sometimes people try to tell me that scientists are paragons of rationality and I have to break it to them that I have yet to work in a lab that didn’t have at least one weird secret shrine in it
new guy: why is all of the equipment in this room covered in toys?
me: dONn’t touch those
new guy:
me: they need the toys to function. if they don’t all have toys they get jealous.
new guy:
new guy:
me: when something breaks just take the wizard and wave it around for a while. they seem to like that.
If I had a dollar for every time I’ve come across biographies like this while reading about what happened to certain high-profile Nazi war criminals then I’d be able to pay a man to do this research for me 24/7
Classic Paperclip
“What’s up with the CIA acting like villains from psychological horror films during the cold war?”