still the best meme
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a variation of the distracted boyfriend meme wherein the girlfriend is "Paper I'm reading" and the hot girl the boyfriend is looking at is "Paper in the footnotes".
Fun tidbit! A colleague once quite happily told me he liberally sprinkled citations of my work throughout his papers because, "Anybody familiar with your [admittedly awful] writing won't stop to look it up and will keep reading," like I'd be *so pleased* to hear that.
(tbh I did think, "Ohhhh that's a good strategy, too bad it'd be gauche for me to do the same.")
(tbh I did think, "Ohhhh that's a good strategy, too bad it'd be gauche for me to do the same.")
The only peer review comment that seared me to the bone - and now imprinted in my DNA - was from a "recommend against [publishing]", and it was, and I quote, "Your science is as bad as your writing." Way harsh, Tai. Could have just said the data was suspect and the conclusions not supported by evidence. Geez.
Luckily I have other skills!!
@BennyTheIcepick Yes.