conclusion about the importance of ethical oversight - or lack thereof - in research design and implementation. You can find it in the section called… (checks notes) unexpected outcomes? 🤷🏻‍♀️

PeoriaBummer

@cusick @jstroik @dramypsyd Every journal they submitted their findings to objected on ethical grounds. No, not due to the shady methodology or lack of IRB approval. The results were a Lovecraftian cosmic horror that drove readers to absolute despair.

Jesse

@PeoriaBummer @cusick @dramypsyd

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That's how Twitter makes people feel

Now I wish I could quote tweet. But not to dunk, instead because I love this comment and want to add context to my follower in case they open mastodon

WeiserAlterElf 🎃

@cusick @jstroik @dramypsyd yes, we learned that the one main question about life, universe and everything is...

Question "how would you spend $44bn?" with possible answers "1x Twitter" or "2.2bn IKEA blahaj plushies".
Dr. Amy, Psy.D.

@ceha @cusick @jstroik an Olympic swimming pool emptied out, then filled with those shark plushies

WeiserAlterElf 🎃

@dramypsyd Now you got me tempted to do a little calculation...

WeiserAlterElf 🎃

@dramypsyd Just did some calc, let me illustrate the result like this:
If we put a twitter-price charge of blahaj plushies side by side, they'd cover an area of about 440 square kilometres.
So not that much the dimension of a pool, but think of an epic plushy landslide suitable to bury most of silicon valley. Sounds favourable to me.

Dr. Amy, Psy.D.

@ceha I would love to be in the middle of that mountain, it sounds like sensory paradise!

WeiserAlterElf 🎃

@dramypsyd Anyway I have to admit a tiny midnight calc flaw: the 2.2bn blahaj could actually cover an area of _only_ 220 square km... just in case you plan some epic purchase now...

Peter Wood

@cusick @jstroik @dramypsyd I think we already knew what the great Bard sang:
It’s hard to love
There’s so much to hate

Calista

@jstroik @dramypsyd We learned they tend to try and flex with money to buy their dough boy selves into the cool kids club, and tend to blame everyone else for their screw ups. A toxic mix of hypocrisy, arrogance, and poor listening skills. Gosh it's hard not to use bad words sometimes.

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