You've got to be precise with your evil methodology, of course. Otherwise the evil science papers you write won't be accepted by a review of your evil peers.
but shooting reviewer 2 with your experimental death ray is a way to get through the process faster, rather than losing your funding and the ethics committee getting involved
The Ambassador smiled. “I don’t like writing reports?”
President Smbarak laughed then frowned. “But you are required to write them,” she said.
The Ambassador pouted. “Doesn’t make me like doing it.”
The birthday cards can be a little evil though. You mean I have to come up with something nice to say to this person I know only very superficially and don't even like very much?
"happy birthday Tim. Hope you have a nice day with your many boxes of unopened 'The Office' Funko Pops that I'm definitely not silently judging you about"
Do evil scientists have their own journals? Review of Nasty Instruments, Transactions of the Royal Unpleasantness Society, Proceedings of the Institute of Badness?
on the plus side, when reviewer 2 is inevitably a problem, vaporising a landmark with a death ray is *more* likely to get your paper through the process!
Janet became evil BECAUSE of the paperwork, her mind,moral values and hopes for humankind crushed and stomped by Grant applications, comitee reports, For Action notifications and the Nameless Secretary asking for the same document day after day.
Possibly. Was in academia long enough to remember what it was like to routinely do bench/field work as well as write occasional proposals/reports/meetings. Being tied to a desk was not for me.
(Although I still occasionally have Western blot nightmares. 😏)
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(Oops, just realized that "evil HR" is redundant.)
from my stories,
The Ambassador smiled. “I don’t like writing reports?”
President Smbarak laughed then frowned. “But you are required to write them,” she said.
The Ambassador pouted. “Doesn’t make me like doing it.”
https://open.spotify.com/episode/70oWDSvxosV4cOUJKoVmd5?si=5cc550f6200d4b2b
Credit to:
@shaenon.bsky.social
I suggest your first read-through be without commentary.
http://narbonic.com/comic/july-31-august-5-2000/
#MoralSupport.
(Although I still occasionally have Western blot nightmares. 😏)
ps - I love your alt text descriptions, Tom.